The Third Baseman
by Lulu Moore
4/5 stars
CAWPILE: 6.75
Dates Read: 03.24.2023 to 03.27.2023
Pub Date: 03.29.2023
My name is Jupiter Reeves, and I am a fraud.
It’s not that what’s written about me isn’t true.
I am the greatest third baseman of my generation, possibly ever.
I am surly and unapproachable.
I do have a constant scowl, with an armour of tattoos.
And to the outside world, I play my role as the bad boy of baseball like I was born to do it.
But when the doors are closed and you boil it down, I’m nothing more than a man who lost his heart too young, with no prospect of getting it back... especially as I still have no idea where its current owner is.
That was until I was offered an opportunity I couldn't refuse:
Leave the Los Angeles Dodgers - where I've played my entire career - and join The New York Lions in exchange for tracking down the one woman who's consumed me since the day I first saw her fourteen years ago.
Job done.
Now we're under the same roof once again; except Marnie Matthews wants nothing to do with me, or my heart.
So along with winning the Commissioner's Trophy, I have the added challenge of winning back the only woman I've ever loved before the season ends, and convincing her to stay in New York with me.
I might have been stupid enough to lose her once, but I'm definitely not going to do it again.
Marnie Matthews is about to become the biggest achievement of my life.
“Fourteen years, three months and thirteen days, Marnie. That's how many days I've loved you, and you've been my first and last thought for every single fucking one. So I guess the question is whether you’re going to let me.”
This was my first Lulu Moore and a baseball romance that I liked. It’s dual POV and dual timeline that takes you on the journey of Marnie and Jupiter’s relationship that began in high school. This is full of second chances and was a pretty quick read. My favorite characters were Stone and Emerson and I’m not sure I’ll continue the series, but this was a perfect read for the start of baseball season!
Thank you to @valentine_pr_ for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!
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