Title: Love Bats Last (Heart of the Game
#1)
Author: Pamela Aares
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:
A stormy night changes their lives forever…
The baseball diamond isn’t the only field for
all-star player Alex Tavonesi; he also runs his family’s prestigious vineyard.
What he can’t seem to run is his love life. He’s closing in on the perfect
vintage and the perfect game, but so far the perfect woman has eluded him.
Veterinarian Jackie Brandon is eluding her
aristocratic past and memories of a soccer star who jilted her just before
their wedding. She devotes herself to a marine mammal rescue center on the
northern California coast, where hundreds of seals and sea lions are washing up
dead.
A chance meeting in a midnight storm brings Alex and
Jackie together to rescue a stranded whale. Watching her work, he realizes
she’s the passionate, courageous woman he thought he’d never find–he just has
to overcome her deep distrust of jocks. Jackie’s passion and courage lead her
to discover what’s killing the sea mammals. The culprits want to silence her,
and Alex is the only one standing in their way. What will he sacrifice to save
the woman he loves?
Excerpt
His
assessing gaze sent a shiver down her spine, pushed it deep. She tugged at her
shirt. Wet and plastered against her skin, it was almost transparent. She
didn’t have to look down to know he could see her nipples puckered from the
chilled water. She wished she’d taken the time to put on a bra.
She
glanced up, and he quickly averted his eyes. Every cell in her body suddenly
said flee.
She
leaned over the pontoon and grabbed her backpack, rummaged to the bottom, found
her jacket and pulled it on. She felt his eyes on her once again as she tugged
up the zipper. At least she didn’t feel naked anymore.
She
put a hand on the Zodiac, wishing that her touch would magically free it.
“What
brings you up here? I don’t see many people boating in this stretch of
river—just the occasional kayaker doing some bird watching. It’s mighty
shallow.”
He
gave her the perfect answer.
“I
was looking for nesting clapper rails.”
“That
shouldn’t take long,” he said. “There’ve only been a few sightings in this area
since I’ve lived here. They’re endangered, you know.”
The
man knew something about birds. And he was local. Could be good. Could be bad.
“I
know.”
He
quirked his brow. “And you’d be more likely to find clapper rails in the
fields, wouldn’t you?”
He
thought she was a clueless bird watcher. She should’ve chosen a different bird,
but she really didn’t know the birds of the region all that well, except for
the marine birds.
The man smiled again.
About the Author
Pamela is an author of contemporary and historical romance novels. Her first book, Jane Austen and the Archangel (Angels Come to Earth, #1) was released in 2012. Midnight Becomes You, (Angels Come to Earth, #2) will release in 2014, along with three more books in the Heart of the Game series, all releasing in 2014.
Before becoming a romance author, Pamela Aares produced and wrote award-winning films and radio shows including Your Water, Your Life featuring actress Susan Sarandon and the NPR series New Voices. After producing The Powers of the Universe and The Earth’s Imagination, she knew without a doubt that romance lives at the heart of the universe and powers the greatest stories of all.
Pamela holds a Master’s Degree from Harvard and lives in the wine country of California with her husband and two curious cats. Her love of nature led to adventures scuba diving the coral reefs of Fiji, exploring the cliffs of Greece, sea kayaking the Rosario Straits and white water rafting the wild and scenic rivers of the west—and romance!
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