Pitch Please by Lani Lynn Vale Release Review

It was enough to bring to her down to her knees…in front of that man, the hot and grumpy baseball player, Hancock Peters.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.

Pitch Please is the first book in Lani Lynn Vale’s There’s No Crying In Baseball Series.

Everyone who has ever played baseball has hear the words Baseball is life, the rest is just details. Hancock however has hear them his entire life from his parents. His family has lived and breathed baseball even before he started little league. Hancock’s “Parts” Peters has a name that inspires grins across many faces but the moment those faces get their first look at him, those grins slide away. Hancock is gruff, filterless, and does not give a crap who he offends. He is there to play the game, there to win. He is there because baseball is his life. He is not worried about offending and has made that possible in his life. All he has to do is worry about playing baseball.

Sway Coffman is not here to rock any boats, she is just here to do her job. She is a woman in a man’s world. She beat out several men to get the job as the head athletic trainer for the professional baseball team, The Texas Lumberjacks and is now getting hate mail from these men. However she is good at her job and she has earned the position. The one thing she is not good at is talking to men. They tend to see her curvy hips, large breasts and thick thighs and automatically think she is incompetent because surely a fat girl couldn’t get the job treating some of the most fit and athletic men in the world right? WRONG……this fat girl got the job and she is proud of it. What else did she get? The attention of the sexiest bearded man she ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on.  Hancock Peters is enough to bring any woman to her knees.

Oh my gosh I loved this book so much. I devoured it. I fell so in love with Sway and Hancock. And can I just say there are some of the most unique characters names in this book. I loved them. Sway is just starting her job as the head athletic trainer of The Texas Lumberjacks. They have always been her favorite time and her favorite player is Hancock Peters. One the first day of baseball season she sits in the wrong seat and draws the attention of Hancock. He’s cocky and oh so hot. But he hates the attention that comes along with his fame. He has a quick temper and is fiercely protective of the ones he loves. He has a large family of brothers who are hilarious and you will get to know. Sway is a curvy girl and has always been able to embrace her body, but some people just can’t leave it alone and call her some awful names. UGH I wanted to jump in this book and smack the crap out of some people. However Hancock isn’t letting anyone get away with anything when it comes to Sway. Sway, his athletic trainer and a relationship he want’s that is forbidden between staff and team members. There to is a bit of a heart pounding story line in this book involving Hancock’s brother Hannibal. (see I told you the names in this book are great) I will let you discover that story line on your own and the one about the super jealous man who is determined to ruin Sway.

This book is a must read. I’ve not read many Lani Lynn Vale books but I am trying my best to change that. I picked up this book and did not put it down till I was finished. I love her writing style No matter what she writes she pulls you in from the first page and never lets you go till the end. I also love the little captions below each chapter heading that is a thought in her characters heads or something in their lives. I can not wait to see which book is next in this series. This is one you do not want to miss and I have found another author to add to my must read list.

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