The Heat
of the Moment
The Boys of Summer # 3
The Boys of Summer # 3
By: Katie Rose
Releasing September 22, 2015
Loveswept
Blurb
The Boys
of Summer are back! In Katie Rose’s sweet, sparkling novel, the newest New
Jersey Sonic falls for the woman who’s trying desperately to save his career.
Physical therapist Jessica Hart has learned her lesson: Never date professional athletes. She’s been down that road, and barely recovered after the relationship crashed and burned. Then Jessica meets Gavin King. An All-Star slugger with chiseled good looks, Gavin was traded to the Sonics because he hurt his knee sliding into second, and now his future is in her hands. Gavin’s no bad boy—but he’s tempting enough to make Jessica think twice about all her rules.
Gavin is trying to find a comfortable routine. If he wants his old life back, he must take it easy, stay out of the limelight, and keep his distance from gorgeous redheaded physical therapists. The thing is, Gavin isn’t the kind of guy to sit on his ass and let other people pull his weight. And when he sees something he wants, he can’t help but fight for it, even if it means risking everything, even if it only lasts a single moment: like one kiss from Jessica.
Physical therapist Jessica Hart has learned her lesson: Never date professional athletes. She’s been down that road, and barely recovered after the relationship crashed and burned. Then Jessica meets Gavin King. An All-Star slugger with chiseled good looks, Gavin was traded to the Sonics because he hurt his knee sliding into second, and now his future is in her hands. Gavin’s no bad boy—but he’s tempting enough to make Jessica think twice about all her rules.
Gavin is trying to find a comfortable routine. If he wants his old life back, he must take it easy, stay out of the limelight, and keep his distance from gorgeous redheaded physical therapists. The thing is, Gavin isn’t the kind of guy to sit on his ass and let other people pull his weight. And when he sees something he wants, he can’t help but fight for it, even if it means risking everything, even if it only lasts a single moment: like one kiss from Jessica.
My Thoughts:
Every time I see this title I think of Asia's Heat of the Moment, and I even sang that part in my mind as I was reading The Heat of the Moment. I have to say that the story is a sweet read, because we don't have Jessica and Gavin jumping to bed with insta-lust. Actually, they build a nice friendship. They both are attracted to one another, but Jess was burned by an ex who just happen to be a baseball player. Basically, she threw every ball player in the box = PLAYER. That's a horrible generalization. Yes, there are some guys are totally like that. Poor Gavin getting lumped into PLAYER category. He had to prove that he was a good guy.Seriously, poor Gavin. He's was an All-Star bound to make a big name until his injury. He ends up getting traded and gets dump by his girlfriend. During first 1/3 of the book he's pretty mopey. He was bringing me down. However, Jessica started him that it's not the end of world and he could end up back on top.
Most of the book is a sweet read, because they become friends in the story and they stay friends for 80% of the book before even cross into couple territory. Jess friend zone the poor guy, because of douche of an ex who was too full of himself. We watch Gavin learning to take things slowly in everything going on his life. It's not steamy like the last book, but still a good story. Overall, The Heat of the Moment is a feel good kind of story.
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Excerpt from The Heat of the Moment:
The
chatter in the Sonics locker room intensified as the opening-day excitement
seemed to cast a spell over the place. Familiar faces appeared at the door
along with an influx of new ones, rookies hoping for a permanent role in the
rotation and prospects acquired in recent trades. There was much good-natured
jostling and ribbing as the baseball team settled in for the season.
“What
was with that bonehead play last week against Detroit?” Jimmy Reilly said as he
put away a stack of towels. “Good thing it was just spring training.”
“Yeah,
that was right up there with those girl balls you were pitching.” Brian
McCauley grinned.
“You
see the papers?” Jimmy asked, his brow lifting. “They were praising my
fastball. The Trenton
Times can’t say enough nice things about us. Imagine that,
after last year when they were calling us the Garden State Goons!”
“You
can thank his girlfriend, Nikki Case, for that,” Chase Westbrook, the starting
pitcher, said, pointing to shortstop Jake Baldwin. “Best damn PR rep in the
business.”
“You’re
not going to get an argument out of me,” Jake said as he kicked his locker door
closed. “She cleaned up our image, got rid of the haircuts, the tats, the bar
fights. Have to admit, her plan worked. I hate it when she’s right.”
Chase
laughed just as Pete Johnston, the Sonics’ manager, walked in with a new
player. By the deferential way he was being treated, it was clear the new guy
was someone important. The noise in the locker room subsided as recognition
came quickly, and more than one mouth dropped as they identified the California
slugger.
“Hey,
boys,” Pete said in his folksy way, chomping on a wad of bubblegum. “We got
ourselves a new first baseman. I know you’ll all welcome Gavin King to the
Sonics.”
Their
new teammate stood beside Pete like exhibit A. At six foot five, with black
hair, chin scruff, and a build that went with his size, he had an undeniable
presence. Even more irritating, he was good-looking, with a pair of intense
dark eyes, a firm chin, and a sensual mouth. He’d been considered a star
player, and rumor had it that among his other attributes, he was considered
irresistible to the female fans.
But
worst of all, every man who had been with the team the previous summer could
only remember that devastating game when Antonio Chavez, the Sonics reliever,
lobbed a curveball right over the middle of the plate and Gavin tattooed it,
sending it four hundred feet over the bullpen wall to lose the game.
It
still stung.
“Now
we all know it was Gavin’s grand slam that kept us out of the series last
year,” Pete continued, as if reading their minds. “That’s all the more reason
we want him on our team. We need to fill Ryan’s cleanup spot, and he is just
the guy Jeffrey thinks will do that.”
Several
of the men groaned, but they were not about to challenge the manager, or
Jeffrey Caine, the general manager. Yet none of them were happy to see their
adversary being led to the nicest locker in the room. Pete opened the door,
tossed out Jake’s belongings, and displayed the generous storage inside, a pile
of fluffy towels, and a pair of shower shoes.
“Chase,
why don’t you show him around, you know, make him feel at home? And Brian, once
Gavin’s ready to play, I’m going to change the lineup, move you down and put
Gavin behind Jake in the rotation. Any questions?”
Crickets.
“Good.
Meet you all outside in fifteen for batting practice and drills. We want to
keep up all the good work we started last year. Gavin, I’ll let them fill you
in.”
Chase
did an eye roll, but otherwise complied. As the pitcher led him out of the
room, they noticed that the new player walked with a limp.
“Great,”
Brian said in disgust once he was out of earshot. “On top of everything else,
he’s a gimp.”
When
he returned with Chase after a tour that took all of fifteen minutes, Gavin
turned innocently to Jake. “So where is the concierge?”
“The
what?”
“The
concierge. You know, the person that orders stuff for us. I was thinking to get
a salad for lunch.”
Jake’s
eyes met Cody’s, and he fought the humor that threatened to burst out of
control.
“We
don’t exactly have a concierge,” he said seriously. “But we do have a snack
stand. I’m sure if you asked real nice, they could find something for you.”
A
couple of the men broke into laughter. “I guess this will take some getting used
to,” Gavin said, glancing outside. Even though it was April, there was a
coating of frost on the ground. He visibly shuddered. “This sure isn’t
California.”
“You
can say that again.” Cody grinned. “Welcome to Joisey.”
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Author Info
Award-winning historical author Katie
Rose makes her contemporary debut with the Boys of Summer novels, Bring on the
Heat and Too Hot to Handle, which combine Katie’s true loves: baseball and
romance! When not watching baseball, Katie is at her lake house in New Jersey,
hard at work on her next book.
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