Bring On The Heat

In Katie Rose's Bring on the Heat, the first installment in the Boys of Summer baseball sports romance, this debut has hit a home run fresh out of the gates. When Darcy Hamilton house sit for Lydia Logan, a heiress and local socialite, her job had came along with some perks. But when Lydia goes overseas and gives Darcy her invite to the ball in her place, she would be more than happy to accept. With the help of her friend Cara, Darcy had dressed like Lydia from head to toe. And when she arrived there, people had mistaken her from Lydia Logan, including New Jersey Sonics pitcher Chase Westbrook. Darcy had been a major fan of his and tries to tell him she's not Lydia when they first met. But sooner than later, she was caught up  with the moment and attempts to figure a way out to explain things. When she left Lydia's diamond earrings at his place, she was in a major pickle. For Chase, he wanted to become a star with the Yankees and hit the big leagues. He would do anything to impress his own father too. But when he met Darcy "aka Lydia" at the ball, he became enchanted with her and took her on dates. He had never seen this side of her before since she's known to be wild and ruthless. As Darcy kept up with her charade, she didn't think anything would go wrong, except she had fallen in love with Chase. But when Lydia arrived on the scene, she had a lot of explaining to do to both of them. Later on Chase follows his heart for his baseball dreams and also discovers that Darcy's the one for him with a happy ending that's a major grand slam.

This was an awesome and compelling debut from Katie Rose. I loved the theme of baseball for the sports romance series. I also loved how it taken place in New Jersey and also in New York City.  I did care for Darcy who was more over in her head for being "Lydia", though it had worked out all right for her in the end. I did find her charming and amusing and real likeable too. I also thought Chase was a groovy pitcher for a Sonics who had found his home and true calling with his own team. He could make his own baseball dreams there and make the World Series next year. I did find Lydia a bit obnoxious as well.  This would have him you running all the bases for a fantastic read and root for Darcy's love story with Chase with non-stop action, plenty of baseball drama, sparks of romance, and intense suspense in every page.

Will you hit a double-header home run in Bring On the Heat today?