EVERY GAME HAS RULES. HE'S ABOUT TO BREAK THEM . . .
Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking . . . and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her -sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me -and I just had to meet this girl.
Now I know that Daisy Robinson has her secrets, but there's something about her that drives me crazy. Maybe it's her innocence, her absolutely amazing knowledge of baseball, or just the fact that she is so unbelievably beautiful. I have to take it slow. Prove to her that the rumors about me are just that - rumors.
Daisy might be my ultimate lifetime win. . . if I don't get hit by the curveball that's coming my way.
Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking . . . and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her -sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me -and I just had to meet this girl.
Now I know that Daisy Robinson has her secrets, but there's something about her that drives me crazy. Maybe it's her innocence, her absolutely amazing knowledge of baseball, or just the fact that she is so unbelievably beautiful. I have to take it slow. Prove to her that the rumors about me are just that - rumors.
Daisy might be my ultimate lifetime win. . . if I don't get hit by the curveball that's coming my way.

Taschenbuch
The second book in McLaughlin's Boys of Summer series (Third Base, 2017) focuses on rookie Cooper Bailey. He is trying to earn his spot against a popular center fielder and does not want the distraction of a girlfriend during spring training. But Cooper can't help himself when he meets zoo employee Ainsley on a media outing, and their few dates show him that they could be a lasting couple. Ainsley is devoted to caring for her dying mother, but she can't stop thinking about Cooper, who comes under pressure after a poor start to the spring season, which provokes his demanding father. When Ainsley's mother enters hospice, the couple fights as their stress reaches a boiling point.