Dare To Play

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I've spent my life throwing heat on the mound living for the roar of the crowd and the thrill of winning.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But it only takes one reckless night to put everything I've worked for on the line.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I never meant to start a scandal but the cameras couldn't ignore the fight and my reputation suddenly matters more than my fastball.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My team wants damage control. The league wants answers. And I need a way to keep my career from slipping through my fingers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That's when the most impossible solution lands in my lap:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A wife.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Macy Walker is my sister's best friend-smart steady completely off-limits... and the last woman who should ever agree to clean up my mess.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Except she has a mess of her own.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Macy is fighting for custody of her teenage sister and the court wants stability. A ring. A picture-perfect life she doesn't actually have.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>So we make a deal. A temporary marriage for her. A polished image for me. Two people using each other for all the right reasons.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It should be simple.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But sharing a home sharing a name sharing nights that feel a little too real...That's when the lines start to blur.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Because pretending is a lot harder when she's in my house when her things are in my space and when I'm standing beside her in public with my hand at her waist... it doesn't feel fake at all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Playing husband is easy. Not wanting her is the problem.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And this marriage?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's starting to feel dangerously real.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A swoony spicy marriage-of-convenience romance packed with baseball scandal forced proximity and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perfect for fans of </em><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Carly Phillips</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and high-heat contemporary romance with a touch of redemption.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Baseball Bad Boy Romance • Marriage of Convenience • Forced Proximity • Scandal & Redemption • Alpha Athlete Hero • Slow-Burn Spice • Guaranteed HEA</strong></p>