Everyone knows you don't fall for a teammate. The unwritten rule they're about to break. The rookie who hero-worshiped him growing up. Easier said than done, especially when the heat between them ignites.īut nothing in baseball comes with a guarantee-and the only outcome they can be certain of is the one they make for themselves. One True Outcome Kindle Edition by KD Casey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 130 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 3.99 Read with Our Free App A veteran player on a new team. If only Jamie could keep his attraction to the charming, generous veteran under wraps. The guy he fantasized about playing like growing up. If he wants to stay on a big league roster that’ll mean extra work-and extra time with Big Mack. But the rookie’s on the verge of being cut. The sky’s the limit for Jamie, if only he can keep his spot in the lineup. And he definitely shouldn’t agree to after-hours video review sessions with. The tempting, smart-mouthed Jamie DeLuca, who Mack really shouldn’t think about that way. The hook? The job includes extra practice sessions with the team’s rookie catcher. Now at the tail end of his career, the one-time superstar takes an offer from the only team willing to give him a shot. Tell that to Matt “Big Mack” Mackenzie though. Especially the rookie you're supposed to mentor. The unwritten rule they're about to break.Įveryone knows you don't fall for a teammate.
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From the internationally best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories-longer and more emotionally complex than any she has yet written-that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page. 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Spanning generations, transcending social strata, and crossing the boundaries between duty and desire, the stories in this collection are rendered with “such strength and intimacy, such lucidity and composure, that in each and every case the truths of their lives detonate deep inside the reader's heart, with the power and force of revelation" (Paul Harding). You'll meet mothers who will go to the ends of the earth for their children and daughters who will love whomever they want-even if that means risking everything, even their own lives. What does happiness look like for the women in this acclaimed debut collection? Here is a cast of characters, in their Nigerian homeland and abroad, who whose world is marked by lush landscapes, historical legend and lively folktales, and the search for identity at all costs. A triumphant collection of stories centered on Nigerian women as they build lives out of love and longing, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, by an award-winning writer who “is a certainly a voice to watch, and clearly deserves a place on any bookshelf beside fellow Nigerian authors Achebe and Adichie" (Bustle). So Amy and Dan immediately left their hotel in Cairo, sadly leaving their au pair and cat behind, so they could pursue the hunt quicker. Along with it were numbers for a locker at the airport that contained items that would help them in their search. The telegram spoke of a bottle cap collection that Dan had owned about a year ago. Dan slowly wakes up but once he reads what is on the telegram, he becomes very wide eyed. Cahill!" Amy, who is rudely awakened from an excellent dream, answers the door and receives the telegram from the child and then attempts to wake up Dan. The book starts off with the yelling of, "Telegram for Mr. What will happen now as they are in the territory of their worst nightmare? Or is she really the threat they must fear? This time they are off to Russia, home of the notorious Irina Spasky, who follows them at every turn. Review: Amy and Dan are back for the fifth installment in the 39 Clues series, The Black Circle, written by Patrick Carman. |