Book: ‘Straddling the Line’
Author: Jaci Burton
Borrowed from Digital Library
I will admit that I wasn’t much of a sports nut until I had kids. I’d channel surf past baseball games. Super Bowl Sunday meant ‘Chick Flicks and Wine’ for a number of years. I’d tried to get out of every child’s sports game or I sat in the stands to mock the parents who screamed/yelled and worked themselves into a tizzy. I thought I would never be “THAT’ parent.
Oh the universe can be a funny gal!
The first baseball game my son played you would have thought it was the second coming of Nolan Ryan. He hit the ball and slides into second I was pretty much near heart attack city. I will admit that I have lost my voice a time or two working myself into a tizzy.
Daily T.V. baseball games are my new norm. Super Bowl Sundays now means all day football,cheese curds, beer and brats…. TWO POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME MY HOME TOWN TEAM.
Aside from cheering for touchdowns and home runs, I’d be dead not to notice a few of those handsome Alpha males who play the game.
Personal Favorites:
This guys got it all. Great stride, mad ball skills, built to run over any defense, quick and sturdy, and he is probably the most decent human being on the planet.
No last name needed. He’s basically a god around here. Great personality to boot, he’s the full package. HUBBA HUBBA!!!
The perfect marriage between my new-found love of sports and my tried and true passion for reading….SPORTS ROMANCES!
This week I read Straddling the Line by Jaci Burton; part of the Play By Play series. The Play by Play series is probably one of my favorite sports series. Jaci marries the love of sports with complex emotions and storytelling. Jaci offers up real world issues that draws the reader into the story.
In Straddling the Line, baseball and football star Trevor Shay meets up with an old friend, Haven Briscoe. Haven suffers from a deep loss and Trevor is there to guide her out of the dark. In turn Haven helps Trevor with his own demons.
I love two strong characters who are equally dependent on each other’s strength. Jaci brings to light an important social issue, interweaving it into the story in a authentic way.
I myself had a few personal connections with the story, which I would love to share but SPOILERS!
Check out all of the Play by Play series here.
If you haven’t figured out my hometown team go here.
Final review: For magnificent story-telling and a fun romance I give Straddling the Line…. 4 Reading Glasses~
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