"I’m the crazy fun one.
Pedal to the floor, balls to the wall, party all weekend guy.
The guy everybody calls for laughs and a good time.
And I always deliver.
So, when Ainsley Winslow and I made a pact for a summer fling, I was all in.
What hot-blooded college male doesn’t jump at the chance for a no strings attached relationship? Not this one.
Then summer drew to a close, and I found myself wanting time to move slower. Ainsley Winslow is a girl of her word. When fall inevitably came, she vanished.
She no longer answered my calls, my texts or my knocks on her door. After the silence continued, I questioned what I was doing and who had I become. I am Braxton Brentwood…this isn’t me. Time to move on and get the party started again. And I did.
Until our paths crossed again, and I remembered what we had. She wasn’t getting away a second time because our game just went into Extra Innings. "
"She didn't break my heart and I didn't break hers. Our hearts shattered at the exact same moment in time.
I've loved Ella for as long as I've loved baseball.
As much as I was born to play ball, I was born to love her.
Our small town fairytale was written and sealed with our happily ever after.
It only took one night to erase our meant to be status.
A mutual decision was made. Our families agreed, two separate paths was the best decision for us to heal. Stupidly, I agreed and I left her behind.
Now, two years later, I'm back for her, but I came unprepared. She's no longer the naive girl who fell in love with the town's baseball stud. She's moved on. Well, good thing I love a challenge because making Ella Keaton fall in love with me all over again will be my biggest test yet.
Let's play ball."
"The equations are simple.
Piper Ashby + Brad Ashby = Twin Siblings
Brad Ashby + Tanner McCain = Best Friends
Piper Ashby + Tanner McCain = Off limits
Tanner and I abided by the rules. We stayed on our designated sides of the relationship circle. Ignoring swarming butterflies. Brushing off skipped heartbeats. Settling on lingering stares.
Here's the secret . . . a hand extended over that invisible line once, exponentially changing the equation. I was convinced we could make our relationship work until Tanner broke the trust he embedded in me from the age of seven.
One deceit of mega proportions and the relationship we built for that short month vanished. I swore never to speak to him again and it's worked. Until now—two years later, when my brother's wedding places me face-to-face with the best man—Tanner McCain.
Leaving one equation to be solved. Can love surface twice?"
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