The Hot CornerBy
Amy Noelle
She doesn’t know what his game is,
but she hopes she’s strong enough this time
to play without getting burned.
but she hopes she’s strong enough this time
to play without getting burned.
Release Date: 26th June 2014
Genre: Romance/Contemporary
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Summary:
Her agent throws
her a curveball she never saw coming when she’s assigned to cover the hottest
baseball player—on and off the field—Bradley Reynolds. The Dodgers’ third
baseman spends as much time on the covers of tabloids as on the sports pages,
dating a string of famous models and actresses.
Dani never thought she’d have to see Brad in person again after he broke her heart in college. Seven years later he selects her to write the story of his life, and she’s stuck. If she refuses, she looks like a coward. If she gives in, he wins. She doesn’t know what his game is, but she hopes she’s strong enough this time to play without getting burned.
Excerpt:
Excerpt #1
“Just tell me.”
My agent sighed.
“Okay. They want you, Dani Young . . . also known as Danielle Pierce . . . also
known as a wonderful, beautiful, forgiving woman with a heart of gold, talented
author, fantastic friend . . .”
Shit. I was
really, really not going to like this. “Would you spit it out? You can flatter
and cajole me later.”
She took a sip of
her tea and closed her eyes for a moment before focusing on me. “In a nutshell,
they want you to write about Brad Reynolds.”
It was a good
thing I hadn’t eaten yet because the ball in my stomach grew about five times
bigger. Was she kidding me?
“No.” There
wasn’t anything more to say. I was not doing it.
“Dani, just
listen to me for a minute.” She leaned toward me, her hands folded in front of
her like she was saying a prayer. She’d need more than an act of God to get me
to agree to this asinine idea. “He’s the biggest baseball star in the world
right now. Heading into spring training, he’s the player all eyes are on, on
the field and off.”
There was a
reason for that. Bradley Reynolds dated big-time movie stars and models and
spent just as much time partying as playing ball, as far as I could tell. He
was on par with a certain Yankee when it came to women, only he played in Los
Angeles instead of New York.
“I write about
athletes who have to overcome trials on their way to stardom.”
“But you could
switch it up. Brad Reynolds is a name, Dani.”
Yes, and just
hearing that name made me feel ill.
“I’m sure there
are tons of authors who would be more than happy to write about the
super-talented third baseman with the penchant for scoring on and off the
diamond. He doesn’t need me.” He never had.
“Maybe not, but
he wants you.”
Soda sloshed over
my cup when my hand tightened around the glass. “What?”
“He asked for
you, specifically.” Her smile was almost sympathetic.
I wanted to push
away from the table, go bury myself in my bed, and pretend today had never
happened. But I had to ask. “Why, Bec? Tell me why my ex-boyfriend wants me to
write his story?
Excerpt #2
“I work hard at
my job,” Brad said. “You’re about to find out just how hard.”
“If I decide to
stay.”
“You’ll stay.
You’re too curious not to.”
It infuriated me
that he knew that much about me. “Maybe I’ve changed.”
“In some ways,
sure, but not in that way.” His gaze traveled down my body. “In some ways
you’ve changed for the better.”
Take it all in,
Brad. You can look but you can’t touch. “More ways than you’ll ever know.”
A slow smile
spread across his face and I knew I needed to get away before I either killed
him or kissed him. One or the other was bound to happen soon.
“I’m going to
check into my hotel and we can get started tomorrow,” I said.
“I look forward
to it.”
I started to walk
away, but he called my name, and I turned.
“Your hair still
looks like fire in the sun, Red.”
“Stay back or
you’ll get burned,” I warned with a smile.
“We’ll see. I
plan on getting answers to my questions, starting tomorrow.” He looked so damn
confident.
“It’s my questions
you’ll need to worry about. Are you sure you’re going to come out of this book
looking like anything other than the asshole you are?”
“I think we’re
both in for some surprises.”
There was no
doubt about that.
Author Bio:
Amy Noelle is a thirty something single woman
with three cats. Though she contends that she is not a crazy cat lady, she
freely admits to being a crazy football fan. You can find her glued to the
couch every fall weekend, cheering on her Seminoles and Buccaneers.
After attending Florida State University for
two years, she transferred to Northern Illinois University and graduated in
1997 with degrees in Journalism and Political Science.
She was born in the Azores Islands, Portugal,
and lived as a military brat from the west coast to the east coast of the
United States, though she's found her permanent home in Tampa, Florida, for the
last decade.
Besides
football and writing, her other loves are television, movies, the beach,
thunderstorms, and her family and friends.
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