Author: Jennifer Bernard
Publication Date: May 26th 2015 by Avon
Plot: Jennifer Bernard, the USA Today bestselling author of the Bachelor Firemen series, scores another homerun with a brand-new series about sexy, single baseball players.
Playing for the Kilby Catfish is hotshot pitcher Caleb Hart's last chance to salvage his career after a major league meltdown. But the day of his opener with the minor league team, Caleb strikes out with the gorgeous woman who is delivering a petition to run the unruly Catfish out of town. Now, to stay in the lineup, Caleb will need to score big with the feisty brunette he can't keep out of his thoughts.
After the nasty lies Sadie Merritt's rich ex-boyfriend spread about her all over town, she's lucky to have a job at all. She can't afford to screw it up by falling for the player who is supposed to be helping her change the image of the fun-loving Catfish. But that's easier said than done when Caleb's voice alone is enough to make her pulse race. And when he surprises her with a mind-blowing kiss, she knows there's no turning back.
☆✮ My Review ✮☆
☆ I received an ARC via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!! ☆
All of Me was my second ever read from Jennifer Bernard. I’ve read one of her Firemen books, and liked it, but when I saw that she had ventured into the sports genre my heart literally skipped a beat!
Most individuals who know me, are well aware that I love my jock reads!
All of Me posed huge questions of proving yourself, rising against opposition, and being able to have faith in trust in someone.
Both Caleb and Sadie have a tandem to manifest to both themselves and the world and go through their conflicts and dissensions and find themselves as well as each other in the process.
They were a lovely pair as both come from relative equal footings and have their fair share of stikeouts, but ultimately were perfect counterparts for one another to help redeem themselves!
Loved this ‘homerun’ of a novel! Can’t wait for more!
☆ I received an ARC via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!! ☆
All of Me was my second ever read from Jennifer Bernard. I’ve read one of her Firemen books, and liked it, but when I saw that she had ventured into the sports genre my heart literally skipped a beat!
Most individuals who know me, are well aware that I love my jock reads!
All of Me posed huge questions of proving yourself, rising against opposition, and being able to have faith in trust in someone.
Both Caleb and Sadie have a tandem to manifest to both themselves and the world and go through their conflicts and dissensions and find themselves as well as each other in the process.
They were a lovely pair as both come from relative equal footings and have their fair share of stikeouts, but ultimately were perfect counterparts for one another to help redeem themselves!
Loved this ‘homerun’ of a novel! Can’t wait for more!
My Rating:
♥♥♥♥
☆✮ Excerpt ✮☆
Caleb made her lose her head, plain
and simple.
Sadie rested her forehead against his chest,
amazed all over again by the firmness of his toughened muscles. The heat of his
body contrasted with the cool water in the most heavenly way. “Maybe I didn’t
think this all the way through.”
“Are you telling me a dumb baseball
player got the better of a brilliant future law student? Nah.” He bent his head
so he could nuzzle her hair. “You smell nice. Like water lilies.”
She smelled hot man, mixed with lake
water and sun-baked mesquite. Somehow they’d drifted away from the gravelly
edge, so the stench of mud wasn’t as prominent. She felt so dreamy and secure,
held tight in Caleb’s arms as they floated aimlessly in the lake. He grinned
down at her, the light reflected off the lake water turning his eyes a soft,
clear blue. Sun glinted in his hair, spangled with crystal drops of water. He
really was a remarkably beautiful man. Everything seemed to still while she
soaked in the details of his powerful physique, his rawboned handsomeness, the
flash of vulnerability in his eyes.
She could really lose herself in
him. Completely and utterly. Never before had she felt anything close to that.
“Dream on,” she told him, and
flipped out of his arms. She dove under the surface, letting the slide of water
through her hair and across her body wash away the effects of that alarming
moment.
She’d always loved to swim, and it
took only a few moments to put distance between herself and Caleb. But he wasn’t
a professional athlete for nothing, and within moments he was splashing in her
wake.
Shrieking with breathless laughter,
she flung herself backward, as if onto a watery couch. He grabbed an ankle, and
she flipped to her stomach, kicking hard. But it was no use; she felt herself
being inexorably pulled toward him, his wonderfully big hands reeling her in.
And then there she was, snuggled
against his chest again. It rose and fell with his rapid breaths. “There,
that’s better,” he said with satisfaction, the words rumbling against her ear.
“I kinda like this whole fishing thing.”
“No fair, I got distracted,” she
protested, turning her body in the circle of his arms so she could see his
face. Water streamed from his hair, down his neck to his wide shoulders. His
eyelashes clung together, so his eyes looked bluer than ever. “I’d forgotten
how much I love swimming in this lake.”
“It’s starting to grow on me too. Or
at least something is.”
She giggled, and then, as a grin
split his face, started laughing. As he watched her something shifted in his
expression. His goofy smile vanished, replaced by an intent, hungry look. His
head lowered, eyes glittering. The rest of the world receded, so only his face
remained, coming closer and closer to hers, his mouth reaching for her …
Oh wow. He was going to kiss her.
And then he was kissing her. His lips burned against hers, sending pure shock
throughout her body. Kisses didn’t feel like that. They didn’t turn your lips
to fire, they didn’t liquefy your lungs so you could barely breathe. They
didn’t make you dizzy.
She pulled away with a gasp, still
in his embrace, their faces close enough so she felt his quickened breathing.
Caleb looked just as stunned as she felt, his eyes gone dark and gray as a
hurricane. For a long moment the two of them just stared at each other, poised
on the edge of the unknown. Water lapped against her hips, and a breath of air
kissed her shoulder. Everywhere her body touched Caleb’s, heat seared.
And then they were on each other
again. He seemed to consume her, exploring her mouth with long sweeps of his
tongue that left sparkling trails of heat in their wake. He tasted so
wonderful, like summer days, like fireflies and bicycling down dusty back
roads, like every time she’d laid on her back in a meadow and dreamed about the
future.
Little whimpers rose from her
throat. She pulled her mouth from his, her cheek brushing across his stubbly
chin, its roughness sending more shocks through her. His grip loosened and she
slid down his body until she stood on the lake bottom, pressed against him from
head to toe. The huge bulge in his briefs made her feel a little faint.
“Sweet Jesus,” he whispered as she
nibbled on his jaw. She couldn’t help it; she wanted to eat him up. “You’re
making me crazy. We can’t do this here.”
“Shh.” She didn’t want to talk. She
wanted this all-consuming, crazy conflagration that she’d never even imagined
before. Tugging at his shoulders, she rose on tiptoe, brushing her lips against
his again. With a heartfelt groan, he gave in.
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☆✮ About the Author ✮☆
Jennifer Bernard is the USA Today bestselling author of the Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel series. A graduate of Harvard and a former news promo producer. The child of academics, she confounded her family by preferring romance novels to any other books. She left big city life for true love in Alaska, where she now lives with her husband and stepdaughters. She’s no stranger to book success, as she also writes erotic novellas under a naughty secret name not to be mentioned at family gatherings.
Besides reading, writing and living romance, another passion is Ashtanga yoga. She practices daily, and has traveled to Thailand, India and Hawaii to learn from the best teachers on the planet. Other than that, she love hiking, meditating, hazelnut chocolate, the children she is graced to have in her life.
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