Strike Zone by Kate Angell
Boys of Summer Series
LoveSpell
Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 978-0-505-52708-0
Reviewed by Tanya

 

   

 

Brek Stryker is having the year of his life.  He is in position to break all of his father's pitching records, and he is engaged to marry the mayor of the town.  Not only is he engaged, but his fiancée is nothing like his last one (Taylor) and he thinks that this is just what he needs.

Taylor is stunned when her sister Eve lets her know Brek is getting married.  She has always thought she would be able to talk with him about why she left him at the alter all those years ago.  Now she might not get the chance.  So she actually bangs up her knee while skiing and comes back to Richmond to make amends.  The problem is that instead of making amends, she ends up making things worse.  She realizes she is still in love with Brek who wants nothing to do with her.  Additionally, Brek’s relief pitcher (Sloan) seems to be hitting on her when he really is attracted to her sister Eve.  Will Sloan and Eve get together? Or will he live up to his love‘em and leave‘em reputation.

 Suddenly things don’t seem to be as good in Brek’s life as in the past.  He is still drawn to Taylor, his fiancée is trying to keep a distance that he doesn’t like, and there is a rumor that his batting nemesis might be traded to his team.   When Taylor ends up in the hospital from her knee injury, he decides that he will be the friend she needs to get better.  Will the rest of his life straighten out? Will they acknowledge the flames that are still between them? 

Taylor and Brek were the main characters of Strike Zone, but I almost liked the secondary story between Eve and Sloan better. But then again, that is like choosing between chocolate and oh, chocolate, as all four characters are written so well that it was easy to become involved in their lives.  Strike Zone is the latest in the Boys of Summer series and Ms. Angell just might convert me to baseball after all.  I enjoy reading about the lives and times of characters we have met in the past and their interactions with the new ones.  I also want to point out that you do not need to read the series in order, though if you start with Strike Zone, you will find yourself hunting for the others.  I have to say that if there is any complaint I have with Strike Zone, it is that I will have to wait another year to read the next in the series.  It is with great pleasure that I am Joyfully Recommending Strike Zone.

     

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