Curveball

by Kate Angell

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0505527073
• ISBN13: 9780505527073
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Three love stories in one book - just perfect!

"Curveball" is the first Kate Angell book I've read and ever since then I'm a big fan of her. Right no she is actually one of my favourite authors. The book is about the "Bat Pack" the three bad boys of the Richmond Rogues, a baseball team. And let me tell you, all of them are so hot and sexy that you become a baseball groupie immediately. It's the second books of the Rogues - series and I can recommend the other books as well. Psycho, Romeo and Chaser are three friends who like to play as hard as they like to party. After being benched for a fight they use their time to get to know three very special ladies. Psycho, a nudist, is the badest of the three but when he meets Keely Douglas, he is shocked to realize that this small, slender woman makes him crave what he never had - the love of a good woman and a family. Now he just has to convince her that he is so much more than a "Psycho". Chaser, the catcher of the team, realizes that Jen Reid, the girl next door and one of his best friends forever is the one woman who tops all the others. No he just has to manage to catch her before someone else does. Last but not least we have Romeo, the number one womanizer of the team, who meets his perfect match in reporter Emerson Kent. But she is not too sure if Romeo is ready to settle down with one woman. So Romeo has his work cut out because he realizes that with Emerson he can be Jesse (his real name) and doesn't have to be the superficial Romeo. As you can tell I just love this book, the guys are so sexy, the ladies are great too and the chemistry between the three pairs is awsome. The three guys are very different from each other so that the book never gets boring. Kate Angell has a way to write that makes me crave for more. I just wish that her books would be longer (maybe 300 pages more, hey, I can dream) because she is so good. So if you are in the mood for a great book with three sweet and sexy love stories grab yourself a copy of "Curveball" and be happy that it's part of a series so there are more great stories to discover. Read on and enjoy. S.M.

GREAT READ

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I read it in a half day because I couldn't put it down. It was Funny, Cute, & Sexy. LOVED ALL THE CHARACHERS. I wish she would have written a individual book on each couple. I ran out and bought her first book and I ordered the third one by Kate Angell. GREAT JOB Ms. ANGELL

A Perfect Escape!

Psycho, Romeo, and Chaser have all been suspended because of un-sportsmanship behavior against members of their own teams. Not very heroic but these three sexy ballplayers need a little time out and they are provided with this. Who knew how these three men would spend their time! Psycho finds himself having to renovate his colonial home. He's in the process of telling Keely thanks but no thanks and then she saves his bacon. In the end she is the best thing that has ever happened to him For the first ever, Romeo has found a lady that is not swayed by his good looks and Emerson walks away from him time and time again. He's got the entire season to prove to her he is more then a one night stand. Chaser has spent a lifetime next door to his best friend Jen. An accidental kiss opens his eyes to what he has right in front of him. It's not going to be easy to prove to her that they need to take their relationship to the next level. This is a fun-paced read that offers the reader's three different romances under once cover, a total treat. Ms. Angel has managed to give plenty of page time to each hero so the reader will not feel cheated in any way. I loved the humor and heart infused in these pages and Chaser, Romeo and Psycho as well as their ladies bat a home run in this entertaining read.

Go Richmond Rogues!!!!

Spring is in the air as baseball season is about to kick off for the Richmond Rogues... without their star power hitters, the Bat Pack. Romeo Bellisaro, Chaser Tallan, and Psycho McMillan have been involved in a preseason brawl on Media Day. Owner Guy Powers has had enough of their antics and all three are now suspended for the first thirteen games of the regular season. Psycho is more than furious after his suspension. After all, even his home isn't a sanctuary due to the relentless visits of the Daughters of Virginia who want Colonel William Lowell's home restored to all of its former glory. Interior designer, Keely Douglas, hopes to win his trust with her plans for the restoration but will she also win his heart? Meanwhile, Chaser is taking a second look at an old childhood friend, Jen Reid, while Romeo is betting lovely reporter Emerson Kent that the Rogues can still win it all, even with the loss of their star players for thirteen games. How will Psycho, Chaser, and Romeo handle it when life throws them all a CURVEBALL? Kate Angell hits a homerun off of this CURVEBALL! The delightful quirkiness of the characters kept me thoroughly engaged throughout the book and it was with great sadness that I finished the story. I want more! Psycho, Keely, Chaser, Jen, Romeo, and Emerson are all very vividly drawn and their unique personalities make this a surprisingly sweet but uproariously hilarious story. Kate Angell definitely knows her bad boy Bat Pack well as she found the perfect woman for each of them that could soothe that wildness without losing their own individual appeal. Kate Angell does a phenomenal job at drawing the reader into the heart of the game. I felt like I was right there with the Rogues as they struggled and battled through their season. Ms. Angell explains the sport well so that even a novice of the game will feel the passion and excitement of baseball. CURVEBALL is actually Ms. Angell's second book in a trilogy but it is easily a stand alone novel. However, I suspect that most readers will want to see what the first book, SQUEEZE PLAY, has to offer after finishing this one. I know that it is now on my must-read list as I am cheering wholeheartedly for the Richmond Rogues! COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES

The Boys of Summer are back!

I may be a man, and not just a man, but an alligator man, covered in green, leathery scales with a jawful of sharp, pointed teeth, but even I like to play ball with the latest Kate Angell summer romance, imagining the sunny, breezy world of above-ground dwellers and its attractive young couples playing their intricate mating games which usually involve a lot of flirting and very little slashing teeth in bloody contests of male dominance. "Curveball" continues the Boys of Summer series detailing the lives and loves of the Richmond Rogues professional ballplayers. In this second installment, the Richmond Rogue's "Bat Pack"--the trio made up of catcher "Chaser" Tallan, right fielder "Psycho" McMillan, and third baseman "Romeo" Bellisaro--get into heat with both their own team and the press, resulting in a 13-game suspension and some very hefty fines. If someone tried to suspend or fine me I would bite his head off; we alligator men believe in settling differences the old-fashioned way. The Bat Pack's punishment doesn't curb their badboy ways, however, but three spirited, independent women, sports columnist Emerson Kent, interior decorator Keely Douglas, and Chaser's childhood friend Jen Reid, just may. What follows is a fun, engaging romp as these three different women capture the hearts of their three boys, in the process bringing out three fully realized men who are sympathetic and compassionate beneath their macho exteriors. The only thing underneath my scaly exterior is the instinctive urge to bite moving objects and the utter despair of a tortured heart that wants only the briefest of connections with another living thing... before eating it. "Curveball" is the perfect summer read, combining sports, romance and comedy in a well-written package that abounds with humor and feeling. Is it any coincidence that Kate Angell shares the same surname as Roger Angell, famed baseball writer and editor? Yes, even us sewer dwellers sometimes read The New Yorker. And yes, it probably is just a coincidence. But it won't be any coincidence when you pick up Kate Angell's latest book, assuming you have fingers more dexterous than my reptilian claws, and enter the sporting world of a triple-play romance that leads into a ninth-inning rally of the heart that also sometimes throws at you a, dare I say it, curveball.