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Heavy Hitter

Your new favourite must-read baseball sports romance for 2024 that's the love story of your wildest dreams...
By Katie Cotugno
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Readers are LOVING Heavy Hitter! Where has this been all my life?? I could not put this book down ★★★★★ Drama, humour, celebrity romance - what more can you ask for? ★★★★★ I would do anything for just one more page . . . I am... Read More
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A smart, sizzling, ripped-from-the headlines romance between an international pop star and a major league baseball player.

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Readers are LOVING Heavy Hitter!

Where has this been all my life?? I could not put this book down ★★★★★

Drama, humour, celebrity romance - what more can you ask for? ★★★★★

I would do anything for just one more page . . . I am an addict to this book ★★★★★

If you're looking for a Taylor Swift-coded pop star x pro athlete romance then you should definitely check this book out ★★★★★

Gives strong Tayvis vibes ★★★★★

Taylor and Travis. Jennifer and A-Rod. Marilyn and Joe. When a professional athlete and a megawatt star fall in love, the world becomes obsessed...

Now it's time to meet Lacey and Jimmy.

With four chart-topping albums, Lacey Logan is a superstar whose life no longer feels like her own, her every move photographed, videoed and dissected. Lacey skilfully governs her narrative throughout it all, an expert at showing fans and paparazzi only exactly what she wants them to see. But when she discovers her boyfriend is hiding some devastating secrets, she begins to lose her confidence, and her control over her own story.

Then big-shouldered baseball player Jimmy Hodges walks into the bar where she's venting to a friend. With his shaggy beard and unfashionable button-down, Jimmy is the opposite of the picture-perfect guy Lacey thinks she wants. And yet, she finds herself drawn to him. For the first time in her life, Lacey's doing things she wants to do, not what she thinks she should be doing.

But following her desires comes with its own risks. Lacey and Jimmy are polar opposites, and starting a relationship with him could damage everything she's worked so hard for. So why can't she get him out of her head?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399743020

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 172g

Pages: 240

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Humour Katie Cotugno Romance

About the Author

Katie Cotugno is the New York Times bestselling author of Birds of California and Meet the Benedettos, as well as eight novels for young adults. She is also the co-author (with Candace Bushnell) of Rules for Being a Girl. She lives in Boston with her family.

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