{"product_id":"third-strike-smitten-susan-renee-9781964930282","title":"Third Strike Smitten","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery sports columnist in the Pacific Northwest will tell you I'm the cocky ace pitcher of the Portland Lagers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat they don't know is that I've been barely holding it together for years. On the outside, I'm the grumpy pitcher with a chip on my shoulder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the inside, I'm one bad inning away from believing I'm not good enough to wear this jersey at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYeah. Anxiety and I have been teammates for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only person who's managed to get inside my head is the cute redhead heckling me from behind home plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsla Fallon is relentless, sarcastic, and entirely too good at making me smile when I should be spiraling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucky for me, she's also the new flight attendant on our team charter, so when the front office starts whispering about \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrading me because of my attitude, fake dating the woman who's been roasting me from the stands suddenly seems like a pretty solid PR strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut between the kisses for the cameras and the conversations nobody else gets to hear, she sees me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I see her too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's been running from her fears for years, and I understand why. The problem is, I'm falling for her, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand with the season coming to an end, I'm not sure I'm enough to make her stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wasn't how the season was supposed to go and I'm certainly out of my league here, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e but if I've learned anything in this career, it's that games are never won in the first inning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the entire game comes down to the final pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Renee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1964930286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964930282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Author Susan Renee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.93d","brand":"Susan Renee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174555623679,"sku":"9781964930282","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9c24e7a-1683-49ae-bbac-6a6a35c346ee.jpg?v=1788960279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/third-strike-smitten-susan-renee-9781964930282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}