SPRING TRAINING – Alessia Brio & Will Belegon

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ISBN – 13: 978-1-59426-874-8

ISBN – 10: 1-59426-874-6

April 2008

Erotic Contemporary

Chicago, Illinois – Present Day

Last year, Andrea Spring spent the time of her life bedding two baseball players-at the same time-but that is now in the past. However, her journal of who she’s bedded in the past is hot property, and if someone were to get hold of her diary, it could rock many lives. But this hasn’t stopped her from enjoying herself, nor the men in her life. A thorn in her side is the coach, Mark Hamilton, who thinks little of Andi’s escapades with the players. Something about Mark irritates Andi just as much as he excites her. When her journal is indeed taken, Mark steps in to help her, even as he despises her for her sexuality. Or does he perhaps wish that he was one of the “players” she beds?

SPRING TRAINING is apparently a follow up to DOUBLE HEADER, which was released in October 2007. Not having read that story, I am introduced to Andi and immediately get my first impression of her as one who sleeps around a lot with men in sports, nothing more than a groupie. However, as SPRING TRAINING progresses, a little more insight into her character emerges and she’s not unlikable, just a little harder edged than most heroines. Andi is not afraid to take pleasure and rarely turns down a man, but yet, it is Mark she eventually becomes attracted to. He’s the “unattainable one” because he’s honorable and respected and thinks Andi is besmirching baseball with her off the field antics. In the end, when things (and some danger) come to a head, it brings Mark and Andi together. But is he “the one” she can commit herself to?

The sex scenes are smoking hot and the characters are plentiful, with an added glimpse into the lifestyles of baseball players. If you like to read stories based on sports, then you’ll no doubt enjoy SPRING TRAINING.

Holly Tibbs