By: Jennifer Bernard and Erin Nicholas
Releasing
April 12, 2016
EN Fiction, Inc.
EN Fiction, Inc.
Caitlyn Murray has never let on that
she's had fantasies about her brother's friend Eli Anderson for years. She'd do
anything for the sexy baseball player who walked away from stardom to stay in
Sapphire Falls and take care of his family. But she and Eli are friends. Just
friends.
So when her brother hatches a plan
to get Eli to the pro baseball try-out for the Kilby Catfish and another chance
at his dream, Caitlyn is all in. After all, what's a little kidnapping among
friends?
A spot on the pitcher's mound for
the Catfish isn't the only tempting thing about the spontaneous road trip. Eli
already knows that Caitlyn is as sweet as the candies she makes for the
Sapphire Falls bakery, but alone with her overnight in the tiny motel room in
Kansas, it's impossible to resist the urge to take a little taste.
But when that taste leads to falling
for the girl next door just as his front door is moving hundreds of miles away,
can Eli really have it all? Or do they have too many strikes against them?
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Caitlyn felt her stool being
swiveled. She came face-to-face with Eli.
“Eli, what—”
He cupped the back of her head and
covered her mouth with his.
It didn’t last long. At least, it
didn’t last long enough, in her
opinion. But it was … amazing. Yes, that was definitely the word for the day.
“Did you really memorize each of my
tryout pitches?” he asked, resting his forehead against hers.
She nodded, unable to speak. Because
she’d also memorized the feel of his lips against hers. And she wanted to keep
reliving it.
“Thank you,” he said quietly.
“For memorizing them?” she managed
to ask.
“For caring.”
She melted a little at that. “I
can’t help it.”
She immediately bit her lip. Crap.
She had to stop with the slips. On this one she could blame her kiss-muddled
brain, but …
Hey, he’d kissed her.
“You kissed me,” she said softly,
pulling back just enough to look up at him.
“I did.”
She couldn’t help but let her gaze
drop to his mouth.
“And I want to do it again.”
Her eyes flew back to his.
“There is really something sexy
about you knowing all about pitching and every detail of my tryout and
believing in me so adamantly.”
Oh boy, she really wanted to kiss him
again. Or have him kiss her. However, whatever,
it took to get his mouth on hers.
“Then I overheard you talking to
Bryan. You really do think I’m amazing. You aren’t just saying that to me.”
“I’ve always thought you were
amazing,” she said.
He pulled her close and lowered his
head. “Yeah, the wanting to kiss you isn’t new either.”
And then he was.
It was so much more than the
spontaneous good-luck kiss. It was even more than the one just a minute ago.
This one was much more … intentional.
His lips moved over hers slowly,
deliberately, as if he was savoring her. After only a few seconds she was
clinging to him, his shirt fisted in her hands, her back arching as she tried
to get closer.
Caitlyn felt his hand move to the
back of her neck, holding her in place as he tasted her, his tongue sliding
along her lower lip and then in against her tongue when she sighed.
When he finally lifted his head, she
swore that she could still feel his tongue on hers. And in a few other places
it hadn’t actually been.
“Whoa,” she breathed out.
He nodded. “Yeah.”
“We should … ”
“Stop.”
“Do that again.”
They spoke at the same time and
stopped at the same time.
He let go of her and stepped back.
“You think we should stop,” she
said, trying not to show just how disappointed she was.
“You think we should keep going?” He
looked a little stunned at that.
“I think I need another shot.” She
raised her hand and signaled the waitress.
She was definitely going to need
another, because she’d just made a life-altering decision. Do or die. All or
nothing. Play hard or go home.
Gulp.
Caitlyn has had a crush on her brothers friend Eli for a long time, but she'd never tell anyone. She's used to being treated like the little sister or just a friend. But when Caitlyn helps Eli out unexpectedly, things take a turn in her direction, and she's left with a decision to make. Can she take this one night and live with it if it never amounts to more with Eli.
Eli has had his own feelings for Caitlyn, but held them at bay because she was his best friends little sister, the unspoken off limits girl. But Eli can't walk away from his feelings when Caitlyn gives him herself, first as a friend, a supporter, and then as a lover.
Eli's career dreams are about to come true, he's going to be playing baseball, but those dreams are also taking him away from Caitlyn and for some reason that's not sitting well with him either. Can Eli and Caitlyn find a way to make a relationship work without giving up their dreams?
Getting Wound Up is a wonderfully written small town sports romance with a little mix of friends to lovers. Both Caitlyn and Eli feel bound to be home to take care of the people they love even if it means giving up parts of their lives, their hopes or their dreams. But in true small town fashion, they both realize they don't have to give up everything an they don't have to carry all the weight on their shoulders alone. Watching these two figure out their feelings for each other and what they really mean to one another made for a few hilarious banter-full moments along with some sweet ones.
This story will suck you in and keep you reading, hoping for that HEA. The characters pull you into the story, not just the main ones, but their families and friends, it really makes you feel like you are a part of the town, a part of the group. The chemistry between Caitlyn and Eli is palpable from page one and it was easy to see that it was only a matter of time before they acted on it.
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