Hometown Heartbreaker
by Heather Long
He’d planned to steal her heart, but she left him on base.
Brother Zeke Thompson—or “The Friar” as his fans and teammates call him—is known best for his clean public image and his dedication to charities. He’s the perfect celebrity to come home to Sherwood Point for the peewee league’s pre-season camp—who doesn’t want the hometown boy who made it good in the majors to come home? When an old friend asks him to step up, he can’t say no. The only problem is Charity Lane. What wouldn’t the pundits give to know she’s the one who made him a “friar” in the first place.
Charity Lane can’t believe her luck when Zeke “The Friar” Thompson agrees to serve as the Charmings’ hero of the week. Sure, she’d dreamed of seeing him again, but she wouldn’t ever send the invitation—not when she’d kept such a huge secret from him so he could make his mark in sports. The kids are over the moon, and the town is ready to dance in the streets. Even her daughter is celebrating the prospect of such a popular player coaching them…
It’s the bottom of the ninth, and Charity is up to bat. Can she tell her two all-stars the truth, or will a foul end her best chance?
This novella was originally published June 2016 in Heartbreakers and Heroes anthology in eBook.
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Heather Long's Bio
National bestselling author, Heather Long, likes long walks in the park, science fiction, superheroes, Marines, and men who aren't douche bags. Her books are filled with heroes and heroines tangled in romance as hot as Texas summertime. From paranormal historical westerns to contemporary military romance, Heather might switch genres, but one thing is true in all of her stories---her characters drive the books. When she's not wrangling her menagerie of animals, she devotes her time to family and friends she considers family. She believes if you like your heroes so real you could lick the grit off their chest, and your heroines so likable, you're sure you've been friends with women just like them, you'll enjoy her worlds as much as she does.