Dom was even trying to convince me to coach a Little League team with him next spring. But I didn’t think all those bratty kids with runny noses was my thing. Not like it was for Hollister and Dawn, who got engaged and wanted lots of kids. Apparently, Kellan and Donovan wanted that too, and from Donovan’s sly smiles of late, I wondered if he had something planned.
Never say never, right? I definitely knew I wanted to get hitched to Dominic someday. I wanted to marry Dominic Girard. Wow, trippy. But we had all the time in the world.
Though not if Mrs. Girard—or Mom as she’d insisted I call her—had anything to say about it. We’d been plotting a little while we worked the snack counter some nights. I told her about the time we saw the wedding on the beach, and she’d latched on to the notion. Even suggested I plan a return trip for us to San Diego in the fall, and I’d admit I loved that cheesy, romantic idea. I had a feeling Dominic would too.
“Promise to play me in air hockey tonight?” Gemma asked me as she strode behind the shoe-rental counter.
“Of course. Trying to get me back?”
She threw me an evil grin because I’d beaten her nine out of ten times the other night, mostly because she kept looking at her phone and counting the minutes until her boyfriend arrived.
Dominic and I were still competitive in most things, but after a year under my belt, more evenly matched. Just like we randomly played catch, we also came down early some mornings to take a spin at foosball or pinball before putting on coffee. Another of my favorite things. The Girards were apparently stuck with me, and when I joined Mom in humming one of her Motown tunes, I knew unfailingly that I was stuck with them too.
“Remember, don’t drink the water,” Devers professed loudly as he walked into the bowling alley with a group of our old teammates—Sinclair, Fischer, and Vickers included.
“No bloody noses either,” Kellan added, coming up behind them, this time with Jasmine in tow.
“Still the same jackasses,” I said, and everyone laughed.
Damn, it was good to see all of them.
When I caught Dominic’s gaze and his eyes softened, I knew I would never give him up—or any of this—for all the free fountain soda in the world.
Thank you for reading HOME PLATE! I hope you enjoyed it. Have you read BAT BOY (Brady and Kellan’s book) yet?!
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Brady Donovan
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With a baseball scholarship to Easton University and awesome family and friends, my life is pretty golden. Except, things have never come together for me in the romance department. Until Kellan Crawford walks onto the field as the team’s newest bat boy. Bells and whistles go off in my body, and just like that, I’m totally crushing on a guy for the first time in my life. Too bad he’s the coach’s son and officially off-limits.
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Kellan Crawford
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I’m working toward my statistics degree, so landing the bat-boy position with the Easton U Pirates is right up my alley. It keeps me close to the action on the field, even if that means hauling equipment, picking up sweaty jockstraps, and putting up with the players’ antics. My dad’s the coach, and his number-one rule is never to play favorites…which probably includes getting too friendly with the team captain. But Brady Donovan’s annoyingly perfect smile and protective nature are making that nearly impossible.
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When something shifts between us at an away game, everything is thrown off-kilter. Donovan’s never been with a guy before, and I certainly don’t want to be his test case. But I can’t seem to help myself. He’s sweet and hot and somehow charms the baseball pants right off me. If Coach ever catches wind of this, he’ll bench us both. Disappointing my dad might kill me, but so would losing the guy who makes my heart pound harder than a home run in the bottom of the ninth.
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So much for not playing favorites.
Where to Find Christina Lee
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Other Books by Christina Lee
Standalones:
A Breath Apart
Love Me Louder
Kickflip
A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies
Have Mercy
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Easton U Pirates series:
Bat Boy
Home Plate
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So This is Christmas series:
Beautiful Dreamer
Beautiful Temptation
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Under My Skin series:
Regret
Reawaken
Reclaim
Redeem
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Roadmap to Your Heart series
The Darkest Flame
The Faintest Spark
The Deepest Blue
The Hardest Fall
The Sweetest Goodbye
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Co-written with Nyrae Dawn (AKA Riley Hart)
Free Fall series:
Touch the Sky
Chase the Sun
Paint the Stars
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Spinoff from Free Fall series:
Living Out Loud
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Standalones with Riley Hart:
Of Sunlight and Stardust
Science & Jockstraps
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Forbidden Love series with Riley Hart:
Ever After: A Gay Fairy Tale
Forever Moore: A Gay Fairy Tale
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Boys in Makeup series with Riley Hart:
Pretty Perfect
Pretty Sweet
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Co-written with Felice Stevens
Heartsville series:
Last Call (MMM)
First Light (MM)
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M/F books that can all standalone:
All of You
Before You Break
Whisper to Me
Promise Me This
Two of Hearts
Three Sacred Words
Twelve Truths and a Lie
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*Find links to these books HERE!
About the Author
Once upon a time, Christina Lee was a wardrobe stylist in New York City. She spent her days schlepping clothes, hailing cabs, and on the hunt for the perfect lip gloss, which became a bit of an addiction—along with books and coffee. You could always find her perched in a corner booth of a favorite diner sipping a dark roast and reading.