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Caught In The Game: A Sports Romance (Diamond Lake Rattlers Book 1) by [Cassie Verano]

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Book 1 of 2: Diamond Lake Rattlers

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Stormi Knight is free from the constraints of her past relationship and isn’t interested in going back. The only love she’s interested in is the love she has for her contemporary jazz club, her namesake, Stormy Nights. During a night out in the city, Stormi finds herself on a blind date with a man she’d hoped never to see again.

Star shortstop Juan Carlos “JC” Peña is a fresh face to the city of Diamond Lake. The ladies love him, and the city needs him, and he knows it. His arrogant attitude and cocky ways make bonding with his team no easy feat. After he’s ousted from a popular jazz club, JC’s thinking of making some much-needed changes in his personal life.

Stormi and JC are finding an unexpected groove with each other that feels just right. But when the ties of JC’s past catch up to him and an old threat materializes for Stormi, there’s no way they can stand together. What will it take to bridge an ever-widening gap between them?

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April 30, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B091MR6Y4Z
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 991 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 207 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #174,319 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,639 in Sports Romance (Kindle Store)
- #3,647 in Black & African American Romance
- #3,831 in Black & African American Romance Fiction

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A USA Today Bestselling author, Cassie Verano pens steamy interracial romance for readers of all cultures and backgrounds. Her heroines are super sassy and wicked smart and her heroes are sexy, alpha males who are fiercely protective of the women they love.

This southern belle is a native Georgia Peach, who enjoys reading, writing, and trying different cuisines from around the world. On rainy days she can be found cuddling under a blanket with a good mystery book in her hands or watching a romance movie on Hallmark or LMN. She's a wife to an alpha male and mother of 3 zany kids.

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Ebony

Heart in the game of love

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2021

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I loved these characters. Even though I felt like the flow of the story was off, the development of the characters was solid.
Stormi seemed to have it all from the outside looking in, however her life was falling apart. As she found freedom from her marriage, she moved forward cautiously...and she was led to JC inadvertently.
JC was a baseball player with a larger than life ego. He was somewhat of a jerk, but underneath all of that he had a good heart. He was sweet with Stormi and patient with her rules. He was drawn to her because she wasn't the slightest bit impressed by who he was and didn't seem to need him at all.
The sub characters added a lot of flavor to the story..the villain was definitely her ex husband and he was hella creepy. I felt like the transition from her being married to divorced was abrupt, I felt like more details were needed which came out later but the flow was choppy. Jade was everything, the best girl friend and I loved their dynamic together. Overall it was a solid read, but needed work when it came to continuity.

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Stace

Good read didn't like the H

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2021

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I enjoyed this story. There was plenty of steam but also lots of actual story. The way that Stormi had to carry herself because of Luke was crazy but totally made sense. People with money and power can do so much damage. JC was a arrogant and hot headed man but Stormi helped him be better. Though I loved the story I just didn't like Stormi. I understand that JC was younger than her but she attributed his age and him being immature to literally anything that he did. And there were times where it felt like she was saying that to be saying it. He did alot for her and everyone makes mistakes but anything he did was because he was immature.

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M. Belle

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021

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Everyone of this author's books that I have read have been simply outstanding. Stormi was unfortunate to ne married to a manipulative vindictive devil and I was glad when she got out of the clutches of the pitch fork evil being. He almost destroyed her life: amazing the hold he had on her to the point where she had so much incriminating evidence against him and was initially scared to use it. Loved the relationship between her and JC which was a match made in heaven. They were meant to be. Liked that he turned his life around. That happens when the right woman enters a man's life.

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Micaiah

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2021

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Truly enjoyed watching JC evolve. Stormi definitely went through a few storms before she could claim her sunshine and rainbows. I couldn’t stand Luke, and I hated Stormi waited so long to handle him. But In the end it all come together nicely. Solid read.

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C Jackson~Books Etc.

All caught up

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021

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The first story in the series I read second, so some of the events seemed repetitive. I did not connect with Storm and JC, nor the others in this story. Storm's husband was a dirtbag and some of the stuff she allowed, I needed to see what was up with her morals. The savior mentality was irksome. However, the story overall was a good read.

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GeriR

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2021

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Caught In The Game was a good read, it had a bit of drama, lots of action (wink-wink) and a bit of mystery. Although JC was portrayed as this stereotypical arrogant athlete, he also had some substance which made him likeable.

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Different and Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021

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One of the things I like most about this book is that you get to read about things that happen in real life. There was nothing I read that I haven’t seen in the news or in true stories. It’s what made the book so good to me! On to the next book in this series!!

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LaCole A.

Loving these characters

Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021

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Such a well written and edited book. Fell in love with the characters. I too fell for a younger man so I can totally relate to how she felt. Great read. Do yourselves a favor and just buy the series. Your time or money will NOT be wasted.

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