SYNOPSIS:

“I met her at an all-time low . . . the worst night of my life—a time I never wanted to remember.”

“It was a night I could never forget.”

“When it came to women, I swore I was done with wishful thinking. Ball and my coaching career were all that mattered.”

“I reminded him it wasn’t.”

“She was everything I was afraid of.”

“He was everything I’d ever wanted.”

“She was fire—an irresistible piece of southern heaven that I couldn’t stay away from.

“He was smoke that clouded me in every imaginable way.”

“And the sex . . .”

“Dear God, the sex . . .”

“I fell hard, and she gave me hell at every turn.”

“I made a promise I was hell bent on keeping.”

“And you kept it.”

“Hell yes I did.”

“Fuckin’ A.”

This is a SPORTS ROMANCE and can be read as a stand alone.

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****FIVE STARS*****
{BETA & ARC Generously Provided by Author}

”I looked into that man’s eyes and I saw him, and he was beautiful, so beautiful I fell in love on the spot. I just knew that he was something special, that he was…”

“That night, he made me promise to give my heart to a man who deserved it. He told me to make him earn it, and before I promised him that, I swore I wouldn’t waste any more time with a man who didn’t love me the same.”

This is the sixth Kate Stewart book I’ve read, and that’s not including the seven I’ve read written under her other pen name, Angelica Chase. What I’ve come to learn about this woman is that she puts her blood, sweat, and tears into every novel she writes. She never does anything half-assed. This woman went through hell while writing MAJOR LOVEand it’s apparent that the end product is nothing short of a masterpiece because of her efforts. I have no doubt Kate can write a story from any genre she attempts to tackle. Unlike its predecessor, Major Love is packed with incredible angst and a beautiful but broken Hero who will steal your heart the moment he bares his soul to you early on in the story.

Andy Pracht is Rafe’s best friend that we met in ANYTHING BUT MINOR. He’s a great guy whose only mistake in life was giving his heart to the wrong woman. Kristin was a waitress who worked in Andy’s bar and the two had formed a very close relationship but all the while Kristin was pining for Rafe, who never gave her any indication that he reciprocated her feelings. Now some may think she wasn’t a bad person but I do believe she gave Andy little snippets of hope and for that, she’ll always be the bad guy to me. The story takes off very early on when at Rafe and Alice’s engagement party, Andy has drunk himself into a stupor. When he first meets April, he is standoffish because his heart is still pretty shattered and his trust in women is nonexistent. April however, finds herself instantly attracted to Andy and even a little intrigued too.

April Turner is Alice’s next door neighbor. She works as a 911 operator and has unselfishly put her life on hold while she helps her sister, whose husband was a police officer who was killed while on duty. April moved in with her sister to help take care of her two nephews. This didn’t sit well with April’s boyfriend of almost fifteen years and ultimately led to their breakup. April is also a little gun-shy when it comes to relationships with the opposite sex, just as Andy is. But what we come to learn early on is that these two couldn’t be more perfect for each other. They are each other’s true other half.

On the night of Alice and Rafe’s engagement party, Andy splits himself wide open for April and lets her in on the soul-shattering loss he carries silently in his heart. They have one of the most intense conversations two people could ever share. It leaves a lasting impact on April and even results in her falling for Andy. The only problem is that Andy ends up having no recollection of their night together when he wakes up the next morning. He was so beyond wasted that he blacked out most of what happened the night before. Since April and Andy are the maid of honor and best man, they end up having to spend quite a bit of time together and ultimately they are unable to fight the building attraction between them. I would rate the steam between these two – TEN PANTY MELTING STARS!!

But everything is not all hearts and flowers for our couple. April tries to protect her heart because she believes that Andy is still in love with Kristin and that she’ll never win his love. Andy has vowed that he will never be with a woman who doesn’t put him first in her heart and for some reason, he questions whether April can be that person. So the two spend a lot of time being clueless and even ridiculous but oh how it makes for some serious angst!!

Will Andy and April eventually get their act together??!! Well, you’re going to have to read this one to find out!

If you love a good Sports Romance that is laugh-out-loud hilarious, panty melting inducing and will leave you swooning like a love sick fool, then you really need to one-click this little gem!!

MAJOR LOVE is currently available!!

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*****Dee’s Review*****

5 ++++ ~My Carolina Girl~ Stars*****

( ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review)
(BR with Mel & Patty)

I had a blast reading this book! Major Love was nothing but romance and fun, and I can see myself re-reading this book a million times more. Simply AMAZING!!!

Andy is Rafe’s best friend, we met him in the first book of this series. He is a retired baseball player, who loves to brew amazing beer, runs a very successful bar in Charleston and is in love with his best friend Kristina. The problem is, that Kristina is in love with Rafe and since he can’t reciprocate the love, and to avoid hurting Andy’s feelings, she decides to leave the city and move to Atlanta with her son, leaving Andy devastated.

Rafe and Alice are getting married and as their best friends, April is the maid of Honor and Andy is serving as the best man. On the night of the engagement party April and Andy meet, they are instantly attracted to each other, but both of them have been burned by love before, so their first meeting turns out to be both passionate and disastrous.

Andy can hardly contain himself around April. She’s funny, beautiful, voluptuous and her southern accent is so sexy to him, he feels like she’s dangerous to his health. April too is super attracted to Andy’s athletic good looks and ginger hair, he is also super sweet, and she just melts every time she’s around him.

These two start hanging out a lot in order to help Alice plan the wedding, and by the time the big event rolls around, Andy and April are done controlling themselves and just give into the passion that’s been brewing between them for months. The problem is, that Andy is moving away since he accepted the position of coach and April has promised not to settle for a guy again; she has a lot going on with her life and family, and can’t afford to lose her heart again.

Can Andy and April do the long distance thing, and keep the relationship casual? Or will they fall helplessly in love and once again sacrifice everything in the name of love?

Author Kate Stewart is a genius when it comes to writing rom-com. Her humor is so bright and sassy, causing big belly laughs as you read this book. Also, the woman can write sexy, and I mean hot, sizzling, passionate scenes, so you see, the perfect combination in a story.

When a book can make you giggly happy and melt your heart and every other part of your body, that’s a winner to me, and Major Love was that, a total hit!!!!

A book so wonderful I wish I could gift a copy to every single person on this planet, so they too, can feel the happiness I felt when I read this book.

Don’t wait any longer and pick up this amazing series today. Both books in this series are sports themed romances to perfection.

My Major Love music playlist:
*I was made For Loving You by Kina Grannis
*Wings by Birdy
*Save Room by John Legend
*At Last by Etta James
*Love On The Weekend by John Mayer

*****Mel’s Review*****
5 Stars!
(ARC provided by author)
(BR with Dee & Patty)

April Turner is a beautiful woman from Charlston, SC who is a 911 operator. She broke things off several months ago with her boyfriend after 15 years together. Now single, she wants it all next time she puts her heart on the line. She wants passion & to be #1 to the man she gives her heart to.

April attends an engagement party for her friends Rafe & Alice. She meets the best man Andrew Pracht. Andy is gorgeous & she enjoys flirting with him. After a few drinks he over shared a bit with April. It’s clear he’s suffering from a broken heart, but he’s raw, open & honest, and April kinda falls for him a little.

As maid of honor & best man, Andy & April help out with wedding preparations for Rafe & Alice. As they spend time together they really enjoy each other’s company. Andy doesn’t remember pouring his heart out to April & April longs for the sweet, open man who she connected with a few nights ago.

Andy is retired from playing minor league baseball for the Charlston Swampgators, & owns a bar where he brews his own beer. He recently fell for a woman who didn’t return his affections. He wanted to find his forever woman who had the type of heart he craved, but was now a little gun shy with women. He wanted to be in a relationship, but things never seemed to work out for him.

As April & Andy work together for their friends wedding they just click. They share an intense attraction & connection. They finally give in to their desire & are explosive together. The sex is incredibly & they love being together. Soon real feelings blindside them both & they have to decide what they are to one another. April has Andy’s attention, but decides she wants his heart. Will Andy take the leap & put his heart out there again?

-She was the epitome of everything I wanted in a woman.

-Her jokes, I got them. Her sarcasm, I adored it. Her sassy mouth, I kissed it every chance I got. Her moans, I would never stop working for. Her heart… well, I wanted it.

-Andy is the kind of man I’ve wanted my whole life.

-Andy had me, heart and soul.

I adored Andy in Anything But Minor & was desperate for more. Kate definitely delivers in Major Love. She did something I didn’t think was even possible & made me love him even more than my Rafe. Andy is such a beautiful soul. He’s a swoony, gentle, kind, loving, hot as hell man! Gorgeous inside & out. I fell hard for Brew Master Andy and his big heart! Loved this book so much! I need a book for a Rowdy next! :))

BLURB:

“She’s a nerd.”
“Heyyyy!”
“Okay, she’s a flight instructor.”
“Better.”
“He’s a ballplayer.”
“The best that ever was.”
“Technically, you aren’t according to MLB stats.”
“See? Total nerd. She also has no filter.”
“He’s no southern gentlemen.”
“I had one last season to prove my worth.”
“I’d never seen a game.”
“He told me he was a player.”
“She told me she was a lesbian.”
“But you fell in love with me anyway.”
“Yeah, baby, I totally did.”

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****5++++++++++RAFE HEMBRY IS ALL MINE STARS*****
{Beta Read}

It was selfish of me to ask her to take me the way I was, with only the time I could give, but I wanted her in a way I could never explain, or try to. She had so much strength, so much ability. She was so fiercely independent at times I couldn’t believe she could need anyone at all. But she trusted me, she looked out for me and when we were together I could feel her need for me. She was everything I’d ever wanted and never thought I would find in a woman.

So I happen to really love Kate Stewart to the moon and back. She’s honestly the most genuine and beautiful person inside and out. And she’s so FLIPPING HILARIOUS. I told her that she should try her hand at writing a RomCom and how I just love those and sports themed romances. Wouldn’t you know she already had Anything But Minor in that brilliant and beautiful mind of hers!!!!!

I 100% LOVED THIS BOOK TO PIECES!!!!!!! From beginning to end it was PERFECTION!! Kate has always been one of my favorite authors and is a very gifted and versatile writer, but I truly feel that ROMCOM is her niche!! This book is equivalent to a World Series win for Kate Stewart!! I laughed so hard and fell madly in love with RAFE HEMBRY!!!! Not only did Kate deliver a superb story but she also created one of the most loveable and unforgettable heroines I have come across to date. Alice Boyd was adorably geeky and quite the google search expert. I loved her exuberance and vivaciousness. She was always willing to try something new and I admired her for her courage to just pack up and move to a place where she had not one friend or family member there to support her.

Alice lands a job at Boeing as a flight instructor in Charleston, South Carolina. She’s leaving her hometown and excited to be starting her new life. She decides to go on a little tour of the Downtown area and stumbles upon a flyer for an upcoming Swampgators baseball game. Little did she know that this flyer would change her life forever.

Rafe Hembry is the up and coming star player for the Swampgators. Major League talent scouts have him on their radar. The moment he spots Alice in the stands, he feels an instant attraction and she definitely is awestruck at the sight of Rafe. Alice is quite the klutz and it’s almost a given that she will land herself in an embarrassing situation and oftentimes it happens whenever Rafe is around. The two become fast friends but always with the undercurrent of pure want between them. No matter how hard Rafe tries to seduce her, Alice is fearful that she will be just a passing fancy for him and she’d rather hold on to the friendship they share than to lose him to a moment of lust. But as time passes they both realize that there is something pretty special building between them and neither will be able to deny their attraction any longer.

When Rafe and Alice give in to their burning passion for each other I may have felt myself about to combust from the explosive heat generated between them. Holy Hell, get ready to feel the earth move and bookcases fall!!! And once things start to get serious between them, I was a swooning mess!!

This is a book to be savored and I promise you that the story hooks you in from the beginning and will have you laughing, panting, and maybe even shedding a few tears of joy when all is said and done. It is definitely a book that I will be revisiting quite often.

If you’ve never read anything by Kate Stewart, I highly recommend that you start with this one right here. It’s thePERFECT summer read!!!

ANYTHING BUT MINOR is available NOW!!!

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*****Mel’s Review*****

5 “I Have A Feeling You Are Worth Knowing” STARS!
(ARC provided by author)

Alice Boyd is a beautiful woman from Dayton, Ohio who has always been obsessed with flying & becoming a pilot. She just took a job as a flight instructor for the new Boeing plant in Charleston, SC & will head up their flight simulation program. She is super excited to move to a new city & experience new things. While out one evening, Alice decides to attend a baseball game for Charleston’s home team the Swampgators. It’s their first home game & she loves it!

She right away notices the gorgeous pitcher who seems to be looking right in her direction. She soon learns his name is Rafe Hembrey. Rafe has the best stats of any pitcher in the minors, & with his talent, he’s expected to be called to the majors any day now. This is his season to prove himself.

Rafe is a sexy, arrogant athlete/ladies man used to getting what he wants, & he’s decided after meeting this stunning blonde, he has to have her in his bed. He goes after Alice hard & his usual charms don’t work right away. Alice is quirky & has no filter. She’s hilarious & fun to be around and Rafe just wants more of her in every way. He pursues her & she eventually gives in because HELLO… he’s absolutely beautiful & paired with his personality he’s irresistible.

-I’d been thoroughly kissed. The kind of kiss a woman begs life for, the kind of kiss that keeps the sexual imagination spinning for months, even years.

-I was fucking consumed with thoughts of her.

-I had to have that woman.

-I’d always been loyal to my game, my attention never swayed, ever. Kissing Alice the way I had with several innings left to pitch was the first time I’d ever betrayed my first love. And it felt fucking amazing.

They soon really fall hard for one another & have to deal with the fact that their relationship may be temporary if Rafe gets called up to the majors. Suddenly Rafe’s priorities begin to shift as Alice becomes essential to his happiness.

I loved this book so much! It’s my favorite by Kate Stewart. Rafe Hembrey is dreamy perfection. I was swooning throughout this book & couldn’t put it down. It has everything I love in a fabulous book. It has a delicious alpha male, plenty of steamy hotness, & is laugh out loud funny. The perfect summer read! 😀

-“I’m happy. For the first time in a long time, I’m happy. You showed me what it looks like and then you became a reason.”

-“You. Are. Everything. My everything.”

*****Dee’s Review*****

*****5+++~Be Mine Stars

(ARC kindly provided by author <3)

Laugh out loud and utterly fantastic. Anything But Minor was everything I’ve been craving and much more. Kate Stewart has proven once again that not only is she a talented author, but that she’s also damn funny too!!

This book delivered nothing but a good time! A total home run of a book!!!!

Alice left her hometown behind and has moved to Charleston, South Carolina in search of a new life full of adventure. She grew up with a mother who was very strict and kept Alice sheltered from most things in life. Now Alice is ready to break free, with a wonderful list in hand of new things she wants to try.

From the moment Alice steps down from the airplane, she starts to fall in love with Charleston, and we go along with her. The beautiful setting is so enchanting, it makes you want to hop on a plane, and go visit.

In the spirit of trying new things, Alice finds herself at a local baseball game, where a strange older woman offers her a weekly seat to watch the games of their home team with her. And it is at that ballgame where Alice gets mesmerized by the most beautiful man she’s ever seen; Rafe Hembrey.

This is Rafe’s year, the year he’s been waiting for to sign with a major league team. His stats are better than ever, his career at its’ peak, and everyone knows that sooner or later he’s getting that call. Which is why he can’t afford to get distracted by the bombshell/nerd/ Google obsessed woman he just met at one of his games.

Alice knows Rafe has a reputation of love ’em and leave ’em, and she also knows that he might be leaving Charleston soon. So, after a few friendly dates, and even though the attraction is out of control intense between them, Alice decides she’d rather not lose Rafe’s friendship since she knows all she can get from him is amazing sex. But Rafe has other plans, he wants in Alice’s pants, but every minute he spends with her, makes him realize that he might actually want more.

This story was as sweet and decadent as eating a chocolate cake, but without feeling guilty about the calories. The characters, the hilarious plot, and the setting made a magical combination that will charm the hearts of anybody who reads it.

Rafe was sexy and delicious, but Alice was my most favorite thing about this book. Her character was totally adorable, smart and also very empowering, we need more female characters like her in books.

Anything But Minor is a book that will leave you feeling happy. A book that you would want to share, gift and recommend, because it’s so full of laughs and soul. This book is one item I’ll have on my Christmas list to give to all my friends. I just LOVED it!!!