All of Me: A Love Between the Bases Novel

All of Me, by Jennifer Bernard, is the first in her new Love Between the Bases series. The hero is Caleb Hart a pitcher for the Kilby Catfish, a triple A baseball team where he is hoping to regain a spot on a major league team. He is dealing with a lot of stress between sharing guardianship for his younger twin brothers with his college age sister and letting his on parole father live with him. The heroine is Sadie Merritt a down on her luck assistant to the mayor of Kilby, Texas. She had the guts to break up with her ex-boyfriend who was a member of a rich family who ruled the town. Sadie’s ex-boyfriend was not happy about being dumped so he spread nasty lies about her all over town and Sadie swears off men. Sadie and Caleb work together to get more of the town to support the baseball team. Through this time spent together they discover how much they share as well as how much they enjoy being together. Their chemistry is amazing and hard to ignore. I loved the way Bernard showed the growth of the relationship between these two characters as well as how they learn to trust each other. I also appreciated Sadie’s attempt to help Caleb out of a difficult situation, meeting he

All of Me is a bit different than your standard romance novel, though it follows the same general formula. What makes it stand out are the characters themselves, each dealing with very realistic and believable problems, even as their relationship together grows. Sadie’s a bit of a spitfire, and Caleb is incredibly generous in the way he puts his family first. If you love a good love story and really appreciate characters who don’t fall for every contrived bit of drama thrown their way, this one is definitely the book for you. ***FicCentral received this book from Harper Collins (via Edelweiss) for free in exchange for an honest review.

Great start to a new series from this author. Set around a minor league ball club in small town Kilby it has a great bunch of characters that I am sure will be reoccurring in upcoming books. Caleb and Sadie have a fun, sweet, and oh so sexy chemistry between them and you can definitely feel it throughout the story. While parts of the story are a bit outrageous and silly at times, overall it's a very good read. I definitely recommend it.