Get
a personal chef, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
And then Thierry shows up and Pietro realizes his mistake. Because he knows
Thierry. A little too well.
Thierry is the man who told his ex to leave him.
Thierry is the man who punched Pietro and ran.
Thierry... is his ex-boyfriend’s best friend.
But Pietro also knows the man needs a job. An injury destroyed his former
career and Pietro is nothing if not a bleeding heart. Besides, he doesn’t have
time to search for a new chef, not with the World Series looming and his team
ready to go all the way.
Life gets more complicated, though, when he and Thierry cross a line one night
after a lot of wine and several bad jokes. And while hooking up is one thing,
Pietro knows the last thing in the world he needs is for his heart to get
involved.
Too bad it tends to make decisions without him.
Switch-Hitter is the first book in a fictional MLB series featuring a
lonely baseball player with a chip on his shoulder and hope in his heart, a
team ready to win no matter what it takes, a grumpy French chef who will defend
escargot to the death, and a few bottles of dry red wine leading to the
sweetest happily ever after. Each book in the Hit and Run Series stands alone,
contains no cheating, and has a happily ever after.
Book
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Switch-Hitter is the debut installment of the new series, Hit and Run.
Just a heads up, the past shared between our main characters, Thierry and
Pietro, features some darker elements. A toxic relationship and toxic
friendship, the toxicity is their mutual friend. Thierry is disabled due to an
on-the-job injury and Pietro suffers from ADHD.
Putting a toxic relationship behind him, dealing with the aftereffects of being
sucker punched by his ex's bestie/bodyguard, Pietro is focused solely on his
baseball career. Pietro is in the MLB, his ADHD a setback when it comes to
cooking for himself. It's just not something Pietro can handle. Since he has to
be on the top of his game, his teammates and brother getting on him about
eating frozen meals, he decides it's time to hire a personal chef.
Thierry has always wanted to be a chef, wishing to own his own restaurant.
After a lifetime of being in his friend's shadow, more bodyguard than friend,
Thierry has paid the cost of that friendship. In Colorado from his beloved
France, Thierry is in physical therapy to regain some of his independence.
Meet Cute? more like Meet Awkward...
Thierry applies for the job of a personal chef, discovering his client is none
other than the man he punched out at the behest of his ex-friend.
The setup of the novel was angsty deliciousness, which kept the pages turning.
However, Switch-Hitter was a much deeper novel than that, tackling some
hard-hitting emotional and physical traumas, while exploring that friendships
can be just as abusive as romantic relationships.
Pietro is battling his own demons, as is Thierry, both understanding they are
no innocents even when cast in the shadow of a toxic narcissist. They have
their faults. They're learning from their mistakes. But that doesn't mean they
aren't worthy of companionship and love. Instead of allowing the existing wedge
to fracture them apart, they find comfort and healing by exploring friendship
with one another in this slow-building romance.
This novel isn't merely about baseball, not that a good sports romance isn't a
lovely escape. Deep issues and traumas are explored, the limitations of
disabilities are shown in a realistic light instead of romanticized, as if love
heals all wounds – love makes life worth living but it doesn't erase your
disabilities.
Read from cover to cover, I highly recommend to fans of the author and MM
contemporary romance, not just the sports subgenre, as baseball was just a
facet of the novel not the focus. I look forward to reading more in the future,
as the side cast of characters were intriguing.
E.M. LINDSEY is a non-binary, MM Romance
author who lives on the East Coast of the United States. When they're not
working, E.M. is spending time on the beach, kayaking, swimming, and playing
with their dogs.
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