Review: 3 full length books for under a $1
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2013
The plus side of this set is that you get 3 full length books for .99$  That is a great deal.  The first two books make it well worth the price and your time.Fastball is about a sports reporter Maddie Leclair and superstar hitter Jake Miller.  Jake has been injured and is in the process of making his comeback.  Maddie wants the scoop of the year.  This story was actually very interesting. I was not aware of all the rules regarding the press and pro-baseball players.  The downside to the story was that Jake is suppose to be this very private person, but in less then one course during dinner he is opening up and telling his life story to Maddie.  It wasn't really very believable.  Other then that though this was a very enjoyable story and if you like baseball, hot scenes this could be a good read for you.Hardball was my favorite of the three stories.  The main characters are the superstar pitcher Nate Carter and Dr. Holly Bell.  Holly is a pedicatric cardio surgeon.  Nate is an all star pitcher that loves to volunteer his time at the children's wing at the hospital.  There is an instant connection between them but they both have very different ideas about how a relationship should play out.I loved Nate's honesty about how his life just came so easy and why shouldn't this relationship be the same.  I loved the growth of his character.  The drama in the story worked really well to move the story along.  Again if you like baseball or even if you don't this story is really fun and hot.Bigger then Beckham just doesn't fit with the other two books.  Though Martha is a character that we met in the first two books this one has nothing to do with baseball.  Martha with her fake southern bell act feels like a different character then we had previously met.  Tony Branch is an English soccer player turner owner.  He wants to buy an American team and break into the American business side of soccer.  Martha's father has left her a professional team.  She has no clue how to manage the team to make it a success.What made me crazy was how clueless Martha was when it came to business and her team.  I just wanted to smack her on more then one occasion.  I also could not stand each time she would put on her fake southern bell routine.The reason that she could not move past selling the team was not really clear until almost the end of the story so you really don't understand what is motivating her.There were times in the book that it had such possibility but over all what didn't work over powered what did.  This is not a baseball book so if you are looking for a book with a baseball hero this one does not fit the bill.Overall a good series.  The first two will make any baseball fans heart beat a little faster.  Skip the third one and you still have a good deal.