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First Love, Second Draft

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Pre-release: Expected April 15, 2025
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She’s a romance writer burned out on love. He’s her famous baseball star ex-husband. The last man she wants to be forced to work with is the one who broke her heart.
Rom-com writer Gracie Parker hasn’t written a bestseller since she and her husband, a major league baseball star, divorced five years ago. On thin ice with her publisher—and with a looming deadline—Gracie couldn’t have picked a worse time for a painful injury that has her flat on her back. At this point, she’d accept help from anybody . . . except her first love and ex-husband, Noah Parker.
The baseball season has just ended in massive disappointment for Noah. He’s facing the stark reality that he gave up everything for a career that’s let him down and that it might be too late to get back the one person he should’ve held on to. So when Gracie’s nephew calls, saying Gracie’s looking for a tenant for her next-door rental, it feels like it’s meant to be.
All Gracie cares about is turning in her manuscript on time, which is directly at odds with Noah’s attempts to win her back, even if she is slightly charmed by his kindness. But can people ever really change? Then Noah throws a curveball that could give Gracie the extension she needs, but it will mean working directly with Noah, something she’s not sure she can face. With no other choice, and everything on the line, Gracie must decide if it is too late for a second draft of their own love story.
  • Sweet second chance romantic comedy
  • Clean, stand-alone sports romance novel
  • Themes of redemption
  • Bookish heroine
  • Baseball star hero
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs
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      • Library Journal

        March 1, 2025

        Romance novelist Gracie Parker is struggling to add zip to her manuscript, especially because her own love life has been stagnant since her divorce. After a horseback riding accident, she comes home from the hospital to find that her nephew has rented the cottage next door to none other than her ex, the washed-up baseball star Noah, who still shares her last name despite their separation. In this forced-proximity, second-chance love story, Kinzer (Love in Tandem) uses her signature elements of small-town charm and complicated family relationships to explore starting over midstream in life. As Noah seeks forgiveness, Gracie winds up using his return to jumpstart her writing. Just as endearing is the love story between meddling nephew Matt and his first love, who has also recently moved back to town. VERDICT This lighthearted and heartwarming Midwest romance is laugh-out-loud funny, especially during the text message exchanges, and the characters will feel like friends. Secular readers will also enjoy this chaste offering, similar to Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson and The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh.

        Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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