Thank you so much to the author for an advance copy!

This book will be released on March 25th, 2025.

I have connected with this author over our love of Philly sports so when I saw her post and market that she was writing a Philly version of the Savannah Bananas, I was like yes please!

This is slated to be a 7 book series and there are plenty of players that we were introduced that likely get their own book to shine. In this first book it is focused on an aging catcher who is not ready to hang up his mitt yet. JT was giving the option to join the struggling Philly Sillys skipping over the Triple A and Double A minor teams to help refocus him back to the game. If you know anything about the Savannah Bananas schtick, it's that they sing and dance and act silly all while playing baseball. This is TOTALLY not JT's personality at allll. And the only thing that is keeping him there is Cadence Andrews, the team's choreographer.

JT and Cadence did not have a good start. Cadence was trying not to make the crush on her favorite player so obvious which came off as not so nice. And JT was very serious and found it hard to find his footing in this new space. He was very standoffish and it came off as being difficult. One of my favorite niche tropes/moments in a romance novel are when the couple is at a night club or somewhere where they dance. In this case, the first spark between them occurred when they went line dancing with the rest of the team. The intimacy that is created between the couple (in any book) really showcases during these dance scenes. That moment is what broke the mold for JT and Cadence.

This is my first by the author and she had promised that there would be spice. And boy was there!! Iwancio had a way of writing the closeness between JT and Cady that was very descriptive and just so HOT! The chemistry between the two is just perfection. JT wants to court her and not have it be all sexual (even though there was a lot of sex happening). I do wish we got to see more of their vulnerable conversations and them connecting on a relationship level.

I love that we got a lot of the side characters that in a way felt natural to the storyline. We got to see JT start off a little apprehensive of his new teammates but then by the end has warmed up to them. You could really feel the sense of love between the teammates which just made me smile (also because it reminded me of the Phillies team dynamic.

Iwancio did a great job with incorporating Ranger (soon to be Ender) and Tiffiny into the story and giving us a sense that something is going on between the two of them. Which will set us up for book 2! Looking forward to see what is happening between the two of them and where in the timeline will their story be compared to this book.

I really enjoyed reading this & recommend this to anyone who loves a workplace, spicy sports romance and a bonus if you love Philly!

PS - The author had originally wrote the Philly Sillys players mirroring closely to the current Phillies lineup but she advised that she will be changing the character names.