Title: Pitcher Perfect
Author: Tessa Bailey
Series:Big Shots
Genre: Romance
Summary: Boston Bearcats rookie Robbie Corrigan is living the dream. He’s made it to the NHL, his best friend/teammate and fellow “orgasm donor” is his roomie—and the women of Boston love them both. Life is sweet. That is, until he meets Skylar Paige, division 1 softball pitcher, girl least likely to take anyone’s bull…and the one member of the opposite sex immune to his charms. Robbie might be dazzled by the badass pitcher, but Skylar pegs him as a filthy player and wants nothing to do with him.
When he discovers she’s carrying a serious torch for her brother’s best friend, Robbie knows he should just go back to clubbing and whipped cream bikini parties, but he can’t seem to leave Skylar to flounder on her romantic quest to land another man. Nor can he miss out on the opportunity to spend time with her and hopefully redeem himself. Before Robbie knows it, he’s agreed to be Skylar’s fake boyfriend/love coach at an upcoming family wilderness competition where her crush will be in attendance. What could go wrong?
Through a series of contests that require them to trust each other, Robbie and Skylar grow closer and closer until their fake relationship starts to feel like the realest thing they’ve ever known and the sizzling lessons in sensuality burn out of control.
But it’s all just pretend…right?
Thoughts:
I had been waiting for one of the “orgasm donors” in these books to get their own book, and I was delighted when I saw that it would be Robbie. Honestly, I’ve found him hilarious in the previous books and was glad to get a chance to actually know him for once as something more than the comic relief, though he remains clever and funny, and yes, sometimes a little annoying throughout this book.
Skylar is someone I would probably have a crush on if I met to be frank, she is sporty, determined and really good at what she does. There’s something about a girl that doesn’t take any BS from the guys surrounding her, and she sure does not.
This book does follow a familiar formula, but not one that I would say needs to be avoided yet. A girl likes or loves a guy, the girl meets another guy, they decide to fake date to make the guy jealous, and everyone catches some kind of feeling. What sets this apart is that Skylar’s family really kind of suck.
Banter is one of the things Tessa Bailey excels at and this book is no different when it comes to that. The two main characters bounce off each other so well, and I found myself smiling as I turned the pages.
Fake dating is one of my favourite tropes, and probably always will be and this book is really great at that. I also felt like I was really getting to know the characters, their flaws and even their dreams which can be super rare in the romance genre. Their relationship is also built on trust which flourishes throughout the pages.
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