by Jean Joachim
“Yeah. Nat Owen and I are dating. Takes a winner to know a winner.”
Jake choked on a berry. Kate pounded him on the back.
“Turn up the sound!” he commanded. “That’s Nat. Nat Owen! Dating Lucy Albright?”
His cell rang. It was Bobby Hernandez. “Did you see Nat on TV?”
“What the fuck is he doing?” Jake asked.
“Guess you did see it,” Bobby chuckled.
“Yeah. What’s going on?”
“Nat’s stepping up. What a pair, MVP in baseball and MVP in country music,” Bobby said.
“I guess he knows what he’s doing,” Jake replied. “What about Dusty’s teammate, Nicki? I thought he had something going with her?”
“Hey, which one would you choose?” Bobby asked.
“Are you kidding? Albright’ll eat him alive,” Jake replied.
“Gotta go. Skip’s on call waiting.”
Jake stared at the screen. Kate cocked an eyebrow at him. “Is there a problem?”
“It’s my teammate, Nat Owen. Either he’s made the biggest match of his life or the biggest mistake.” Jake shook his head, his eyebrows knitted.
**THE END**
About the Author
Jean Joachim is a best-selling romance fiction author, with books hitting the Amazon Top 100 list since 2012. She writes contemporary romance, which includes sports romance and romantic suspense.
Dangerous Love Lost & Found, First Place winner in the 2015 Oklahoma Romance Writers of America, International Digital Award contest. The Renovated Heart won Best Novel of the Year from Love Romances Café. Lovers & Liars was a RomCon finalist in 2013. And The Marriage List tied for third place as Best Contemporary Romance from the Gulf Coast RWA.
To Love or Not to Love tied for second place in the 2014 New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America Reader’s Choice contest.
She was chosen Author of the Year in 2012 by the New York City chapter of RWA.
Married and the mother of two sons, Jean lives in New York City. Early in the morning, you’ll find her at her computer, writing, with a cup of tea, and a secret stash of black licorice.
Jean has 30+ books, novellas and short stories published.
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Watch for NAT OWEN, First Base – Bottom of the Ninth, book 4 – coming soon!