by Devney Perry
 
   Make Me Yours
   Top Shelf Romance Collection 4
   Devney Perry
   Amo Jones
   K. Bromberg
   Chelle Bliss
   Contents
   The Player & The Catch
   The Player
   Praise For The Novels
   Prologue
   1. Scout
   2. Easton
   3. Scout
   4. Scout
   5. Easton
   6. Scout
   7. Scout
   8. Scout
   9. Scout
   10. Scout
   11. Scout
   12. Easton
   13. Scout
   14. Scout
   15. Easton
   16. Scout
   17. Scout
   18. Scout
   19. Scout
   20. Easton
   21. Scout
   22. Scout
   23. Scout
   24. Easton
   25. Easton
   26. Scout
   27. Scout
   28. Easton
   29. Scout
   30. Scout
   31. Scout
   32. Easton
   33. Scout
   34. Easton
   35. Scout
   36. Scout
   37. Easton
   38. Scout
   39. Easton
   40. Scout
   41. Easton
   42. Scout
   43. Easton
   44. Scout
   45. Easton
   The Catch
   Praise For The Novels
   46. Scout
   47. Easton
   48. Scout
   49. Easton
   50. Scout
   51. Easton
   52. Scout
   53. Easton
   54. Scout
   55. Scout
   56. Easton
   57. Scout
   58. Scout
   59. Easton
   60. Scout
   61. Scout
   62. Scout
   63. Easton
   64. Scout
   65. Easton
   66. Scout
   67. Scout
   68. Scout
   69. Scout
   70. Scout
   71. Easton
   72. Scout
   73. Scout
   74. Easton
   75. Easton
   76. Scout
   77. Scout
   78. Scout
   79. Scout
   80. Easton
   81. Scout
   82. Scout
   83. Scout
   84. Scout
   85. Scout
   86. Easton
   87. Scout
   88. Easton
   89. Scout
   90. Scout
   91. Easton
   92. Scout
   93. Scout
   94. Easton
   95. Scout
   96. Easton
   97. Scout
   Epilogue
   Also by K. Bromberg
   About the Author
   Connect with K. Bromberg
   In Peace Lies Havoc
   Foreword
   Introduction
   Prologue
   1. Present
   2. Dove
   3. Dove
   4. Dove
   5. Dove
   6. King
   7. Dove
   8. Dove
   9. King
   10. Dove
   11. Dove
   12. King
   13. Dove
   14. King
   15. Dove
   16. Kingston
   17. Dove
   18. King
   19. Dove
   20. Dove
   21. King
   22. Dove
   23. Dove
   24. Dove
   25. King
   26. Dove
   27. Dove
   28. Dove
   29. Dove
   30. King
   31. P
   32. King
   33. P
   34. King
   Chapter 35
   36. P
   37. King
   38. P
   39. P
   40. P
   41. King
   42. P
   Epilogue
   Acknowledgments
   Books by Amo Jones
   Enshrine
   Introduction
   1. Happy Fuckin’ New Year’s—Bruno
   2. Present Day—Callie
   3. The Moment
   4. Stage 1—Denial & Isolation
   5. Stage 2—Anger
   6. Warning
   7. Stage 3—Bargaining
   8. Stage 4—Depression
   9. Wishing for…
   10. Come to Jesus
   11. Stage 3 Continued—One Step Back
   12. Poison
   13. Sorrow—It’s a Bitch
   14. Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
   15. Change Is Coming… Ready or Not
   16. Stage 4—Depression Revisited
   17. The Morning After
   18. Awkwardsauce
   19. Close to the Vest
   20. Fighting Isn’t Easy
   21. Stage 5—Acceptance
   22. Beauty & Belief
   23. Set Straight
   24. Chemo Can Kiss My Ass
   25. Buon Natale
   26. Memories
   27. Breakfast of Champions
   28. Will the Real Bruno Please Step Forward?
   29. Christmas Bruno-Style
   30. Revelations
   31. Five Years Later
   Epilogue
   Acknowledgments
   About the Author
   More Books by Chelle Bliss
   The Birthday List
   Prologue
   1. 30th Birthday: Buy Poppy her restaurant
   2. 26th Birthday: Take a karate class
   3. 29th Birthday: Go skydiving
   4. 27th Birthday: Go an entire day without technology
   5. 36th Birthday: Learn to play the ukulele
   6. 41st Birthday: Say yes to everything for an entire day
   7. 35th Birthday: Take a photo of myself every day for a year
   8. 38th Birthday: Go on every ride at the fair
   9. 43rd Birthday: Go to a drive-in movie
   10. 37th Birthday: Restore my ’79 Ford Ranger
   11. 46th Birthday: Get a tattoo
   12. 39th Birthday: Get in a taxi and yell, “Follow that car!”
   13. 34th Birthday: Jump into a pool full of green Jell-O
   14. 32nd Birthday: Have a paint fight
   15. 31st Birthday: Hike Glacier
   16. 44th Birthday: Get a dog to keep for its entire life
   17. 45th Birthday: Pull a fire alarm
   18. 33rd Birthday: Throw a drink in someone’s face
   19. 48th Birthday: Buy a stranger a car
   20. 28th Birthday: Go crowd surfing
   21. 25th Birthday: Write a letter to myself in ten years
   22. Cole
   23. 50th Birthday: Change someone’s life
   Epilogue
   Acknowledgments
   Also Available from Devney Perry
   About the Author
   Also by Top Shelf Romance
   Make Me Yours
   Copyright © 2020
   The Player & The Catch
   By K. Bromberg
   Copyright © 2017 K. Bromberg
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   This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
   In Peace Lies Havoc (Midnight Mayhem: Book I) Copyright © 2019 by Amo Jones
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   THE BIRTHDAY LIST
   Copyright © 2018 by Devney Perry LLC
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   ISBN: 978-0-9983583-5-2
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   The Player & The Catch
   By: K. Bromberg
   The Player
   Book #1
   By: K. Bromberg
   Praise For The Novels
   Of K. Bromberg
   “An irresistibly hot romance that stays with you long after you finish the book.”
   —# 1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
   “Captivating, emotional, and sizzling hot!”
   —#1 New York Times bestselling author S. C. Stephens
   “Bromberg is a master at turning up the heat!”
   —New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans
   “K. Bromberg is the master of making hearts race and pulses pound.”
   —New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover
   “Sexy, heartwarming, and so much more.”
   —New York Times bestselling author Corinne Michaels
   "Super charged heat and full of heart. Bromberg aces it from the first page to the last."
   —New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott
   This book is dedicated to those women who love sports. The ones who didn’t think twice about getting grass stains on their tights as little girls, and now that they’re older, have no shame in sitting down to watch a game with the guys.
   I’ve always been a sports girl.
   The book is dedicated to nerd girls. The ones who like to sit at home on a Friday night and get lost in the pages of a good book. The ones who always want to learn new things. Never be ashamed of being smart.
   I’ve always been a nerd girl.
   This book is dedicated to strong girls. To the ones who would rather help their fellow women succeed rather than try to bring them down.
   I’ve always been a strong girl.
   This book is dedicated to the insecure girls. Yes, you. I see you. I’ve been you. I am you. It’s okay to spread your wings every once in a while and see how far you can fly. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
   Look at me, I did.
   Prologue
   Easton
   The rush hits me.
   The adrenaline through my body.
   The roar of the crowd in my ears.
   The mixture of scents—dirt, popcorn, leather, pine-tar—in my nose.
   They’re my lifeline.
   My constants.
   The only religion I was ever taught to believe in.
   The only thing I was ever allowed to be.
   For those few moments before the pain hits—the blinding, excruciating, unending pain—when the dust is dancing around me and I can feel its grit sliding beneath my body, I remember why I love the game.
   Everything about it.
   And then I look up.
   Our eyes meet. It’s a split-second connection. But I’m reminded of something. Of someone.
   And then it’s gone.
   Because now there’s only pain.
   It takes over.
   Steals my breath.
   Kills my streak.
   And hopefully doesn’t ruin my future.
   Scout
   Four months later
   “How do you want me?”
   Hazel eyes.
   An arrogant smirk.
   Those are the first two things about Easton Wylder that grab my attention when he peeks his head around the training room door.
   I open my mouth to speak but fall silent when he walks over the threshold and comes into full view. And it’s not just because he’s shirtless—that’s par for the course in my job—but rather it’s everything about him that knocks the words from my lips. The bare, tanned, and very toned chest. The low-slung gym shorts showcasing a perfect V of muscles. The happy trail ever so slightly visible, which draws my eyes to where I shouldn’t be looking.
   But I do look.
   And that’s a problem. Because even if it’s only for a moment, it’s still long enough for him to notice. I snap my eyes back up and over his dark scruff to once again be greeted with that cocksure smirk that I swear taunts me and asks if I like what I see.
   Another day. Another client. Another player.
   I shouldn’t have expected any less.
   He’s hot. I’ll give him that. Like the mouthwatering, stop-traffic, draw-all-eyes-when-he-walks-into-a-room type of hot. And not only that, but he’s a freaking god on the field. One of the best catchers I’ve ever seen. Batting average, on-base percentage, caught-stealing percentage, pick-offs, pass balls—all his stats say if he stays on this track, he’ll be one of the greats someday.
   The total package.
   But if first impressions are any indication—the arrogant lift of his eyebrows and cocky set of his shoulders—I already know he’s going to be like every other total package I’ve worked with before. Great to look at but a bore to work with. Conceited and one-dimensional. If it’s not about him, he doesn’t want to talk about it.
   I hope I’m wrong, or else this is going to be a long three months. Not only that, but I’ve admired his career over the last few years and would prefer to keep admiring the man I perceived him to be, too.