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Fireside

Fireside

by Susan Childress, Joyce Bean

FictionFathers and sons in fictionBaseball playersPublic relations consultants in fictionBaseball players in fiction
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Baseball hopeful Bo Crutcher is about to get his shot at the majors. That is, until life throws him a curveball. When AJ, the son he's never met, lands on his doorstep, Bo's life becomes a whole new ball game. He needs help--fast.Enter Kimberly van Dorn. Hired to smooth Bo's rough exterior for the media, she expects the kind of shallow pro athlete she's used to handling. But Bo is willing to sacrifice everything for his vulnerable son. Kim can train him to hit a home run with the press, but over a breathtaking winter on frozen Willow Lake, she realizes he has far more to teach her about the game of life...and putting love first.

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FictionFathers and sons in fictionBaseball playersPublic relations consultants in fictionBaseball players in fictionFathers and sons

About the author

Susan Childress
Susan Childress

1958-05-17

Using blunt scissors, pages from a Big Chief tablet, a borrowed stapler and a Number Two pencil, Susan Wiggs self-published her first novel at the age of eight. A Book About Some Bad Kids [I still have this-CL] was based on the true-life adventures of Susan and her siblings, and the first printing of one copy was a complete sell-out. Due to her brother's extreme reaction to that first prodigious effort, Susan went underground with her craft, entertaining her friends and offending her siblings with anonymously-written stories of virtuous sisters and the brothers who torment them. The first romance she ever read was Shanna by the incomparable Kathleen Woodiwiss, which she devoured while slu…

Authors

Susan Childress, Joyce Bean

Pages

400

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

23

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

ISBN

9788467186581

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