First Base

Maggie Redford has already loved and lost, so she's content photographing Chicago's MLB team from the sidelines rather than living a life of her own.

Everything gets complicated when the team trades for Tommy Mikals, a tattooed hotshot whose talent is matched only by his tabloid-fueled playboy reputation, and a wild team outing lands Maggie in a viral photo that makes her look like just his latest hookup.

With both of their reputations on the line, the team's PR department pushes them into faking a relationship — and neither Maggie's guarded heart nor Tommy's commitment-phobia is ready for it to start feeling real.

Ally Wiegand opens the Chicago Heartbreakers series with a fake-dating sports romance about two people who've never learned to let anyone stay.