Stealing Home
USA Today BestsellerA can’t-miss BookTok favorite, reverse grumpy/sunshine forced-proximity college sports romance, third in the Beyond the Play series—with new exclusive content in this edition!I should be focusing on my game—not on falling for my gorgeous, grumpy roommate...especially since she’s already left me once.SebastianIt’s my final season to prove myself before the MLB draft. The last thing I need is a distraction—and especially not one as tantalizing as Mia di Angelo.She’s the drop-dead gorgeous STEMinist heroine and astrophysicist-in-training who ditched me the moment I wanted to take us from casual to committed. Yeah. Ouch. But when she needs somewhere to stay for the summer... well, I offer her my place.Being roommates shouldn’t be so hard. Not distracting at all. Not the least bit challenging...MiaI have two goals this summer: get into a study abroad program and get over golden sports hero Sebastian Miller-Callahan.Doesn’t mean it’s easy to stop thinking about him, but he deserves better than a prickly, career-focused girl like me. Our futures can’t be more different. The last thing I need is to play into a roommates-to-lovers story with the only man who can set my body ablaze.And all the feelings I’ve tried to pretend I never had? They come rushing back far too strong for either of us to ignore.TROPESGrumpy x SunshineBaseball RomanceSecond Chance RomanceOpen Door SpiceFilled with swoons, spice, sports, and second chances, Stealing Home is a don’t-miss adult college sports romance.
This novel can be enjoyed completely as a standalone, as it features a self-contained romance with a resolved happy ending. However, because the characters are interconnected, reading the earlier books in the series provides helpful context on the broader family dynamics and returning side characters.
The story is told using a dual first-person point of view, alternating chapters between the two main protagonists, Sebastian and Mia. This structure allows you to experience both characters' internal conflicts regarding their careers, family expectations, and feelings for one another.