Stealing You

Beck Daines plays first base for the Blues. He has the job he always wanted and close friends, and he lets everyone believe that is all he needs. He is a romantic at heart, but he is content to watch his friends find love while he stays out of it.

Beck gave up on a future of his own after his mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. If he never falls in love, he never has a forever to lose or forget. He allows no exceptions to that rule.

Then he meets Jensen James, a tattoo artist who unsettles him in the best way. Jensen acts as though she feels none of it, but when she needs somewhere to live, Beck's place is her only option. They agree the arrangement is temporary, and so is the attraction. Beck wants no love, and Jensen does not want a relationship that controls her.

This is a contemporary baseball romance with a roommates-with-benefits setup and a grumpy heroine paired with a sunny hero. She falls first and softest. The male lead's mental health is part of the story, as is a found-family thread, and the couple does not split up in the final act.