The Troublemaker

Easton Bailey, the Chicago Colts' flashy shortstop, never planned on fatherhood — until a baby boy is left in his care. Hadley never planned on marriage — until her late grandmother's will makes it the only way to keep the family's children's bookstore. Their deal is simple: she plays nanny to his son, he plays husband to her inheritance, for one drama-free year, no feelings involved.

Living under one roof changes that fast. Between diaper duty, ballpark trips, and Hadley folding into Easton's found-family circle of teammates and friends, the arrangement neither of them wanted starts to look like the life neither of them knew they needed.

The Troublemaker is book four in The Dugout, Piper Rayne's USA Today bestselling baseball romance series, and stands as a heartwarming, lighthearted marriage-of-convenience story centered on found family and unexpected fatherhood.