Wild Catch by Mari Loyal: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

Fake dating the team’s grumpy catcher to advance her career wasn’t on Rose’s bingo card.

After her cheating ex is traded to another baseball team, Rose focuses on her dream of joining the broadcasting department of the Orlando Wild. But leaving her role as the social media girl proves weirdly difficult when she keeps producing one viral hit after the next.

Worse, the viral videos all feature Logan, the team’s grumpy, tatted up catcher, with Rose.

Logan’s wild catch saves Rose’s life and they go mega viral on social media. For reasons he can’t comprehend, thirsty fans everywhere start shipping them. When the team pitches the idea of turning their newfound fame into a publicity stunt, Logan’s impulse is to say absolutely the frack not—especially when he’s secretly planning to pack up his motorbike and leave town for another team.

But Rose of the big curls, the boopable nose, and the ridiculous curves that would fit perfectly in his hands, makes a plea for him to fake date her for the sake of her career, and Logan finds himself accepting. Surely nothing will go wrong…

Wild Catch is a dual POV closed door romance with mild language and plenty of heat without spice, perfect for those who enjoy their fake dating schemes with a big dose of grumpy x sunshine, found families, and no 3rd act breakups. It’s the second book in the Wild Baseball Romance series and can also be read as a standalone.

The Author

Mari Loyal was born and raised in Venezuela, a baseball country that only cared about another sport, football soccer, every four years. As such, she decided to make hockey her whole personality because she had to make a point of being different. These days she no longer suffers from Not Like Other Girls syndrome and is very happy to be in the sports romance fandom. She writes closed door romance with a Latin American flair and an abundance of cinnamon rolls heroes. She also enjoys eating cinnamon rolls (the confections), in her spare time. Find her on Instagram as mariloyalauthor. Join her newsletter at mariloyal dot com. She also writes closed door paranormal/fantasy/sci-fi romance as MC Loyal and you can find her on Instagram as mcloyalauthor.

Book Review

Wild Catch is the second book in the Wild Baseball Romance series. While you'll see characters from the previous book, this could definitely be enjoyed as a standalone as well. 

Not to be punny, but... Mari Loyal absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one! Logan truly was a perfect grump... but not without good reason. His family dynamics added so much depth and emotion to the story... you couldn't help but feel for all that he has been through. And when you put him and Rose together!? Oh, my goodness, the chemistry! There was definitely a lot of physical attraction, yes, but there was also a fantastic emotional connection as well. I couldn't get enough of the two of them together. And if you love a protective MMC, this one will definitely fit that bill too. The team dynamics added so much to this story too... their antics added a lot of humor and lightness which helped balance out some of those more serious subject matters. And seeing Logan open up not just with Rose, but with the team too? I loved it. If you love sports romance that brings the heat, but without the spice, this is definitely one to add to your TBR. 

Wild Catch is a closed-door romance but does have implied intimacy and doesn't shy away from physical attraction or innuendo, so while nothing happens on the pages, it might be a little more than some closed-door readers are comfortable with. There is also quite a bit of minor language throughout. 



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