I really enjoyed this book! I like both the main characters a lot. Rob the up and coming baseball star. Heidi the struggling journalist. These two shouldn't be together but they share history. An incredible passion filled night from spring break during college. Neither of them has ever forgotten the other. Now she needs a story to get her big break. He's forbidden by his contract to give interviews to the press. These two work hard to find a way to have each other while not losing themselves. The book is very well done and it's one I think everyone will enjoy. I highly recommend it.

Hitting It is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. Rob and Heidi meet on Spring Break both are with friends who seem intent on getting them out of their comfort zones, Rob has a big baseball game coming up where he knows scouts are going to be watching him and Heidi comes from a strick family where nothing less than straight A’s are good enough. A few cocktails in and Heidi is convinced to entering a wet t shirt contest and that’s where she catches Rob’s eye but the timing is all wrong. Fast forward a few years and Heidi is now a journalist and a interview with Rob is what she needs to keep her job but will it just be an interview and will the timing be right this time around....
I loved getting to know the characters in this book and I loved the friendship and support that Heidi got from Samantha, this is a second chance love story with a fair few bumps along the way. Looking forward to reading more from Kathy Lyons.

Hitting It by Kathy Lyons

Sports related contemporary romance. Told from both the hero and heroine perspective in alternating chapters.
Instant chemistry, lust and Tantra.

I’m fine with any type of romance between couples whether it’s race, gender or age. Romance is beautiful. Here, the hero focuses very heavily on her Asian looks. Repeatedly. And in comparison. He’s enamored.

I didn’t like when she went to his home town to “dig up dirt”. Redeeming herself, she felt bad about it. Not sure that’s enough to justify it but I realize her very life financial support relied on it. But I did like that she understood and expected that he would choose his career over herself.

I liked Rob’s dilemma on liking Heidi if not understanding himself enough to know what he wanted, needed or should do. True to life. Until something clicks. And once it does, he needs to juggle career issues. Again, real life. Fortunately this is a romance so you can count on everything working out in the end.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.

Hitting It by Kathy Lyons is a contemporary second chance sports romance. Heidi Wong and Rob Lee had a spring break fling that neither can forget. When their paths cross three years later they are still interested but she is a journalist and he is a rookie in the big leagues and not allowed to talk to the press. His handler is cocky and cruel but effective. This story works hard to prove that love overcomes all. This story deals with cultural differences and expectations. I really liked Heidi and felt she deserved better but the heart wants what the heart wants.

Hitting It was a very quick read. Rob and Heidi were a one night stand three years ago. Now their paths cross and they still feel that same attraction. But with decisions involving careers and family, they find it difficult to commit to a relationship. Nonetheless, Rob and Heidi do end up together.

I did feel that Heidi was a bit of pushover. She could have been made into a much more stronger character and it would have made the plot much more interesting.

I wasn't crazy about this story and I was excited about it since I am a sports fan and tend to like books featuring any sport. But one thing I hate is time lapses, and this had one. So Rob and Heidi meet on a school break and have sex and he leaves and they don't see each other for three years. He becomes a hot baseball player and she becomes a journalist. Of course she ends up having to interview him and he doesn't want that, they have sex because isn't that what you do when you haven't seen each other, yeah that about sums up their relationship

After getting excited about the novelty of a sports romance with an Asian heroine, I felt so let down by Heidi and Rob. They were sweet together but their immaturity and blandness made the story drag.

First, I have to mention that the repetitive descriptions of Heidi's looks were troubling and hard to ignore. For example, her skin was constantly called "yellow gold"; which sounds like a racist butter label. Predictably, there was tired cliched reference to Heidi's "almond eyes". And Rob kept marveling over her Asianness:
Nothing like the image of getting wet with a hot Asian girl to short-circuit my brain.
It doesn't help that both Heidi and Rob seem preoccupied with race. When Heidi's BFF hooks up with a guy during spring break, Heidi laughs it off:
"She's learning about Hispanic dick." [Heidi] scrunched up her nose. "Her words, not mine."
And I have to mention the fact that the Chinese girl gets an all-American blue-eyed boy from Nebraska named, of all things, "Rob Lee". I know his name plays into a mild joke at the end of the book, but c'mon, all I could think of was poor sweet Heidi Wong hooking up with a guy whose full name could be "Robert E. Lee".

Heidi and Rob's meet-hot at the Spring Break wet t-shirt contest was fantastically done, with the amazing sexual chemistry and awkwardness facing two young people after an unbelievable spring break one-night stand. Unfortunately, once Heidi and Rob entered into the real world with professional and parental expectations, they crumpled under the pressure, and so did the story.

2 stars

I received an ARC of this book in exchange of my honest review, through Netgalley.

My first book by this author and I will start by saying I liked a lot of things about it. The editing was good for an ARC, the story was good, sex scenes good and overall enjoyable writing style.

This rating is a personal preference issue for me and i would 100% still recommend this author and this series!

The story line flowed along very smoothly, making you want to continue toward finishing the story. There was definitely turmoil as is true in real life and at one point, but where it fell a little flat for me was this...
It’s a story right, so there was an abnormal amount of emotional, professional and family turmoil that came to a head at once, no big deal there. What happened for me is that although I don’t care for the drama being drug on and on and on...... I also feel that there is a reasonable amount of time, or pages, that it may take to truly sort all of this out. The book is an HEA, as it should be, however, I felt that it went from total chaos to sappy love, happy families and professional amazement in less than 10 pages. The ending was just too rushed for me, given all the struggles that the characters were facing. For this reason and this reason only, I am going with 3 stars. It was just a little incomplete feeling for me, despite the HEA.

When Heidi and Rob hook up during the spring break. They feel a connection like no other. Heidi is all for staying in touch, but Rob fears that his feeling for Heidi will affect his baseball career and leaves her.
3 years later Heidi’s career as a journalist depends on getting an interview with Rob. But Robs team has a strong no fraternizing with journalists policy and have fashioned a totally different public persona for him. Sparks fly whenever they are together, will this time around also be a repeat of the past ?
For me Hitting it was an okay read. Yes it was Love at first sight for Rob and Heidi but 3 years later I would have liked the see a little more relationship development, they just kept falling in bed whenever together :).
I am kind of riding the fence on my review and suggest you read it and form your own review.

Publisher's Description:

Making it to the Major Leagues is all rookie ballplayer, Rob Lee, has ever dreamed of. But now, he's a little overwhelmed with his new celebrity status. Everyone wants a piece of the new heavy hitter for the Indianapolis Bobcats. Still, he's worked hard for it, and he doesn't have many regrets. Although there is one...

If journalist Heidi Wong wants to keep her job, she needs to come up with a story—fast! That's why she tells her boss that she knows the Bobcat's reclusive new slugger, Rob Lee. And she does...in the Biblical sense. During Spring Break three years ago, she and Rob shared a torrid night on the beach. And she's wanted him again ever since.

But everyone knows reporters and athletes don't mix. Rob's contract doesn't allow him to talk to the press, and her job depends on it. Which is driving them both just a little crazy…

My Thoughts:
There isn't much in this story that I consider romantic until the last chapter of this book.
It consists of a one night stand and a reunion of sorts three years !ater.

Rob is instantly attracted to Heidi who isn't his usual type at all. He is usually attracted to the blonde, blue eyes bouncy type with large breasts.
Heidi is far from that but nevertheless she ends up in Rob's arms and in his bed.
Three years later she admits to her boss that she may know the up and coming major leaguer in a stab to save her job.
She won't stop trying to get an interview but Rob isn't allowed by the team to give one.
Heidi looses her job but journalism is still her dream. Now how does she convince her parents that she isn't meant to be a lawyer.
This book isn't bad but just isn't my preference in that it's told in first person and has the main characters jumping right into bed at first sight. I prefer a building attraction.
I gave this book 3.25 of 5.0 stars for storyline and characterization and a sensual rating of 4 of 5 flames. As mentioned earlier this couple starts out in bed and follows up three years later repeating that mistake.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley to read and review. This in no way affected my opinion of this title which I read and reviewed voluntarily.

2 stars
This book was lackluster for me. I LOVE sports romances. They are my favorite. This one seemed like a little odd to me. Future baseball star (and a cocky one) Rob has a one night stand with a future journalist, Heidi , he meets in a wet t shirt during spring break. So far, their romantic encounter starts with a wet t shirt contest and a one night stand they have mins after meeting each other. Romantic? Not so much. I love romance.

Fast foward a few years. Heidi is getting fired unless she interviews Rob. Rib is not allowed to give interviews. Neither has seen or talked to each other in years, BUT they have sex mins within seeing each other again.
No romance throughout the whole story. Just fell flat.

was really liking the first half of the story, but the last half kinda went down hill for me. Rob and Heidi had a little spring break fling before he made it big. Fast forward 3 years and she has to write an article on him for some cash to service this thing called life. For some reason, which I don’t understand, he’s not allowed to do interviews. Huh? Why? I didn’t get it. I also thought there was a lot of inner dialogue. I’m a dialogue girl, I like the chitchat. I did skim some parts when there were a couple of pages with nothing but innerness. So I marked it down to meh.

Well written romance about one night during spring break that happen to emotional change two people's lives. It's sweet and sad and a great read. My first by this author. Can't wait for more

I really enjoyed this story. It was unexpectedly fresh. It was much less of a young adult story than I thought it would be.

I really liked this book. Rob and Heidi meet on Spring break in Florida. Heidi doesn't really want to be there, but coaxed into going by her girlfriend. Rob is there for a few days with his friends before he heads back to college to resume baseball practice, knowing this game coming up is being scouted.
His dream is to be a major league player. When Heidi's bf enters them in a wet t shirt contest she catches Rob's eye. Rob knows she's different. Heidi is Chinese, she's relatively shy and quiet, studious and dutiful to her family despite the fact that she refuses to go to law school and wants to pursue her dream as a journalist. Rob and Heidi have one evening together, it's really like a date but they do end up in bed. Rob leaves her, saying goodbye not even staying the night. Gotta get up early and get on the road back to school so they aren't late for practice. Rob breathes baseball. Baseball doesn't love you back and keep you warm at night Rob. Rob's going to find that out.
Three years pass and Heidi is living and working in Indianapolis and just lost her job as a reporter.
Rob is there too, having just signed and he's the home run king. When Heidi bargains for her job, she uses her connection with Rob, telling her boss she can get an interview with him. If she does she not only gets her job back but gets to stop doing schlep work.
Rob and Heidi meet again. Anyone in the press are a huge no no for ball players and they have Rob on a tight leash. Even though he never forgot about Heidi, despite the fact he never contacted her. There's a whole lot of things that happen between these two while he's trying to keep her in his life, keep his job and keep hitting home runs. Heidi is a distraction. When things get really tense between them, Rob slumps a little and gets hell from his coach and handler about it. Heidi is still determined to get a story so goes back to Rob's home town, digging. Rob quickly follows. Wasted trips on both parts, but unknown to both at the time.
I liked the plot of this book. What I didn't get were the feels I expected from both Heidi and Rob. The boss started out in that direction and became all about oneupmanship. I didn't care much for that aspect. Heidi, for all her talk and thought process about her heritage didn't walk it. Rob was a good guy, he just foundered when he should have swam.
Nonetheless, I still liked it. I liked the beginning and it allowed me to sail through the rest of the book when things went a little askew.
I look forward to another book in this series.

advanced copy from NetGalley and Entangled for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I enjoyed the characters in this book. When we first meet Rob, he's just about to start his professional baseball career. He meets Heidi on spring break. Heidi is the daughter of strict parents who spends more time studying than partying. When they first meet, there is a connection but the timing is wrong. When they meet again a few years later, they still have that connection, but there are other issues that are trying to keep them apart.

I loved the characters in the book. Usually, I'm not a big fan of a book that alternates between the main characters, but it works with this book. When you first meet Rob, he's a little awkward around Heidi. He doesn't know what to say or says the wrong thing. Then it switches to Heidi point of view and you see how she interprets his words and actions. I enjoyed this part of the book more than I thought I would.

I loved that Rob didn't want Heidi to give up her career for him. It would have fixed their problems, but Heidi would be giving up a part of herself that made Rob fall in love with her. I loved Heidi's determination to get make it as a journalist even though she kept hitting roadblocks.

Although I loved the Rob and Heidi relationship, I don't think they would make it if there wasn't the Heidi and Samantha friendship. As Heidi's best friend, she's supportive, but she also brutally honest. She forces Heidi to really look at the situation.

I really thought i was going to really love this one, being a huge fan of sports romance.
I don't even know how to explain what's wrong with it. I think it lacks substance and the characters are bland.

Here's the short version: a future baseball player meets a future journalist during spring break, they have hot sex, he leaves her because he has an important game in 2 days. Three years later, he's a baseball sensation and she's trying to save her career by writing a story on him. During those 3 years, she cyberstalked him and he says he always thought of her.
Once they meet again, there's that struggle between "you can't interview me, can't write about me" and "i need to, because i have to keep my job and pay rent", they have sex a couple more times (though i can't seem to define their relationship) and that's it. 😐

I didn't understand why wasn't he allowed to be interviewed, I didn't understand Nico...
I can't describe the characters. I don't have anything to say about them. Did this ever happen to you? How can you read a book and be left with nothing? No opinion?
Maybe it's just me....

Oh, there was one thing i loved. During one sex scene, she taught him something about Tantra, about breathing together and becoming one. That was pretty cool and it was the first time I read about something like that.

In the end, I would highly recommend you to read the book yourself and form your own opinion about it, don't trust my judgement. :)

"I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own." ARC received through Netgalley.

This was a good read! I did enjoy this book! I'm the beginning I kind of thought it was a little immature but I'm glad I pushed through because it ended up being a good read! I definitely recommend reading it! It's Heidi and Rob book, Heidi is a beautiful Asian girl looking to make it big in journalism or anything really she's basically finding herself! Rob is a Hotshot baseball player and later baseball superstar!!they go through a lot of funny, heartbreaking, sexy times! Thank you NetGalley and entangled publishers for sharing this book with me!

With their careers as priorities the spring break hook up after a wet tee shirt contest, Rob and Heidi go their separate ways. But neither can forget the connection they had. When Heidi needs to land an interview with a high profile athlete to save her career, can she impose Rob who is now a baseball player with a great future ahead of him? When sparks fly once again, will it just be another quick hook up or will they finally get their HEA? With great characters and a storyline that kept the pages turning, I truly enjoyed this book.

Starting out as what could be easily seen as a YA romance quickly morphed into a sports/journalistic story of the art of patience and the timing of what would become the ultimately perfect sought after HEA. The story began from the onset of Rob and Heidi's initial hookup during spring break (the YA romance) then transitions into their careers three years later after having gone their separate ways.

Focusing on their careers and then meeting once again threw the story into an enjoyable ride about making the tough life choices that ultimately bring about that most sought-after HEA. The flow of the story was flawless, the emotional attachment to the characters was easily established, all done through smoothly written dialog that displayed heart and humor. All in all, a story that sets the baseline (no pun intended) for a promising series.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.