I am just a big old sucker for these kinds of books......definitely my type!! Definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves romantic love story’s. Happy reading everyone!!

This is a really heartwarming emotional roller coaster ride with a great couple and their two very contrasting families involved.

Isla Bennett has received a call to tell her that the grandfather she didn't know existed is on his death bed but would like to see her. She flies off to Nashville to see him but is too late. Unsure what to do, she decides to stay for his funeral and stops in a bar for a drink before trying to find somewhere to stay. That's where she meets Liam Cruz, who is the bartender. He's amazed she doesn't recognise him as he's a renowned local baseball player. He and his sister let her stay in their 'spare' apartment and she spends an amazing day with Liam while the attraction between them grows. That's when everything changes. It turns out her grandfather owns the Nashville Slammers major league baseball team and he's left it to her - making her Liam's boss!

As Liam and Isla endeavour to keep their developing romance secret, he also helps her understand more about baseball and the politics involved in owning the team. Liam's family are so caring and supportive, the total antithesis to hers. I couldn't believe some of the actions of Isla's father - and her brother isn't that much better! There are great characters in this story which is packed with intrigue, double-dealing, sport and romance. It is a great read and I really liked Isla's determination and attitude in the end. This is a story to hit the ball out of the park and a great romance.

I requested and was gifted a copy of this book via NetGalley. This is my honest review after choosing to read this book.

DNF @ 23%.

I think this book is meant to be sweet with the immediate connection between the hero and heroine, but I find it to be so cringe-worthy. The author is taking so much time to build up this connection between strangers, and I just don't buy it. It's like she's trying too hard.

I'll also say, this was a huge turn-off for me:

“Maybe I’m not a one-night-stand kind of guy.”

Isla laughed. “I don’t think that guy exists.”

Oh good! A heroine who likes to lump all men together. Because that's something we never see. Aside from that is the fact that Isla's grandfather and Liam's boss are the same man, and the 'mystery' is just going on too long. with way too many hints for these two to brush aside. But they do.

I have read this author before and enjoyed what she's written. I'm not tapping out; I just don't think this particular book is for me.

I’ve had the opportunity to read one other book of this author’s, and enjoyed it very much, so when the chance came up to read another, I jumped at the chance. Covering all the Bases is a story about a Major League Baseball player, Liam, who is bartending in his and his twin sisters bar when Isla, a woman from Colorado who just lost the grandfather she never knew, walks into the bar needing to get out of the rain. Chemistry is definitely an immediate reaction between these two, along with a lot of family drama, but overall I found this book to be very enjoyable. There were parts where I wasn’t sure I would finish this book, Isla is a bit insecure which really doesn’t add much to the book, but you find out that it all plays out in the end, making it all worth the read. Loved Liam’s family and Addie, and the people who ended up on Isla’s side were pretty cool too. You love it when the hometown favorite wins in the end!

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.

This book was very good. The writing is extremely good. Isla has a death in the family (a family member she never met) and is very upset about it. She takes shelter from the rain and meets Liam. The book takes off from there. The support characters in this book feel very authentic. And I really like Liam. I enjoy reading sports romance books a lot and he is one of my favorites. I like a lot about Isla, but she is also very weak sometimes and therefore sometimes I don’t see what Liam sees in her. I also think Liam’s twin sister is a very strong support character and wouldn’t mind reading a book about her.

I have read stories that are similar to this one (surprise inheritance of a sports team and chemistry with one of your players) and were done a bit better, so that is why it is a 4 out of 5 instead of a 5. It is changed up enough that while I have read similar books, they weren’t the same. Worth the read and while I was given a review copy, it is worth a purchase price.

Home Run!
Jody Holford is a new to me author but I was truly pleased!
Isla and Liam have an instant connection that is edging toward instant love but then they find out that she’s is new boss!
I really liked that Holford didn’t drag out the big reveal and that she allowed the romance and relationship to develop with all the cards on the table. It was little sweeter than I prefer, very much a closed door/fade to black approach to love scenes, but still had enough chemistry and emotion to keep me turning pages. I also loved the explorations of familial love and Isla standing up for herself in such a fantastic way!
I’m hoping this is the beginning of a series because I’m think Talia and Ethan have a story and Addie needs her a baseball player who needs or loves a good cause!

I received a complimentary review copy of this book but all opinions are my own.

Covering All the Bases is such an amazing read. I love how Jody Holford created such a strong female lead in what is usually a mans world. Isla is smart, strong and just trying to figure out how to navagate in the big leagues against a sea of men. Even though she may not know much about baseball she sure holds her own. I love how she stands up to everyone getting in her way including family. Liam is amazing and supportive of Isla through everything. It's so cute how they meet and you can feel the chemistry build. I loved this book so much. Go one click it.

I love everything form Jody Holford and this one definitely did not disappoint. Even if you aren't a baseball fan you will still fall in love with this book.

Isla Bennett has never had a choice about how to live her life, her manipulative father had it all planned out for her and it was his way or nothing. For years he has ruled her life with an iron fist, and kept her in the dark when it came to her family.

She never knew that she had a grandfather that loved her, or that he owned a baseball team...until now. When she learns that he has has passed away and left the ownership of his team in her hands, she knows she needs to head to Nashville. Of course her father has his opinions about what she should do with it, but for once in her life she is taking matters into her own hands, and making her own decisions.

But nothing could have prepared her for what she finds in Nashville...

What you find waiting for you between the pages of Covering All the Bases is certain to keep you captivated from beginning to end. Between the family drama, and the developing relationship between Isla and Liam, there is a lot to get wrapped up in. The words are engaging and heartfelt and the characters come with a real feel quality that make them very easy to connect to. I really enjoyed this one, it tugged on the heartstrings and left me with an unshakable smile! If you are in the mood for a feel good story with bits of steam then I highly recommend you take a chance on this one, it's just what you need!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, via NetGalley request, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

Isla never knew her grandfather, but when she learns that he is on his deathbed and wishes to see her. She immediately flies out to see him but is too late. A little numb by all that’s happening, she goes to a pub and meets Liam, and feels an instant connection with him.
Liam finds it refreshing that Isla doesn’t know that he is the star hitter for the Nashville Slammers, and is enjoying spending time with her. But with Isla inheriting the Nashville Slammers and becoming Liam’s boss, pursuing their attraction doesn’t seem like a good idea.
This was such a heartwarming read. I enjoyed the relationship development between Isla and Liam. It was a quick read with some wonderful characters though Isla father and brother left a lot to be desired for. Overall I enjoyed this book and will happily recommend.

I did not put this one down! Jody Holford steps into the world of baseball and hits a home run with this insanely good read. I totally fell for Liam from the first page and the romance with Isla was crazy good! The characters are incredibly well written and the plot is absolutely perfect. Even the secondary characters came to life right off the pages. Could to have been better.

Isla inherits a baseball team from a grandfather she never knew. Family friction and subplot with her nasty, nasty father and wormy brother. The backstory there was a dandy. She meets Liam the night before she meets with the attorney for a reading of the will, she'd been summoned to this dying man's bed and didn't get there in time. A grandfather she never knew and didn't understand why.
The complexities here were great. Isla knows nothing about baseball, meeting Liam who happens to be the star player for the team at a bar his sister owns and he's helping out. She doesn't know who Liam is and he's just enjoying the heck out of that. These two have such incredible chemistry its killer. I loved every stinking minute of their relationship. When the two figure out that she's now his boss as team owner the conflict and push pull between the two. They try to stay away, Liam is so incredibly kind and generous, he wants her to succeed in her new role, helping her understand baseball was the first step. Liam's family played a great role too. Plenty of humor and grins.

This story is so rich in both character and drama, it flowed perfectly, kept you turning pages and wondering what was coming next. Honestly I think this is the best book she's written and that's saying a lot. It's a five star plus read for me. Spectacular and a must read!

arc from Net Galley and Entangled for an honest review

I love sports romances and this book was a fun journey. I loved Liam and Isla and how they struggle with their attraction for each other. Isla deserves to have a group of people on her side as she battles her bully of a dad. I appreciated the immersion into the Nashville community.

I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I will look for other books by this author as I enjoyed her writing style and felt invested in the characters as the story progressed.

Mix of romance and baseball!

Isla Bennett doesn’t know what to think, her grandfather that she didn’t know existed is dying and asking for her and she meets a guy in a bar that is the first guy she has been interested in for a long time. Liam Cruz is very interested in Isla Bennett because she was the first person that didn’t know who he was or that he played for the Nashville Slammers baseball team. Isla and Liam spent the night in the apartment above the bar just talking but when morning came all things had changed. Isla had inherited the baseball team from her grandfather and she found out that Liam was one of the players for the team.

Isla had to learn how to be a team owner with many of the management not wanting her there and Liam knowing that dating the owner would lead to many problems for both of them and his solution wasn’t what I expected him to so.

Covering all the Bases is a fun sports romance read for any reader to enjoy!

Covering All Bases by Jody Holford a five-star read that will smash you out of the park. This was m first read by this author, but it won’t be the last, I enjoyed the writing and the story. Sweet and romantic with a good plot and enough drama to make it grip. Isla Bennett was a great character, she showed us just how strong a true woman can be. There was just something about her that I immediately warmed to. Liam Cruz was a man of many hidden talents, a friend, a baller, a family man and a man who skirts the truth. Most of all he is a man who will show many how a true family man will show how much love there can be in family. This was a great story and I will definitely be going back to read the rest of the love of the game series, as I adored this stand-alone and this one was easily read as stand-alone.

I started this book on a high note but experienced ups and downs throughout. I was conflicted about my rating. Overall, this book was good but several things prevented me from giving this a higher rating. Isla Bennet just inherited a baseball team from a grandfather she didn't know anything about. I found it hard to believe that in this day and age that she didn't do any type of searching for family information when she didn't get it from a cold and distant father. Liam Cruz was wonderful. I really loved his personality and thought he was so suppportive of Isla. I was disappointed that at the first sign of trouble from her father she caved in to his demands. She did come back to fight for her team but that she ended up selling half of her shares to Liam was disappointing as well. I would have liked her to retain a controlling interest when she was being touted as one of the few female owners of a major sports team who claimed to want to be involved in all major decision making. This could have been a great book with some plot tweaks.

I was given a free ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Sports romance is one of my very favorite romance genres, and I am also a big Jody Holford fan. It took just one peek at the synopsis on this book, and I knew I was going to need to read it!

I completely adored this premise and Ms. Holford nailed the meet-cute. I was sucked in immediately and charmed by the chemistry between Isla and Liam. Their connection was a bit fast and furious, but it was also incredibly sweet and there were moments between them that took my "awww" to the next level. That is, they set my heart to fluttering and kept a smile glued to my face.

There's quite a bit going on in this story, between Isla's tenuous (at best) relationship with her family, and the challenges she faces as the new (and decidedly inexperienced) owner of the Nashville Dodgers baseball team - there's a lot on Isla's plate. Not the least of which - her feelings for the charming and irresistible Liam - who is technically forbidden, but, well...irresistible.

I loved how this played out. I loved the strength Isla showed as she navigated what seemed like an impossible situation, and I loved how she turned that into her own happily ever after. Heartwarming, sweet, and completely satisfying, Covering All the Bases is a light and lovely sports romance, and I can't wait for more!

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The romance between Isla Bennett and Liam Cruz was heartwarming. Isla's relationship with her father and brother leave a lot to be desired - they don't respect her business abilities, and this is very apparent when her estranged grandfather leaves her a baseball team in his will.
Suddenly, Liam is the only person in her corner as she fights to prove to everyone that she can successfully manage a baseball team. Her journey to self- acceptance and love makes for enjoyable reading.

I really liked the premise of this book: a woman, Isla Bennett, discovers that she has a grandfather she didn’t know anything about. He has just died and left her a professional baseball team. She knows zilch about baseball and her father is trying to pressure her to sell the team to him. She’s facing a skeptical press and an antagonistic GM of the team. I wanted to read about how Isla figured things out and came to master the challenge.

Instead of having the story being about that, it was about her growing romance with Liam Cruz, the star player on the team. She met him the night before she found out that she had inherited the team and didn’t know he was a professional baseball player. They’d been attracted to each other, but now fear that they can’t explore that attraction since she is now his boss. I can understand that such a romance would get a lot of public attention and maybe cause problems in the clubhouse.

Liam and Isla try to resist their attraction for about...20 minutes. Then they start seeing each other and kissing on the baseball field. No reader would be surprised that their romance stays hidden. I found the resolution of that problem unsatisfying and ended the book wishing that the author had spent more time on Isla, the novice team owner, rather than the ditzy woman who lets her growing romance distract her from that job.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

Isla went to Nashville to visit a grandfather she had never met o his deathbed. Unfortunately, she arrived too late. Then she finds out that her grandfather had left her his Major League Baseball team.

Cruz recently returned to his hometown of Nashville to play professional baseball for the home team. While bar tending at a club he owned with his sister, he met a young woman who was grieving the death of her grandfather. Isla and Cruz are immediately attracted to each other, but soon realize that isla is now Cruz’s boss.

A diverse cast of characters, including isla’s cruel and selfish father, bring depth to the story. Can
Isla and Cruz win out against all odds?

I received an advanced reader's copy of Covering All the Bases by Jody Holford from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was the first novel that I had read by Jody Holford, but after reading, she is an author I would look for in the future.

Overall, I enjoyed this novel and I found it to be engaging. The primary characters' romantic start seemed a little awkward (not believable), but it improved quickly. Where I do think the novel struggled was pacing, but it was well written and engaging.