Oh my, what a heart tugging sweet read!
Palmer is super mom! She’s had hard knocks and keeps picking herself up to protect herself and her son. Watching her navigate the trials and tribulations weighing on her makes me love her and want to just wrap her up in a big hug.
Cole is a recently retired pro baseball player with his own baggage. Once the issue he’s dealing with is revealed, it was hard not to like him even more and root for these two to find a happy ending.
Ms Locke does her typical excellent job of weaving real life in with a romantic, redeeming story. These characters face real issues, some of which Cole’s major league paydays can’t fix. Add in an excellent secondary cast, including a scene stealing 12 year old, and this is another Locke winner. I hope we see more of Bloomfield!

This was such a cute book! I really enjoyed this small town/sports/single mom romance. Cole and Palmer had sparks flying at first sight. Their relationship was so sweet and I loved seeing it evolve. Four stars

Cole and Palmer are the sweetest small town love story. The strength that Palmer exhibits is endearing and Cole's tragic end to his baseball career makes your heart ache with concern and adoration. The way that Cole is with Ethan is literal swoon. I love this story and Adriana's writing. Any story that has consistent baseball analogies, I am so in. 5/5 stars!

Another good book by this author. A retired baseball player goes to a small town to visit his parents and meets single parent Palmer who has never had a man treat her right. They both struggle with personal issues but eventually get their HEA.

Confessions of a Bookaholic.

This was my first (𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵) Adriana Locke romance and I am literally kicking myself, trying to understand how someone who has read over 330 books this year, has not read Adriana Locke before??? No matter. My V Card has been punched and I am now addicted to her special kind of romance.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧 hit all my reading sweet spots - it’s a small town, single mom, sports romance - the holy trinity of romance reads. Once I started this book I could not put it down. I quickly became enamored of Cole, he is a delicious specimen of a man. I liked Palmer a lot, her sarcastic wit was so very relatable to me, add in her son, Ethan and this book gave me all the feels.

I’m going to give 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧 the judy.ann.loves.books stamp of approval, TBR and Enjoy!

The Sweet Spot is a story about Palmer and Cole. This story is told from both of their points of view. Palmer is a single mom to Ethan, and she is doing whatever she can to provide for him. His father will sign him up for things and then not follow through.

She meets Cole and he instantly has feelings for Palmer. However, she's hesitant about her son. Cole decides to be the coach of Ethan's baseball team since he's been playing since he was young.

As their relationship evolves, Ethan is having a hard time keeping his secret from her and his family. Can Palmer and Ethan get their happy ending with Cole in their life? Or will something happen to split them up for good?

I really enjoyed this book and these characters.

More than just a sweet romance, this book had more depth than I expected. A good strong storyline, lots of real life emotional issues, a gorgeous couple who fight their attraction to each other and strong friendships to help through the tough times.
I have read a few other books by this author but this is my favourite to date.
A quick read.

I have never read a story by this author that I haven't loved and this one was no different. I love a single parent story and this one had it all. Great characters with amazing chemistry. And an incredible storyline. I absolutely loved it.

The Sweet Spot was a fine read. I enjoy a good small town romance and Adriana Locke's stories are nice so I was excited to dive in. Palmer and Cole meet by chance and the spark was there. Palmer was hesitant so it was fun to see Cole chase her and break down her defenses slowly. I appreciated their banter-very playful mixed with sweet and hot. They both have their issues so it was interesting to see how it would all play out. While I did like their time together I wanted a little more with Palmer and Cole. I needed more of them being in a relationship and showing the love between the two. I did like Cole's relationship with Palmer's son Ethan. It was very genuine and caring. Palmer's friend Val and Cole's friend Fish as well as his parents were good supporting characters. And the small town atmosphere was very evident throughout. Overall a pleasant story about chance, love, and finding your happy. It was nice with good moments.

A wonderful small town, single parent romance. Palmer and Cole were phenomenal and I loved how they met. Small town romances are my favorite because everyone is like family and it feels likes home. I loved the whole feel of this story. It was the perfect blend of sweet and steamy.

I thought that The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke was a cute single mom romance. Single mom Palmer Clark is willing to do anything for her son, Ethan, including cover for her jerk of an ex when he bails on Ethan. Because of this she is giving 110% to Ethan, her job, and her friends and she doesn't have time for anything resembling a relationship.
Former baseball player Cole is trying to figure out what is next for his life after a shoulder injury gets him medically retired from the only thing he's ever loved. He's now visiting his parents trying to decide what is next for him and he meets Palmer. What starts off as a harmless bet between friends to get her number soon proves to be difficult when Palmer won't give him an inch, which he's not used to. But soon after they start something Cole gets news that he never saw coming, will Parker and Cole get their HEA?

The title could not be more spot on.

Review:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sweet Spot, by Adriana Locke, was my first by her and I plan to dive into her backlist immediately.

Single mom, Palmer, is looking for some stable forever love. When Cole, a retired baseball player, comes to her small town Palmer is anything but stable. However, Cole may be more grounded than either of them thinks.

I loved how this book started with a home run. The witty and sassy banter was top-notch. I was immediately drawn into Palmer and Cole as well as many of the side characters. I appreciated the everyday intelligence and relationship of Palmer's son. He was wise beyond his years, particularly due to being forced into it by his crappy biological father, and didn't settle for less than he deserved/gave others.

As the story played out there is a good bit of steamy and swoon-worthy spice. Unfortunately, that did not fully make up for the repetitive feel of the plot. That being said, the writing excelled enough to not make that bother me too much.

I thought The Sweet Spot was sweet and worth the read or listen.

Thank you for the ARC. On sale now!

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🐚 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🐚

𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: single mom, sport romance, strangers to lovers, friends to lovers, small town

This is the first book I have read written by this author, and I really liked it.

Palmer is a single mother of a 12-year-old boy with a very terrible dating history. She wants to have a complete family, but every move she makes must be well thought out so that her son does not suffer afterwards.

Cole is a retired baseball player who has come to town to spend time with his family. Compared to Palmer, Cole doesn't even know what he wants to do with his life. He has a connection with Ethan since they first met, although the conversation was short-lived.

The story of Palmer and Cole proves that despite the countless challenges that appeared in front of them, the two ended up forming the family that Palmer wanted and the peace, happiness and future that Cole found with her and Ethan.

Thank you Adriana Locke and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Guys. 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓. I got an arc, but I listened to the audiobook, and I have to say, this is one reason why I love single parents books so much. 🥹 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒. It's a small town, single mother, retired baseball player, and 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵. ⁣
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Palmer is a single mother who is still coparent with her ex. Definitely a hard working mom. Cole is a retired baseball player, and came to town to visit his parents. He saw Palmer, and he constantly chased after her. Palmer tries to push Cole away as much as she can because she can't add anymore complications even when she's attracted to him. But the more she sees Cole interact with her son, Ethan, her wall starts to crumble more. ⁣
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Cole and Ethan together were so heart touching. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 🥹 Cause Palmer and Ethan were a package and Cole loves them 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺. ⁣
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𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

This was a little long, but a good read overall.

Palmer does not succumb to Cole's charm upon first meeting. He definitely has to work for it.

While I did enjoy the story - I felt like it dragged a little bit. Cole also has a revealing secret that I would have liked the author to delve into and it is basically ignored in the last part of the story.

Adriana Locke always gives an entertaining read, but this one missed the mark for me to some degree.

I voluntarily requested and read an advance reader copy courtesy of the publisher via Net Galley.

The beginning of this book sucked me right in and the second half was kind of a disappointment as I found it a little bit repetitive. This was my first Adriana Locke so I do not know if that is common with her, but I enjoyed so much of this that I am willing to pick up another to see if it was just the pacing of this book. Cole was really just so sweet.

Unfortunately, while I enjoyed previous books I read by Adriana Locke, this one just didn’t work for me. There was too much drama and too much happening, and I didn’t really like the main characters, so I wasn’t invested in their story. I struggled to finish the book, and kept putting it away for a long time before I’d pick it up again.

I always look forward to diving in to a new book by this author and this one did not disappoint.

Palmer is a single mother, raising a 12 year old boy without help from her ex. Her ex only sees their son occasionally and usually with some additional drama attached. Palmer works hard to provide for her son and he is the basis for everything she does.

Cole is a recently retired baseball player. He's in town to visit his parents. He sees Palmer and tries to get a date with her but she turns him down. But he keeps running ino her around town. He meets her son and winds up agreeing to coach a baseball team to help him out.

Cole charms his way into Palmer's life but she's looking for a forever and that's not Cole. He more of a right now kind of guy and he had his reasons . But sometimes what you really need isn't what you thought.

Sweet, steamy small town charm. Adrianna Locke can always be count on to deliver the feel-good, tender romances, and Sweet Spot hit the spot...well, mostly. This small town, single parent romance has endearing and charming characters, from the sassy, strong single mother in Palmer to the retired all-star baseballer Cole. The chemistry is stellar, the secondary characters lovable, and the romance a sweet slow burn. I didn't love the pacing of the secret revelation, and I found the beginning of the story a bit slow to engage, but I loved this couple none the less, and the ending is just charming. Plus, the mother-son relationship in this is just chef's kiss- melted my heart.

Palmer is determined not to fall for the sexy baseball star breezing through town, no matter that he’s gorgeous and charming. Bad luck is might as well be her middle name for all the luck she’s had in love and she’s not making any more mistakes. She’s done with the losers and ready for her forever, which she won’t get flirting with Mr. Just-Visiting. Cole definitely wants to get to know her and the chemistry between them is combustible, but can he convince her to give him a chance?


I loved these characters as individuals and together. They’re both wrapped up in major life situations so the timing could be better, but the pull between them is too strong to defy. She’s hiding a lot of emotion under a thick armor of sarcastic wit but powerless to resist his charms. Cole wants nothing more than for Palmer to realize she can count on him and will do whatever it takes to show her. This one is sweet with a bit of steam and a well-deserved HEA.