Lucas

My dreams of making it to the big league had finally come true,
But one wild night in a strip club which was clearly a mistake
Landed me squarely on the team’s bad boy list. 

The PR manager is supposed to smooth it all over,
Too bad all I wanted was to get in trouble with her. 

I wasn’t really the playboy they thought I was, 
I just needed to find the right woman to set me straight. 
Now I just have to prove I’m not what she thought.

Carmen

I have the career I’ve always dreamed of,
Even if I have to deal with players who can’t seem to keep out of the news. 
What’s more infuriating is the one player I want to hate the most I can’t stop thinking about. 
The one whose voice makes me want to drop my panties at his feet. 

I know all about his playboy ways, 
But I also know the press can spin things to fit their narrative. 

Is he really as innocent as he claims to be? Or will he throw a screw ball I never saw coming?

Justin

I had the perfect bachelor's life.

No obligations. 

No commitments.

The greatest job in the world, all while being paid millions to do it.

Until I became a dad overnight.

My world turned upside down, 

I went from ballfields and bars to dirty diapers and bottles. 

I turned to my best friend for help but ended up with his little sister.

Now, all I want is the one woman I can't have.

She's the curveball I never saw coming.

The one woman I'm willing to commit to and change my old ways for.

I just have to show her that we can be a family.

Riley

Indianapolis was my fresh start.

A new place near my family. 

When my brother's best friend ended up with a surprise baby dropped on his doorstep,

I was the perfect nanny for the job.

Everything was falling into place,

If only I could keep my mind and hands off the playboy baller dad.

Working for someone you are attracted to is hard.

But when he's your brother's best friend and you live with him?

Talk about impossible.

Fatherhood changed him, but is it enough to give us a chance at a happily ever after? 

Derek
 
The sound of the gavel crashing down, 
Has my life flashing before my eyes. 

Learning to play ball. 
Falling in love, 
Marrying an incredible woman and starting a family
Becoming a starting pitcher for the Indianapolis Lightning. 

Everything I ever wanted... Until I struck out. 

The same success that gave me the life I dreamed of, 
Took it all away. 
I'd do anything for a second chance, 
Even throw the perfect pitch. 
 
Jillian 

A signature on a piece of paper...
It binds you to someone, or it can tear them away. 

It broke my heart to file the papers. 
Gutted me to sign them. 
But this isn't the life I envisioned.
Tired of competing to be his number one priority,
I had to walk away from the man I loved.
I needed to be strong for our girls, for me.

Life goes on.
People can change. 
Now he wants a second chance. 
But can I forgive the man who threw it all away, and trust that he won’t do it again? 

Dylan

My future was all mapped out.

Graduate high school.

Get drafted. 

Make a professional hockey team’s roster.

Marry my high school sweetheart.

I had it all within my grasp; 

Everything was falling into place.

Except for the distance,

And our conflicting schedules. 

How can we both follow our dreams when the roads keep taking us in different directions?

Hailey 

My future was all mapped out.

Graduate high school.

Graduate Med-School.

Land my dream residency.

Marry my high school sweetheart. 

My dream took me to the opposite coast, but my heart just wasn’t in it anymore.

Could I find a new path to my goal and still find happiness?

Was thinking we could make this work just another rookie move?

Johnathan

The one word I didn’t think I’d have to accept so soon—retirement.

Never playing again was my new reality, along with all the other symptoms that came along with my career-ending injury. 

Just as I'm learning to deal with my new normal, life throws me another challenge, but this one might just be the game-changer that alters my life for the better. 

Jill

I've always been focused. School. Graduation. Opening my own business. 

I didn't see myself settling down anytime soon, I had an empire to build. 

I definitely didn’t expect a newly retired hockey player would bulldoze his way into my life. 

Maybe it's time I focus on more than just my business.

The more time we spend together, the more I realize I can have more than one focus. 

Sometimes, when one chapter closes, it makes room for another…

Nathan Bailey was the one that got away…or so I thought.

After leaving our hometown of Sweet Valley, Tennessee, for college,
He never looked back….
Until ten years later, when he walked into my bakery.

The now billionaire tech-mogul is back in town and has his eyes set on me.

He's no longer the boy next door.
Tall, dark, and handsome, he's all man now.

His sweet-talking is impossible to ignore; it's almost as delicious as my bundt cakes.

Can I take a chance on my first crush and hope he won't break my heart for a second time?