Strike Zone: Matchmaking Gone Wrong, Dislike to Lovers, College Baseball Romance (Newhouse University Book 2)

Strike Zone: Matchmaking Gone Wrong, Dislike to Lovers, College Baseball Romance (Newhouse University Book 2)

by Ginger Walls

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4.4 stars from 646 reviews. Top 94% of Contemporary Fiction books we track.


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Perfect for you if...

  • You love banter-heavy romance where the couple actively irritates each other before things shift
  • You're drawn to stakes beyond just romance, like Wyatt's family farm hanging in the balance
  • You want spicy scenes paired with genuine character depth, not just surface-level hot people

Maybe not for you if...

  • You prefer slow burns where attraction develops gradually rather than explosive tension from day one
  • You're looking for standalone romance without needing context from previous books in the series
  • You find college sports settings tiresome or don't care about baseball culture

About this book

A dislike-to-lovers college baseball romance set at Newhouse University. Wyatt, a baseball player, attends Newhouse with the goal of being drafted to save his family's farm from financial ruin. When he hears Wren sing, she becomes a distraction that threatens his athletic performance and future prospects. He enlists her roommate's help to get close to Wren, but discovers that Wren dislikes him intensely. Wren has a carefully planned life: earn her business degree, work for her father, and marry the son of her dad's business associate to strengthen the family business. She never expected to encounter Wyatt, the starting pitcher who persistently pursues her, invades her privacy, and texts her constantly. Despite her efforts to ignore him, he becomes increasingly difficult to dismiss. Strike Zone is the second book in the Newhouse University series. While the books are interconnected standalones that can be read in any order without major spoilers, reading in order is recommended. This book contains explicit language and sexual scenes and is intended for adult readers.

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