Description: "Baseball star Will Vandergriff knows any number of women who would happily pretend to be his girlfriend. In a last-ditch effort to restore his good standing with his team's higher-ups, he enlists the help of his neurotic, goody-goody neighbor. Schoolteacher Olivia Pratt might be a bit quirky and a bit of a loner, but she's a lot more inviting than she knows. Will hopes that bringing her to his next game might revamp his reckless reputation and help get his career back on track. The only problem? The plan works a little too well. Not only do the higher-ups love Olivia, but Will plays his best game yet. Suddenly his losing streak is a thing of the past, and Olivia is his new good-luck charm. Will feels anything but lucky. After years of keeping the world at bay, Olivia Pratt is pulling off the ultimate performance--not only reluctantly posing as Will's girlfriend but also insisting that she's oblivious to his major-league appeal. But she can only lie to herself for so long. Being by Will's side feels good. Really good. Maybe it's finally time to make a pitch for everything she really wants--and to find out just how exhilarating love can be."--Page 4 of cover.
Brief description:
Amy Matayo is the award-winning author of The Wedding Game, Love Gone Wild, Sway, In Tune with Love, A Painted Summer, and The End of the World. She graduated, with barely passing grades, from John Brown University, earning a degree in journalism. But don't feel sorry for her--she's superproud of that degree and all the ways she hasn't put it to good use.
Matayo laughs often, cries easily, feels deeply, and loves hard. She lives in Arkansas with her husband and four kids and is working on her next novel. Visit her website at www.amymatayo.com to find out more.
Review Quotes:
"With fast-pitched dialogue and romantic chemistry worthy of a World Series pennant, The Thirteenth Chance is yet another home run in Amy Matayo's winning collection of stories." --Nicole Deese, author of A Season to Love, A Cliché Christmas, and the Letting Go series
"Amy Matayo knocks it out of the park with this sweet, opposites-attract romance. You'll be cheering for Olivia and Will with every page." --Jenny B. Jones, award-winning author of I'll Be Yours and Can't Let You Go