Love hits a grand slam (and then some) in this cracker-jack collection, as six couples take the field for their chance at romance. Priced for peanuts, these captivating baseball love stories will make a perfect addition to your reading lineup. Take Me Out: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend in these four short tales that celebrate love on—and off—the field: Trade Off by Elley Arden: Traded and jaded, catcher Ben Border is considering stepping out from behind the plate. Then he runs into former flame Scarlett Dare. Turns out the sexy marketing executive still sends him into a fever pitch. But is she willing to trade Fortune 500 success for a happily ever after? Slugger Gone South by Alicia Hunter Pace: When New York Yankee Marc MacNeal comes to Merritt, Alabama, for a charity golf tournament, he’s shocked to be reunited with his ex-fiancée Bailey Watkins. It could be the perfect chance to get some long-awaited closure—or the start of a whole new ballgame… That Ol’ Team Spirit by Bea Moon: Someone’s haunting the Sharks’ stadium and creating some major league mischief. Psychic Peg Noonan and her granddaughter Trish are determined to discover who’s menacing their concessions stand. With the help of Trish’s high school love, sportswriter Rob Hanks, they just might have a ghost of a (second) chance. Safe at Home by Leslie P. García: Amanda Warner hates baseball but knows it’ll take a swing for the fences to save her dad’s hardware store. Hoping his star power will bring in the crowds, she sets her sights on Scorpions all-star Josh “Hotstuff” Arrevalos. But is her heart ready to play ball again? Crazy for You: Baseball hotshot Jake Ross’s bad boy ways land him on the covers of gossip rags instead of sports magazines and could cost him a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal. He’s willing to be a personal trainer to Charlotte Jones, a media coordinator who is ready to quit on her go