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No breaking my heart / Kate Angell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Barefoot William BeachPublisher: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corporation, [2016]Description: 292 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781496703668 (pbk.)
  • 1496703669 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after the first round, Halo isn't about to lose the girl. Alyn is stunned when gorgeous, generous Halo whisks her off for a dream vacation to the beach--where she can't help falling for his charm. Later, he offers to lend a hand getting her vintage shop up and running. But she's used to being the one friends and family count on, not the other way around. How can she convince the stubborn man that she doesn't need his help--not when all she wants is his heart?
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection ANGE 1 Available T00612692
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Known for her charming beach reads." -- Kirkus Reviews

Relationship Status- Complicated

Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after the first round, Halo isn't about to lose the girl...

Alyn is stunned when gorgeous, generous Halo whisks her off for a dream vacation to the beach--she's been let down by friends and even family so many times, she's lost count. Later, he offers to lend a hand getting her vintage shop up and running. But his constant--and ridiculous--purchases are the last thing she needs. How can she convince the stubborn man that she doesn't need his help--not when all she wants is his heart...

Praise for Kate Angell and her novels

"Grab a beach chair, sunscreen, and a Kate Angell book for a great summer read!" --Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author

"Fast-paced. Fun characters." --Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author

Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after the first round, Halo isn't about to lose the girl. Alyn is stunned when gorgeous, generous Halo whisks her off for a dream vacation to the beach--where she can't help falling for his charm. Later, he offers to lend a hand getting her vintage shop up and running. But she's used to being the one friends and family count on, not the other way around. How can she convince the stubborn man that she doesn't need his help--not when all she wants is his heart?

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Why would Richmond Rogues right fielder Halo Todd dress up like a chicken and attend a game show with a woman he'd never met? Because a befeathered Alyn Jayne approached him on the street, that's why. In a series of bizarre events, Halo ends up heading for Barefoot William, FL, and spring training with an eight-year-old boy, the boy's mother, a disabled dog, a bunny, a fish, and the lovely Alyn in tow. Romance soon follows and so does a business partnership when Halo agrees to help Alyn get her antiques store off the ground. Taking things to the next, more permanent level will call upon all the persuasion that Halo can muster. VERDICT Although less about baseball and more about relationships, this slightly wacky romance is just plain fun and perfect for a day at the beach. Angell (No One Like You) lives in Naples, FL. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Angell's latest sports romance (after No One like You) is a letdown, with inconsistent characterization and a flimsy story. The Richmond Rogues is a baseball team whose players are all very popular with the ladies, and none more so than handsome Halo Todd, who has lovers up and down the East Coast. When he's accosted by Alyn Jayne, who's dressed as a chicken (though she doesn't seem the type to do that at all) and agitatedly begs him to join her on a game show, Halo's kind heart forces him to agree, though the gig makes him late leaving Richmond for spring training. Soon he's captivated by modest, serious Alyn and her mother and brother. The family accompanies Halo to the Florida boardwalk town of Barefoot William, where Alyn's little brother, Danny, gets to hang out with his baseball idols and Halo tries to show wary Alyn that he can be faithful to one woman. The push and pull of their attraction creates some appealing moments. Angell's latest entry contains more baseball, but the descriptions of the play are not very convincing, and the players keep adopting dogs with no mention of what will happen to them when the team goes on the road. But her fans will enjoy the familiar setting and cameos by previous characters in the series, and the supporting cast is delightful. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Star right fielder Halo Todd is the team's ultimate ladies' man, but this is the first time a woman dressed as a chicken has asked him to put on a rooster's costume and pose as her fiancé for a TV game show. Turnabout is fair play, so now it's Alyn Jane's turn to pose as his fiancée to keep his many adoring and oh-so-willing female fans at bay. In exchange, Halo will give Alyn the seed money for the antique store she's always wanted. Alyn is hesitant about their deal, because she's still reeling after her father died, her fiancé dumped her, and her business partner cleaned out their joint bank account. However, when she sees the mutual affection among Halo and her mother, kid brother, and even their paralyzed dog, Alyn begins to realize that this playboy is maturing into the real deal. A second romance between the third baseman, Landon Kane, and the town photographer adds another layer of love. A perfect balance of playfulness and poignancy, this continues Angell's hilarious and heartwarming series set in the beachfront town of Barefoot William, Florida (No One Like You, 2015).--Mosley, Shelley Copyright 2016 Booklist

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