Blog Tour, Review & Excerpt: The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Blog Tour, Review & Excerpt: The Dugout by Meghan Quinn

Title: The Dugout
Author: Meghan Quinn
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Sports Romance
Release Date: September 19th

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Let me ask you a question:

If someone is vying for your spot on a team and just so happens to injure you during practice, would you believe it was on purpose?

Word around campus is . . . it was no accident.

That injury has cost me everything; my starting position, my junior year—and the draft. Now, I’m a senior fresh off recovery, struggling to find my groove, until the day I run into a nervous, fidgety, girl with freckles, in the dining hall.

They call Milly Potter The Baseball Whisperer, The Diamond Wizard, and The Epitome of All Knowledge. She believes in baseball. She breathes it. She’s the queen of an infamous dynasty, but no one actually knows who she really is, and she plans to keep it that way.

One mishap in the panini line, one miscommunication in the weight room, and many failed attempts at an apology equal up to one solid truth -- Milly Potter never wants to speak to me again -- no matter how good my forearms look.

Little do we both know, she’s about to become more than just my fairy ballmother.

Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy at no cost from the publisher/author. All opinions in my review are my own.

Two thumbs way up for this enthralling sports romance! I've seen Meghan Quinn's pretty covers on Amazon but I have never partaken in her brand of contemporary romance until now. I didn't know that I was missing out, but now I know that I was missing something special.

Yep, this is a book that will make you feel, feel, feel. All the emotions. All the time. The plot of this book pulls you in and takes you hostage as you keep turning the pages.

This book has an incredible cast of characters. I love that this book has wonderful side characters that bring life to the story and help the main characters be the best that they can be. I loved Milly's friends and her brother was the best. Milly was adorable and determined and I felt myself walking in her shoes. Carson was the epitome of a swoon-worthy hero. He was so genuine and I was falling hard for him.

The romance in this book pretty much has it all. It's romantic and passionate and the chemistry is insane between Carson and Milly. You'll get all the feels with this one.

Overall, this is a fun, flirty, fantastic story that will keep you hooked. You will fall head over heels for these characters and when you are finished reading you will want to dive back in. This will definitely not be my last book by this author. New fan alert!

He lifts the bat, adjusts his feet, and looks toward the pitching mound.

“Hold it there while I do some examining. Is it okay if I touch you?”

“I mean, just don’t cup my junk or anything.”

I know he’s joking, but it still makes my face flame, which I know turns my cheeks an awful shade of red. Ducking under my hat, I walk to the back of him so he can’t notice my embarrassment. “I . . . I won’t be grabbing your, uh, junk.”

He chuckles. “I know, I was just kidding.”

“Oh yeah, I know,” I say awkwardly.

Letting out a large exhale, he drops his hands and turns toward me, his large frame towering over me. “Maybe we should clear some things up before we start getting technical with my swing.”

“We don’t need to clear anything up. We can just—”

“Milly. We haven’t had the best interactions, and I want to make sure we’re cool.”

“Yup.” I stare down at the ground. “Totally cool.”

Apparently, me trying to avoid the conversation doesn’t work for him, because he reaches out and places his finger under my chin. With a small lift, he forces me to meet his eyes, the one place I didn’t want to look.

“Humor me, okay?”

My eyes blink a few times as I swallow hard. I’ll give him this; he’s very handsome. Chiseled jaw, enhanced by a soft tan. The lightest of scruff dances across his face, and his lips have a pink pout I would never have expected in a guy. And then there are his eyes, a brilliant blue bordered by long, dark eyelashes. It’s said the eyes are the gateway to a person’s soul, and I can fully believe that when it comes to Carson Stone.

“Okay,” I answer softly just as the wind picks up, blowing his fresh-soap scent in my direction. What is it about the scent of a spring mountain that makes a girl giddy inside? I mean, not giddy, but that did smell nice, really nice.

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.