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Strike Zone (Love Spell) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kate Angell
Publisher: Love Spell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11658
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 259
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0505527081
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780505527080
ASIN: 0505527081
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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 Ridiculous Fun June 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my first book by Ms. Angell. It was a fun, breezy bit of fluff. And if you take it at that - it's wonderful. It's a great book when you don't want anything too deep.
However, the reasons for only 3 stars are: it was totally predicatable (as are all romaces, I suppose, but this really had no surprises.) Some of the baseball stuff was silly (5 Cy Youngs and I forget how many golden gloves for Brek -come on!) And, last but not least, the cutesy names. Sorry, but this drives me nuts. A pitcher named Stryker???
Strike Zone- A Joyfully Recommended Title May 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Brek Stryker is having the year of his life. He is in position to break all of his father's pitching records, and he is engaged to marry the mayor of the town. Not only is he engaged, but his fiancee is nothing like his last one (Taylor) and he thinks that this is just what he needs.
Taylor is stunned when her sister Eve lets her know Brek is getting married. She has always thought she would be able to talk with him about why she left him at the alter all those years ago. Now she might not get the chance. So she actually bangs up her knee while skiing and comes back to Richmond to make amends. The problem is that instead of making amends, she ends up making things worse. She realizes she is still in love with Brek who wants nothing to do with her. Additionally, Brek's relief pitcher (Sloan) seems to be hitting on her when he really is attracted to her sister Eve. Will Sloan and Eve get together? Or will he live up to his love`em and leave`em reputation.
Suddenly things don't seem to be as good in Brek's life as in the past. He is still drawn to Taylor, his fiancee is trying to keep a distance that he doesn't like, and there is a rumor that his batting nemesis might be traded to his team. When Taylor ends up in the hospital from her knee injury, he decides that he will be the friend she needs to get better. Will the rest of his life straighten out? Will they acknowledge the flames that are still between them?
Taylor and Brek were the main characters of Strike Zone, but I almost liked the secondary story between Eve and Sloan better. But then again, that is like choosing between chocolate and oh, chocolate, as all four characters are written so well that it was easy to become involved in their lives. Strike Zone is the latest in the Boys of Summer series and Ms. Angell just might convert me to baseball after all. I enjoy reading about the lives and times of characters we have met in the past and their interactions with the new ones. I also want to point out that you do not need to read the series in order, though if you start with Strike Zone, you will find yourself hunting for the others. I have to say that if there is any complaint I have with Strike Zone, it is that I will have to wait another year to read the next in the series. It is with great pleasure that I am Joyfully Recommending Strike Zone.
Tanya
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
Can't go wrong. April 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To keep with the baseball theme, this story is a homerun (as are Squeeze Play and Curveball). The character are fun and there interactions will make you laugh out loud.
 2 FOR 1 April 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked this book, although I think I liked the secondary story of Taylor's sister Eve and baseball player Sloan better than the main story. This author has done this before and I wish each story had their own book. I would have loved a separate book of Eve and Sloan's story. As usual this author has great dialogue and the book just zips along and before you know it you've read the whole thing. Also, I prefer it when the hero/heroine have never met and meet for the first time in the book. In this book the heroine left the hero at the altar. It still works but I think these type of books lose something when the 2 people already have a past. I love that moment in a book when the couple first meet. All in all this was a good read and I look forward to more books by Kate Angell. Love those baseball players!!
Another Rogue winner April 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Strike Zone by Kate Angell is another winner in her Richmond Rogues series.
Thrill seeker Taylor Hannah has come back to Richmond after finding out that her ex-fiance Rogues star pitcher Brek Stryker is engaged to another woman. Three years ago Taylor left Brek standing at the altar and she has not stopped thinking about how she has wronged him ever since. Taylor had just gone through a major tragedy right before the I do's and she ran away instead of facing it head on. She has come back to Richmond to find some closure with Brek. What she found was that this man still is in her system.
Brek Stryker can not believe his eyes, Taylor Hannah is back in town. She tore his heart out and ripped it to shreds when she left him. Now she is home and messing with the quiet orderly life he has strived to maintain. The woman he is set to marry is quiet, unassuming just what he needs after adventurous Taylor. But in his heart of hearts he knows that Taylor is really the woman who owns him body and soul.
Brek and Taylor come to an understanding about co-existing in Richmond. Even though they are still attracted to each other they ignore it. Then Brek finds out the truth about the woman he was supposed to marry and once he is a free man all bets are off.
Brek and Taylor will worm their way into your heart. Everyone has been scared of life one time or another and these two have had their fair share of heartbreak. Their sexual banter and allure leaps off every encounter that they have. The secondary romance between Taylor's sister Eve and the relief pitcher Sloan is an extra special treat in this wonderful book.
I have immensely enjoyed every book in this series. This series is one every romance reader needs to get their hands on. I am waiting patiently for the next slugger to get his story.
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