The Stubborn Shortstop's Spark
(2025)(The third book in the Thunder Creek Thunderbolts series)
A novel by Catalina Voss
One camera flash. One ruined play. One very angry Scottish shortstop who's about to turn my world upside down.
Cole Mackenzie is Thunder Creek's star player'''and its most notorious grump. All brooding intensity and carefully controlled walls, he's made it clear that photographers, especially chaotic ones like me, are not welcome in his perfectly ordered world.
Too bad I'm his new shadow.
Assigned to document the "real Cole Mackenzie" for the team's marketing campaign, I'm stuck following Montana's most stubborn athlete everywhere. From morning coffee runs to late-night practice sessions, I'm capturing every moment of his life.
The problem? Every stolen glance through my lens reveals the man behind the walls. The one who helps elderly ladies at the grocery store. Who teaches kids about cricket behind the general store. Who kisses me like I'm oxygen and he's been drowning for years.
But Cole's been burned before. Betrayed by someone he trusted with his heart, his career, his future. Now he's convinced everyone leaves eventually—especially women with bigger dreams than small-town Montana.
I came to Thunder Creek running from my own past, my family's expectations, my fear of being truly seen. I never expected to find a home here. Never expected to fall for a man who'd rather push me away than risk his heart again.
He thinks I'll leave when something better comes along.
What happens when "something better" actually does?
Warning!
Steam Level: 4/5
Genre: Romance
Cole Mackenzie is Thunder Creek's star player'''and its most notorious grump. All brooding intensity and carefully controlled walls, he's made it clear that photographers, especially chaotic ones like me, are not welcome in his perfectly ordered world.
Too bad I'm his new shadow.
Assigned to document the "real Cole Mackenzie" for the team's marketing campaign, I'm stuck following Montana's most stubborn athlete everywhere. From morning coffee runs to late-night practice sessions, I'm capturing every moment of his life.
The problem? Every stolen glance through my lens reveals the man behind the walls. The one who helps elderly ladies at the grocery store. Who teaches kids about cricket behind the general store. Who kisses me like I'm oxygen and he's been drowning for years.
But Cole's been burned before. Betrayed by someone he trusted with his heart, his career, his future. Now he's convinced everyone leaves eventually—especially women with bigger dreams than small-town Montana.
I came to Thunder Creek running from my own past, my family's expectations, my fear of being truly seen. I never expected to find a home here. Never expected to fall for a man who'd rather push me away than risk his heart again.
He thinks I'll leave when something better comes along.
What happens when "something better" actually does?
Warning!
Steam Level: 4/5
Genre: Romance
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