I know everyone has bad days, but mine is going to be hard to top.
I blew out my knee and probably trashed my chance of going pro. My girlfriend cheated on me. And my jerk of a professor tells me I’m almost on academic probation.
All in one day.
Awesome. I guess now I get to find a tutor.
Enter Mallory. She’s quiet, kind of intense, and gorgeous. She also happens to hate baseball and any guy who plays it.
Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m curious.
I tell myself that we'll keep things strictly academic. That tutoring is all I’m interested in from Mallory.
I’m a liar.
I want to know more about her. I want her.
I'm not sure which is the biggest challenge - getting back on the field, or unraveling all of Mallory's secrets.
"A grand slam romance! FULL COUNT is sweet, sexy, and tackles tough issues with heart. Lynn Stevens has knocked this sports romance out of the park!" - Marie Meyer author of Turning Point
"Full Count is a home run hit! It's a perfect realistic, romantic fiction! Lynn Stevens has written a book that is proof that the great modern love story is alive and well!" - Juli, Goodreads
"This book knocked my socks off and then some!...Lynn wrote these characters so well you almost felt like you knew them, you got a great sense of who both Aaron and Mallory are as people as well as together as a couple." - Ayekah, Goodreads
"This book is really good and wasn't at all what I was expecting. It was raw and emotional; I couldn't put it down." - Books by the Beach Blog
"This was a great slow burn romance, dealing with a sensitive issue fairly common in the sports world." - Caroline, Reading, Willing & Able
"If you like J. Lynn and Jamie McGuire you will love this book." - Jessica R., Goodreads
"This is one of those books that once you start reading you cannot put down until you finish it, It was completely NOT what I was expecting." - Scrap, Goodreads
"...I must say that this story kept me on edge. Lynn Stevens manages to touch some very relevant issues about baseball, peer pressure and using drugs." - Next Book Around the Corner
This book knocked my socks off and then some! It had me running the full range of emotions.
This may be a book about two college students but the dialogue and interaction reads very much adult, so don't by shy. Jump right in.
The book takes off fairly quickly with Aaron playing a pick up game of socce ...more
This was not you typical jock meets nerd, college romance. There is a serious undertone to the story which caught me unaware.
Aaron is having a bad time, her hurt his knee and his girlfriend dumped him. He risks losing his spot on the baseball team and his history professor is out for his blood. He ...more
I received an ARC in exchange for a honest review
If You like J Lynn and Jamie McGuire you will love this book
let me just put this out there i absolutely love Mallory and Aaron
some semi spoilers ahead
Things i liked
-the way Lynn Stevens handled the whole HGH stuff
-the way she handle the way Mallory' ...more
Talk about teenage angst and turmoil - this YA romance is packed with it - even when you’re near the end, it doesn’t feel like things can work out happily! Aaron Betts thought he’d got his future sorted - great girlfriend and a real chance of going pro in the sport he loves - then it all came a-tumb ...more
Loved, loved, loved this one. No insta-love, no everything works out perfectly. Just a great story and a message that sometimes life gets messy, stupid decisions are made, and you just have to own it and move forward. The author tackled a very delicate subject and handled it superbly. This is absolu ...more
Wow!
Mallory and Aaron story was everything. You have really knew where the story was going to go at first. But then when they both open up I saw something I absolutely enjoyed. ...more
I really liked Full Count by Lynn Stevens. I love the writing and the story. I would have loved a dual POV so you get to know Mallory better and the ending was cut short, that's how it felt at least. I would have loved a epilogue. ...more
This book completely stands alone and *does not* end on a cliffhanger. There is both cursing and a couple of on-screen sex scenes in this book, so if those would cause you to leave a bad review, you should skip this one. But if you do that, you'll be missing one heck of a book.
Wow. That was my firs ...more
Wow, just wow. Full Count is so much more than I had been expecting. Usually I find that NA college romances are fun, flirty and naughty with not a whole lot of emotional depth. Full Count is just the opposite.
Aaron is a baseball player with an eye on the draft. But first, he has to get through a se ...more
I loved the dynamic which is Mallory and Aaron. The relationship had to be worked for, it had to work through a lot of stages before it would be just right. Aaron thinks life is baseball and fun. He thinks his plan is easy and will be followed until he has an injury. This injury is the beginning of ...more
Three and a half stars.
Aaron Betts had it all until a rookie led him to bust his knee, now his future as a professional baseball player is receding fast, his girlfriend has dumped him for one of his teammates and he is on academic probation for history. But hey, he's still a big man on campus, fawne ...more
I've read young/adult romance stories that were mere fantasy--either full of hype or were just lackluster. But FULL COUNT is a home run hit! It's a perfect realistic, romantic fiction! Lynn Stevens has written a book that is proof that the great modern love story is alive and well! (Ya!)
FULL CO ...more
I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting before breaking open Full Count to read. Maybe the typical new adult sports romance with the opposites attract storyline. That is so not what you get with Lynn Stevens' Full Count.
From the beginning, I was quickly pulled into Aaron's story. With his injury, ...more
Wow, this story blew me away! This is the 1st time I have read any of this authors work, and my word, it will not be the last! Aaron has a carer threatening injury, his girlfriend is cheating on him, and he is about to go on academic probation, not one of his best days! He contacts Mallory to tutor ...more
4.5*
When I started reading this I thought it would be your usual boy meets girl story, but it was much more than that. It took me by surprise that it had such a serious undertone running through it, it makes you think about the pressure athletes are under from their families and when injured to heal ...more
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book
This is one of those books that once you start reading you cannot put
down until you finish it, It was completely NOT what I was expecting either
This story is about a college baseball player who has hurt his knee badly and
has to have surger ...more
I really liked Aaron's character. He had his faults, but he owned up to them and made things ok. The romance between Aaron and Mallory was a typical sports romance and was what originally drew me in. However, the story became about so much more than their romance. I'm not sure if Aaron and Mallory s ...more
Good college romance
Good love story with a great story line for young athletes tempted by PEDs. Characters are believable. Humor, sadness, disappointment and love are all in this short stand alone romance. ...more
Aaron knows how to treat a lady, “no buts, Mallory. I’m walking you to your car.” With a grin, I added, “Deal with it.” Aaron like to give his girl options, “you know, I can think of a way to help you process this situation.” I pressed my lips against her neck. “The cab of the combine is bigger than ...more
I picked up this book one night, intending to read just a few pages. An hour later, I was still reading and couldn't get enough.
Aaron and Mallory's story is a slow burn that keeps things smoldering at just the right pace. It starts with flirty text messages about baseball and history but takes thing ...more
Love this book
I read lots of romance books. This is a rare find. I would read this one again and again. I want to know what happens between two characters.
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Aaron Betts must pass the one subject he hates - Modern American History. Asking Mallory Fine to tutor him isn't easy, but she agrees. However, the more time they spend together, the more Aaron wants to get to know Mallory on a more personal level, yet she's determined to keep things strictly in the ...more
Finally, a sports book that focuses on sports!
This review is going to be hard to write because something major is going on in this book that I can’t discuss because the synopsis doesn’t mention it. The synopsis leads into a contemporary romance with a focus on sports. However, there is a lot more to ...more
“This wasn’t good. Not at all. Either I was desperate for any chick’s touch, or this woman was more dangerous than I imagined.”
Aaron Betts is recovering from a broken heart and a serious injury. He’s also failing Modern American History. He approaches Mallory Fine to tutor him. When he meets her in ...more
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There are times you request an arc and you think you know what the story will be like. Well... not this one. Of course, you meet Aaron, the star-to-be baseball player, when he had a really, really bad day. Losing his girlfriend, hurting ...more