Iris Copeland has sworn off men. She has a glorious daughter, parents willing to let her come back home after her nasty divorce, and more sharp knives than she knows what to do with, thanks to her folks’ post-retirement business venture. Maybe it wasn’t quite the life she planned, but between her daughter and opening the pet shop she’s always dreamed of with her best friend, life is good. Until Trey Callihan comes to town. Though Iris loves Roy, the old man out on Three Squirrel Ranch who is a fixture in the tiny town of Solano Creek, she’s a lot less sure about his tall, broad, handsome grandson. Why would a pro athlete be hanging out in a place like this? The answer, certainly, is that he won’t be for long. That’s why Iris decides her best defense is a strong offense. She’ll stay far, far away from that athletic mountain of a man to avoid accidentally admitting how ridiculously charming she finds him, or how completely smitten her daughter already is with her baseball idol. But when it looks like Trey might be staying to help his grandfather, Iris lets her guard slip. And while their relationship feels like a perfect day at the field for a while, Trey mixes things up just as she gets comfortable, and reminds her that even an easy pitch can be hard to hit… Will Trey convince Iris to give him a chance? Or will it be a shut out? Find out in the first book in the No Place Like Home series by USA Today bestsellers Delancey Stewart and Marika Ray. Every book is a full-length standalone happily ever after with plenty of LOLs and awws along the way!

When your job is all about avoiding risk, what happens when you meet the one person who makes you want to risk it all? Juniper Carlisle is the only totally normal member of her show biz family. Thus, she is invisible. But she has a plan to change that, starting with the huge production she’s putting on for the opening of the new minor league baseball stadium. A couple rings of fire, a few unbelievable dog tricks, and she’ll finally get her family’s attention, proving that she, too, has that special something. But when Juni’s best friend and show partner gets hurt and can’t do the show, everyone suggests a ridiculous replacement. Carter Callihan is in Solano Creek short term. He was beckoned by his grandfather for reasons only known to the elderly man, but after Carter provides security for the big opening day at the new baseball stadium as a favor to his big brother, he’s headed back to Los Angeles, where he makes sure all the A-list celebrities are truly untouchable, thanks to his firm. Carter is good with numbers, calculating risk, and staving off disaster. He’s been doing it his whole life. But Juniper Carlisle is like a walking hand grenade inside a tornado strapped onto a speeding bus, and he can’t figure out if he should throw himself on the grenade (hypothetically, of course) or run far, far away. And now that he sees Juniper every single day as they practice for the big show, he’s pretty sure that the closer he gets to her, the better the odds that he’ll be the one who gets hurt.