♥ A Police Officer Mountain Man, BBW Younger Woman Instalove Romance ♥ He's definitely a player—but maybe the previous MLB player has met his match in softball pitcher Paisley. This co-ed team is about to experience a homerun. Brokenhearted Smythe McCovey came to Diamond Ridge to heal his heart, not to find love. His job as a police officer is going well and he's making an effort to meet people by getting on the local slow-pitch softball team. Little does he know, Paisley's All-American pitching arm might make the MLB player a swing and a miss. When he overhears her father saying things to her that no man should to any woman, he's going to be the one to put an end to that. But sometimes it takes more than a heart-to-heart to heal someone and Smythe is going to find out how broken Paisley's heart is, too. Back to her hometown, chiropractor Paisley Rhodes came back to save her father from himself. His interest in drinking is only second to his interest in making his daughter feel like she isn't enough. She's all he has. When her relationship with the sexy and confident Smythe is thwarted by her father, will Paisley let her father be all she has, too or will she stand up to the one man whose loved her no matter what all her life to be with Smythe? Summer fun and games in Diamond Ridge Mountains with happily ever afters in unexpected ways with unexpected mountain men. Escape into the mountains right now! Sweet & Steamy short story instalove romance with a sweet and strong hero and BBW and only an HEA. NO cliffhangers and NO cheating.