{"product_id":"hard-ball","title":"Hard Ball","description":"Mateo Ruiz takes baseball seriously. He has to. It's the game that got him out of a small, dead-end town and into professional baseball. Now, entering his second season in the minor leagues, he's closer than ever to earning a permanent place on the team.\n\nThen Chase Whitaker arrives at Spring Training.\n\nTop prospects aren't expected to stay in the minors for long. They're expected to leapfrog everyone in front of them. And since both men play shortstop, Mateo knows exactly what Chase represents: competition. Mateo wants to hate him. He really does. But Chase is talented, charming, maddeningly confident, and impossible to ignore.\n\nAs their rivalry gives way to a secret romance, Mateo finds himself risking the future he's spent years building. With roster decisions looming and feelings growing harder to deny, both men must decide whether the life they've always wanted is worth losing each other.\n\nSet beneath Arizona's endless skies, Hard Ball is a steamy sports romance about ambition, desire, and what happens when the person standing between you and your dream becomes the one person you can't walk away from.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0H86DN348\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.B0H86DN348.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Parks, Riley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932700328113,"sku":"RDV.B0H86DN348.VG","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/B0H86DN348-0.jpg?v=1789503851","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/hard-ball","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}