Stealing Home

Cole Standridge had everything: a blazing fastball, a major league future, a crowd that chanted his name, and a life built around winning. Then one violent crash stole the career he had spent his whole life chasing-and left him angry, injured, and convinced he had nothing left to offer.

Bailey Knight has loved Cole since she was a girl, ever since he stepped in when she needed someone most. But the boy she once saw as a hero is now a man fighting pain, grief, and the wreckage of a dream he cannot get back. When Cole returns home and Bailey becomes part of his recovery, old feelings resurface, forcing them both to face the wounds they have spent years trying to hide.

Their love is real. But so are Cole's secrets.

As Cole struggles with addiction, shame, and the fear of being seen as broken, Bailey must decide whether loving him means staying-or whether walking away is the only way to save them both. And Cole must learn that healing cannot be built on another person's love. It has to begin with the truth.

With the help of his best friend, the kids who still believe in Coach Cole, and the woman who refuses to worship the man he used to be, Cole begins to build a new life around baseball-one not defined by fame, contracts, or crowds.

Because sometimes losing one dream is the only way to discover the one worth fighting for.

Stealing Home is an emotional second-chance sports romance about love after loss, healing after heartbreak, and finding home in the place-and person-you least expected.