Ashton Tate is the MVP second baseman for the Chicago Grizzlies, but baseball's reigning bad boy is one misstep away from losing it all. After a humiliating public intoxication arrest threatens his lucrative endorsements and his spot on the roster, management gives him an ultimatum: clean up his act or sit out the season. To salvage his career, the team hires the sharpest PR crisis manager in the game. There's just one complication-she's the only woman who ever brought him to his knees.Elizabeth Mason is an elite reputation strategist known for turning athletic disasters into triumphs. But handling Ashton's damage control isn't just business; he's the college sweetheart who shattered her heart five years ago. Forced into close quarters across team road trips, high-pressure press conferences, and late-night batting cage sessions, Elizabeth is determined to keep things strictly professional. Yet beneath the lingering pain, their scorching chemistry reignites with undeniable intensity.With ruthless media scrutiny swirling and buried emotions surfacing, their fragile boundaries begin to crumble. In a high-stakes world where one wrong move could destroy everything, Ashton and Elizabeth must decide if they can risk their pride-and their careers-on the past they never truly escaped. Can they survive the pressure, or will unresolved passion cost them their final shot at love? Step up to the plate and get swept away by this steamy, emotionally charged second-chance sports romance.