Caught Up

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The explosive, multi-million-copy global bestseller and BookTok sensation from Liz Tomforde, the undisputed queen of modern sports romance and #1 international bestselling author of Mile High and The Right Move! Caught Up is a brilliantly written, fast-paced, and intensely emotional contemporary masterpiece. Immersed in the high-pressure world of professional baseball and haute cuisine, this unputdownable book delivers a spectacular enemies-to-lovers, single-dad dynamic packed with razor-sharp witty banter, workplace tension, and a scorching, high-steam slow-burn chemistry that will hold you captive until the very last sentence.

Kai Rhodes is fighting a losing battle against his own schedule. As a single dad and the high-profile starting pitcher for Chicago’s professional baseball team, he is stretched completely thin, yet his stubborn protective instincts make him refuse any outside help raising his young son. He is notoriously difficult to please; each of the toddler’s previous nannies only lasted a few short weeks before Kai let them go. Finally, his head coach puts his foot down, intervening by hiring the one tactical asset Kai cannot fire—the coach’s own independent daughter. Miller Montgomery is the absolute last woman the structured pitcher should be falling for. She is too wild, too young, completely unattached, and view Chicago as merely a brief, temporary stopover. Kai assumes he will be counting down the days until her departure, but as they are pushed into close quarters, the summer suddenly feels far too short when he begins dreaming about forever.

Miller Montgomery should be at the absolute pinnacle of her career. As a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in her industry, she is desperate to prove her technical mastery under pressure. But with her newfound global prestige comes a paralyzing creative block, leaving her completely unable to formulate a fresh, inspiring dessert menu. With only two months to get her culinary career back on track, she should be focusing entirely in the kitchen. Instead, she lets her dad talk her into using her time off to nanny for his star player’s kid. Miller instantly diagnoses that Kai has forgotten how to live or have fun, and she is eager to jog his memory.

But as the sun-drenched days blur into late-night kitchen sessions and domestic intimacy, Kai and his son start to feel undeniably like home. Miller is forced to constantly remind them both that her time in Chicago strictly ends with the summer heat. She has spent her entire life running from emotional permanence, and getting caught in a permanent relationship is the last thing she wants. As their bitter boundaries begin to fracture, Kai’s fierce, all-consuming devotion awakens, driving him to prove to his beautiful nanny that some connections are worth staying for.

Masterfully executing the sports romance, single dad, grumpy-meets-sunshine, coach’s daughter, forced proximity, and workplace/forbidden love tropes, Caught Up delivers an atmospheric, high-energy comfort read. Brimming with Liz Tomforde’s signature psychological depth, emotional vulnerability, and unforgettable dual-POV tension, this premium Hodder & Stoughton paperback edition is a landmark achievement in contemporary romance, making it a mandatory masterpiece for your personal library.