Catch Her If You Can
A Novel
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- Expected 20 Jan 2026
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- 14,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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- 14,99 €
Publisher Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back with an all-new marriage of convenience, friends-to-lovers sports romance about a baseball catcher and the burlesque club owner he can’t get out of his head.
Madden Donahue, the newest catcher for the Yankees, has been in love with Eve Mitchell since high school, but for some mysterious reason, the burlesque club owner always turns him down. That never stopped him from being her self-appointed protector. Case in point, now that Eve’s sister has left Eve with her two children indefinitely, Madden steps in with a proposition—marry him for the much needed health benefits.
Eve has secretly harbored feelings for Madden all along, but there’s one problem—her best friend Skylar called dibs on him when they were fourteen. Eve has always put their friendship above all else, and she’s not willing to risk losing Skylar over a man. Raised by the local strip club owner, Eve is woefully short on friends and treasures the ones she has. But with Skylar happily paired off, Eve finds herself accepting Madden’s proposal—on the condition that their marriage remains strictly private. She’s not about to let her unique profession and maligned reputation destroy Madden’s shiny new career.
Madden won’t let Eve get away that easily, though. What starts as a marriage of convenience soon ignites into something much hotter, and now it’s up to Madden to convince Eve that their connection is far more than a business arrangement. As the passion builds, can their fake marriage become the real deal?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Reconciling expectations—both good and bad—leads a couple down unexpected avenues in this alluring romance. Madden Donahue’s career as a professional baseball player is on the verge of taking off. Eve Mitchell’s life is suddenly way too complicated after inheriting her father’s strip club and, temporarily, her niece and nephew. Madden and Eve have circled each other since high school, but this can’t possibly be their moment...can it? Romance star Tessa Bailey uses Eve’s burlesque business to lightly explore how Eve wrestles with her feelings about having agency not only over her body but also how she tells her life story. We also loved that the big secret surrounding Madden’s health scare might be the sweetest subterfuge imaginable. Catch Her If You Can takes its time revealing the resolution, but the tease is well worth the pleasurable, and sincerely hot, payoff.