Calling the Curveball
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Can a summer fling last a lifetime?
When Jamie Lawson's dream of making it to baseball's big leagues crumbles in the wake of a devastating accident, he returns to small-town Minnesota to rebuild his life. Years later, his world has settled into a steady rhythm—until a community softball game brings Kira Walker into his life.
Recently divorced and trying to rediscover herself, Kira is only in town for the summer. She never expected to find herself captivated by the local umpire with a mysterious past.
Their chemistry is undeniable, sparking a summer fling neither of them saw coming. But as their connection deepens, Jamie still wrestles with the memories of the tragedy he's never fully forgiven himself for—and the suspicion that maybe he doesn't deserve the love that Kira offers.
Will he risk his heart for life's biggest curveball—love?
You'll love Calling the Curveball if you enjoy heartwarming, inspirational love stories with small-town charm and wounded heroes; forgiveness/redemption themes; slow-burn relationships; or summer fling-to-more.
This novel is part of a larger series but can be read as a standalone.
Steam level: Mild intimate scenes
Calling the Curveball explores healing, resilience & forgiveness but addresses difficult experiences that may be triggering for some, including the loss of a spouse.
REVISED EDITION JULY 2025
What Readers Say:
"A five-star read that will knock you out of the park!" - Sarah
"Tracey Kelly brought ALL the feels to the table with this one and I couldn't get enough!" - Liz
"This story was an emotional roller coaster so make sure to have the tissues handy." - Vegas
Customer Reviews
Awesome
Calling the Curveball: a Lawson Family Novel by Tracey Cramer-Kelly
5++++ Stars
Ok so I totally LOVED this book...The storyline was AWESOME, the characters were believable and lovable and I want to be part of their friends and family. So now that I got that out of the way let me tell you about how this book made me feel...I cried more than once and some of that crying wasn't at all pretty, I laughed more than once and caught myself saying Awwwww out loud more than once. I also a few times got totally frustrated and angry. So it's safe to say this book, for me anyway had All the feels.
This was my first book by this author and I'm not even playing when I say it absolutely will not be my last. She grabbed me literally on page 1 and it was about 2% in that I had my first ugly cry… Jamie and Kira were both broken because of circumstances in their pasts and Jamie had given up his dreams feeling like he didn't deserve them anymore. This was part of the book that was heartbreaking and made me love Kira that much more. I LOVE how they met and loved even more her boldness to pretty much walk right up to him and ask him out.
Everything in this story worked for me, I could not stop reading it till I was finished and it worked really well with text to speech thankfully since I had some real life things I had to do while reading...and now I come away with needing so much more and will be tearing up her pages trying to find out when I can read more about everyone in this book, and I love finding new authors I can stalk, or I mean follow so this whole book was a complete win win for me.
I highly highly recommend reading this!!