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Swing and a Mishap (Summersweet Island 2) by Tara Sivec

Second in a Related Series. Romantic Comedy.

I loved Kiss My Putt, but I LOOOVED Swing and a Mishap by Tara Sivec! The second book in the Summersweet Island Series brought us a completely swoonworthy, romantic and sexy hero, an outrageously fun group of friends, a wonderful single mom, and more fun from the whole crew on Summersweet Island.

Wren is Birdie’s (from Kiss My Putt) older sister. She is a single mom with a talented son who plays high school baseball. Unfortunately his sperm-donor is a rich douchebag and is mostly out of the picture unless he wants to insult Wren a little. Wren runs the local ice cream stand, the Dip and Twist, with her mom, and when she was in high school a young Shepherd worked there as well before getting recruited as a major-league baseball player.

When Shepherd sees his high-school crush post a video of her son playing baseball on facebook, he messages Wren some pointers for him and they begin a year-long messaging relationship. Texting/messaging is my #1 favorite thing in a book, and Swing and a Mishap had tons. I loved their banter and how she pretended to not know anything about baseball or his career.

“That woman has more T-shirts, hoodies, and jerseys with your name on the back than anyone else I know, watches every single game like it’s a religious experience, and God forbid any of us interrupt her while you’re playing.”

But suddenly Shepherd ghosted Wren and stopped responding to all messages.

A year later, the famous player decides to come back home to Summersweet Island to claim what he should have claimed a year ago. But Wren won’t let him off the hook that easy!

“This is just great. Perfect! Shepherd Oliver, another pile of human garbage I have to deal with.”

I loved how Shepherd joined right in with the gang and became great friends with Palmer and Bodhi. I loved how he had no fear of doing anything “girly” like glitter and crafts. I love how he is ridiculously sweet and romantic, and I loved how he was with Wren’s son. But he had a lot to make up for.

“I deserve better than being someone’s fucking consolation prize, no matter how goddamn good he is with a glue gun.”

Shepherd has loved Wren forever, and I loved how he had no hesitation with telling her and showing her.

“You’re the only reason I’ve tried to be nicer, kinder, sweeter, and better, so that some day when I pulled my head out of my ass, I would be worthy of the time you give to me.

Likes:

I literally hugged my kindle with a tear rolling down my face at the end.
Tons of messaging banter.
I read the whole thing with an idiotic smile on my face.
He was so great with her son.
Shepherd was so romantic! Sigh….dreamy.
Very light on angst, but enough to keep it interesting.
Vanilla Ice Cream! OMG, HOT!
I love the gang so much! Tara has a way of making me want to meet and hang out with all the characters in her books. (Hence the reason I started Wicked Book Weekend).
More of Bodhi!
Tara mentioned Jack Carter, the original baseball hottie from Jenn Sterling.

Dislikes:

I don’t know if this is a real dislike, but is there not a Bodhi book? He at least needs a novella!

The Down & Dirty:

I loved Swing and a Mishap SO MUCH. It was just what I needed to forget the world and laugh my ass off. This is up there with my favorite Tara Sivec reads, and that’s saying a lot. If you are looking for a swoony, sweet, romantic, funny and sexy story with characters you can’t help but love, Tara Sivec took a swing and hit it out of the park with Swing and a Mishap.