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The Art of Catching Feelings

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Daphne Brink doesn’t follow baseball, but watching “America’s Snoozefest” certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize . . . but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message.

Chris doesn’t usually respond to random fans on social media, but when a DM from “Duckie” catches his eye, he impulsively messages back. Duckie is sweet, funny, and seems to understand him in a way no one else does.

Daphne isn’t sure how much longer she can keep lying to Chris, especially as she starts working with the team in real life and their feelings for each other deepen. When he finds out the truth, will it be three strikes, she’s out?

'Unfailingly sweet and surprisingly sexy at the same time, The Art of Catching Feelings is a home run'
JODI PICOULT, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mad Honey

'Chris and Daphne's achingly vulnerable, hot slide into love was so masterfully crafted with intimacy and care that I was tempted to go right back to the first page once I finished (fine, and maybe I did)'
JESSICA JOYCE, bestselling author of You, with a View

© Alicia Thompson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Author Alicia Thompson
Narrator Kristen Sieh
Duration 10 hours and 24 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529964905
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Baseball, Contemporary romance, Humorous fiction, Sports fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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