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The author of Melting the Millionaire’s Heart gives readers a front-row seat to her new Hard Hitters baseball series. First up at bat: a hotshot pitcher and a PR pro battle it out on and off the field…Small-town Indiana tomboy Sarah Dudley grew up living and breathing baseball, since her father owned the minor league Plainview Thrashers. A talented player herself, she idolized her brother’s best friend: Tom Cord, a pitcher with a wicked fastball and an even more wicked reputation.Now, Sarah is the Thrashers’ VP of public relations, and Tom—a star in the major leagues—has been assigned to the club while rehabbing from surgery. It’s Sarah’s job to keep the hard-throwing, hard-living star out of trouble. But when she gets a glimpse of the man behind the bad-boy image, they start to generate more heat than an inside fastball…Includes a preview of the next Hard Hitters novel, Screwball

“Readers will cheer for Tom and Sarah!”— Jeannette Murray, author of One Night with a QuarterbackPraise for Linda Morris:   “Linda Morris has a delightful writing voice and I can''t wait to read more stories from her!”—Ex Libris   “Fun, sexy, heartbreaking at times, and left a smile on my face!”—Book Loving Me

Passion dominates the diamond in the second novel in this fun and flirty baseball romance series by the author of High Heat.   Paul Dudley, president of the Plainview Thrashers, is spinning out of control. Preserving his family''s baseball legacy in these tough times takes everything he''s got, and constant clashes with his father have left him struggling for authority over the team and even his own future. So when sports reporter Willow Bourne, a one-night-stand from a year ago, walks back into his life, he knows he can’t give into his feelings for her—no matter how strong they are.   Willow never expected to see Paul again, and she’s got her reasons for keeping her distance. Except the more time she spends around Paul, the harder it is to hide her secrets—or stop herself from falling head over heels.   As the sparks between them fly, Paul discovers what Willow has been concealing from him, leaving him with a difficult choice—keep the team his top priority or make his own legacy by following his heart...   Praise for High Heat   “A fantastic mix of life on the pitcher''s mound, family loyalty, and being true to one''s own heart. Readers will cheer for Tom and Sarah as they fight for what''s right without losing themselves, or each other.”—Jeanette Murray, author of One Night with a Quarterback   Includes an excerpt from the first Hard Hitters novel, High Heat.

Local urban high streets have frequently suffered from neglect in comparison to town centres and out-of-town retail. Yet they have the potential to meet contemporary policy aspirations with regard to sustainability, social inclusion and place making.Rediscovering mixed-use streets is the first in-depth investigation of local mixed-use high streets. Drawing on case-studies in three different locations in England, the report provides a wealth of data and findings produced from a variety of sources, both quantitative and qualitative. In particular, the report offers a comprehensive view of local high streets, from the point of view of transport, local residents, visitors, businesses and practitioners; provides a series of suggestions for their improvement and demonstrates how local high streets belong to future sustainable communities.Providing a significant contribution to current interest in mobility, urban design and social inclusion, the findings have particular relevance for 'Sustainable Communities', 'Cleaner, Safer, Greener', and 'Place Matters' policies. The study will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners involved in the making and managing of streets and those with an interest in regeneration.