The Sweet Spot

By: Adriana Locke

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Stella Hunter

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

She wants forever. He plays it day by day. They’re both wishing for the best in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s charming and sexy hopefully-ever-after romance.

Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability. Nothing about Cole says forever. So why is he so hard to resist?

Cole is swinging through town to visit his parents when he meets the kind of down-to-earth distraction he’s been looking for since retiring from the majors. True, his long-term relationship score is zero. But even though raising his average with Palmer seems impossible, it’s worth a shot.

As promising as the summer nights are, fate turns small-town dreams upside down, and some lessons are learned the hard way. But having faith in love and choosing hope over fear might get Palmer and Cole to the sweet spot they’re looking for.

©2022 Adriana Locke (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Fans of K. Bromberg (The Player) and Heidi McLaughlin (Hawk) will enjoy.” —Library Journal

“Adriana Locke does it again with a refreshing, emotional, and swoony story about trusting yourself and taking a chance on love. With a heroine you’ll love and a hero who steals your heart, it’s simply unputdownable!”—Ilsa Madden-Mills, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author

“If a book could feel like a hug, this would be it.”—Meghan Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Author

GREAT STORY!

Oh the sweetness of this book makes the name so much more than the baseball "sweet spot" saying!
I loved these chaacters a lot. They are all down to earth and lovable.

Palmer and Cole have such a great story and instalove that will have you wanting more...
But Palmer's son Ethan totally stole my heart!

The audio of this book is amazing and if you like audios, this is one you need to listen to!

The Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot is a story about Palmer and Cole. This story is told from both of their points of view. Palmer is a single mom to Ethan, and she is doing whatever she can to provide for him. His father will sign him up for things and then not follow through.

She meets Cole and he instantly has feelings for Palmer. However, she's hesitant about her son. Cole decides to be the coach of Ethan's baseball team since he's been playing since he was young.

As their relationship evolves, Ethan is having a hard time keeping his secret from her and his family. Can Palmer and Ethan get their happy ending with Cole in their life? Or will something happen to split them up for good?

I really enjoyed this book and these characters.

Single Mom, Hot Athlete, engaging story!

Palmer and Ethan are an unbeatable team! Enter Cole and the sparks fly. Enjoyed the story and Stella Hunter and Teddy Hamilton were wonderful! Highly recommend!

Adriana Hit it Out of the Park!

Such a great performance and a beautiful story. I love the way Adriana writes children in her love stories and this didn't disappoint. Ethan was adorable and made Cole and Palmer's story even better. As always, Teddy and Stella did a brilliant job narrating this sweet love story.

Small town romance

I absolutely loved this book! I am a sucker for small town romance.

I always love when one (or both) of the main characters are determined to not “catch feelings” or be serious, but they end up developing feelings throughout the book and you can see their connection growing.

Cole and Palmer had great chemistry from the start. I love that Cole didn’t shy away because Palmer had a son. Their interactions together were so cute!

This was available as read and listen on KU so I borrowed it and listened to the audio version. I’m so glad I did because Teddy Hamilton and Stella Hunter put on an amazing performance for this audiobook. The emotion in their voice had me in my feels and even made me cry at certain points in the book.

SWEET SO SWEET!!

I loved this story! at first, I didn’t think I was going to like it, but as I kept listening to it, I found that I just couldn’t stop at every point I had time. Palmer and Cole. Such a great couple had such hardships and things to overcome however, they did, and Ethan her little boy made it all worth it also. this is a hot steamy romance that turned out to be such a great story you won’t be sorry if you take the time to read it and enjoy!

The Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot was so good! I found myself smiling, laughing and tearing up. I adore Ethan, I think he made the entire book. He reminds me so much of my son, who I miss terribly, and I love the relationship between mom and son. Cole is my type of Hero not grumpy or moody but a happy go lucky and fun loving guy from the get go. Palmer was also amazing she is a strong woman that handles everything on her own and even though it's nice to have someone she doesn't NEED anyone. The narration was great, the book was amazing. I 100% enjoyed every bit of it!

Absolutely adorable story!

I loved this book from start to finish it made me laugh and smile.. addicting finished it on day 2..
new to Adriana Locke and I’m loving her style so far..
the book itself was perfect! The narration was great and overall just worth the credit!

Adriana Locke does it again!

OH MY STARS! I was in love with Cole and Palmer from the word go. The story of the single mom against the world and the baseball player made my heart explode!

Small Town, Single Mom Sweetness

Thought this book was super sweet and LOVE this swoony couple cover!
I loved the realistic way Palmer had to mother so many people and was always worried about her son. loved how her son cared about his mom so much.

It had a great small town feel to it. And it was interesting to watch Cole (who was narrated by my absolute favorite Teddy Hamilton) evolve so much over the course of the book.

My only frustration was the reasoning for the 3rd act conflict... I mean I understand his reasoning to a degree, but after he promises she's safe with him and he's talking about sharing feelings it seemed like he had more emotional maturity.