A case of mistaken identify leads to an adventure of the heart. She knows his name. He hasn't got a clue. When a beautiful woman crosses paths with a celebrity there proves to be chaos ahead. Holford proves sweet can be a spicy treat. Catching Her Heart puts heart before hormones and delivers a laughfest. Addison and Sawyer are a reminder that even at the most inopportune times love manages to find a way.

"If you keep being all sweet on top of the sexy, I'm going to have no choice but to completely fall for you." . . ."I'm a professional catcher, babe,. go on and fall, I've got you."

The story sounds fun from the blurb - a little "kidnapping" meet-cute - but the cheesy lines , superficial character development, make-everyone-happy, optimistic, do-gooder plus a reclusive ball player felt cloyingly sweet. It has it's moments but I was so disengaged from the story it was a chore to finish.

Objectively the story is probably three stars, but plays like a Hallmark movie. And you have to be in the mood for a Hallmark movie to take in the overabundance of unconditional happiness and enduring love, superficial characters and a plot line with little to no conflict.

It was a miss for me but if you want a clean, Hallmark-like sports romance pick up Catching Her Heart.

I adored this book! Catching Her Heart. This is the second book in the For the Love of the Game series and is a definite winner.

The relationship between Addison, an exec with the Nashville Slammers, and Sawyer, the team's star catcher, starts out a bit rocky. Eventually the two become friends and are constantly trading favors. When their friendship turns into something more they must decide whether they should let their guard down or walk away from something special.

We met Addison in the first book (Covering All the Bases) and I loved what we saw of her so I was super excited to get her story. Jody did not disappoint! Sawyer was rough around the edges but Holford did a great job showing us why he is that way and made me love him as the hero.

I definitely recommend this one! Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 Stars
It's a sweet romantic story. I enjoyed reading it a lot. It started in a very intriguing way and ended beautifully.
Addie is trying not to panic because this is her only way. So, she asks Sawyer for a favor and unexpectedly he agrees. But now she owes him too. They are both going to be working together so she hopes that it doesn't turn out to be a big problem.
Sawyer couldn't believe this woman. She practically kidnapped him but oddly enough instead of getting angry or frustrated he actually wants to help her. There is something about her that he really likes. Perhaps it is the fact that she is the most genuine person he has met in a long time. Most people are nice to him only because they want something from him. Even his own family only contacts him when they want money. Addie is different and he likes that. Soon, he begins to be more than her friends. But is happily ever after really something he can have?
I think that this story is very well-written. I enjoyed it and loved the characters. I'd definitely recommend it to contemporary romance fans.

Jody Holford's "Catching Her Heart" was a cute, sweet story and a lovely follow up to the first book in this series. It is a complete stand-alone, but characters from the first book do make cameo appearances. It's not necessary to read the books in order because the author does a good job of providing background for readers new to the series, but I'm glad I read the previous book first. I think it helped me understand Addie, the female main character, a bit better since she was such an important secondary character in the first book.

Addie came across as very outgoing and confident in the previous book, which is one of the reasons I liked her so much. However, in the early part of this story, she seemed much less confident and spent a lot of time second guessing herself, especially in regards to how she convinced Sawyer, the male lead character, to help with her charity event in the first chapter. Fortunately, Addie seemed to regain her confidence fairly quickly, and her passion for helping people was clear. On the whole, I found Addie to be a very genuine, likeable character, and it was easy to root for her to find happiness whether it was with Sawyer or on her own.

As for Sawyer, I found him to be somewhat difficult to figure out at first, but it turned out that he was just a very private person, and for good reason. He had lived in the public eye for many years by that point and accustomed himself to keeping things close to the vest in order to keep his private life out of the press. He had also developed some trust issues because of the way his mother and brother took advantage of his wealth and fame, while at the same time struggling with a difficult decision about the future of his career. Given those circumstances, I could understand why it took some time for Sawyer to learn that he could trust Addie and share his thoughts and feelings with her. When he finally did let Addie in, I liked the way their relationship grew from an "exchange of favors" into a real romance. It was nice to see how supportive Addie and Sawyer were of each other as their romance blossomed.

Overall, I very much enjoyed this book and hope that the author plans to continue writing more books in this series. I would really like to see Liam's sister Talia get a story of her own.

*ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

**I got an arc of this book from Entangled for my honest review. All these thoughts are my own**

*3.5*

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It took me forever to read, though. I wouldn’t blame the book for that. I was enjoying it while reading it, I was just really slumpy. That being said, I didn’t connect with this romance the same I did with the first couple. But I was still rooting for both of them and was excited to watch their romance progress. I foresee a future romance in the works from this book, so I’m interested to see if it will continue.