I love sports romance books, and I’ve been a fan of Tessa Bailey‘s “Big Shots” series since before it officially started. It’s no surprise that I was eager to get my hands on the fifth installment, Catch Her If You Can, which will be the final piece for now, as Tessa has a couple other projects coming before she’ll return to the sports world.

We got a bit of the setup for Catch Her If You Can [Buy Bookshop Amazon LibroFM] in the previous Big Shots book, Pitcher Perfect [Buy Bookshop Amazon LibroFM], but you don’t have to read that to understand what’s going on now. Eve is the best friend of Skylar from the previous book, and she’s been crushing on Skylar’s brother’s best friend, Madden, since they met. Eve never made a move or accepted Madden’s interest. Between Skylar also crushing on Madden for years and Eve being the town pariah due her dad owning a strip club, she didn’t want to cause anyone any further problems.

Now, Eve finds herself suddenly in custody of her niece and nephew and the kids are facing some health issues. Eve can’t afford doctor bills on her own, and since she now owns the club and it’s struggling, she can’t afford insurance either. Madden just got signed to be a catcher for the Yankees, and he desperately wants to help her. The only way he can think of doing so is by offering a marriage of convenience. He just doesn’t know Eve’s been holding on to a big secret for years.

This one fell a little flat for me. I loved Pitcher Perfect so much, but I’ve noticed lately that when I really enjoy one of Tessa’s books, the next one tends to be a bit of a let down. That’s not to say it’s bad by any means, but just not what I was hoping it would be.

The spicy scenes are on par for what you’d expect from Tessa at this point. She knows what she’s doing and executes well, even when mixing in something new for her, which for this book is voyeurism. This books also follows her trend of utilizing he falls first. Otherwise, I just wanted more from them in their connection. I get they had so much history and that pulled them together, but parts of it just didn’t feel like they were connected enough to warrant going through the drama, if that makes sense.

Honestly, Elton and Veda stole the show. I need that book stat.