Caught Up
Series: Windy City, #3
Author: Liz Tomforde
Publication Date: October 10, 2023
Publisher: Golden Boy Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½
Synopsis:
Kai
I’m a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicago’s MLB team.
I’m stretched too thin, but I don’t want help raising my son.
Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go.
Now, my coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I can’t fire—his daughter.
Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached.
Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought I’d be counting down the days until she left, but summer feels too short when I start thinking about forever.
Miller
As a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in my industry, I’m desperate to prove I deserve it. But with a new title comes new pressure, and I can’t create a fresh and inspiring dessert to save my life.
With only two months to get back on track, I should be focusing in the kitchen, but instead, I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star player’s kid.
Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and I’m eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start to feel like home, I have to remind us both that my time in Chicago ends with the summer.
Besides, I’ve always been a runner, and the last thing I want is to get caught.
I was really looking forward to reading Caught Up and it did not disappoint. It was truly a special single parent sports romance. Here is what I loved about it:
- Kai and Miller’s disastrous first meeting.
- How they get thrown together with Miller ending up as Kai’s nanny.
- The banter and sparks between them. The slow burn and tension were worth it.
- Kai’s dedication to his son, Max.
- Miller connecting with Max.
- Kai’s relationship with his brother, coach, and the rest of the team. The family atmosphere was great.
- Miller’s relationship with her dad was special.
- Miller’s struggle with her career and feeling inspired and the lesson she learned from it all.
- Kai learning to balance it all and have confidence in his ability as a dad.
- The love, care, and support they made as a unit.
- The whole buildup of the romance was good, and I especially loved the end.
- The side characters from the first two books and all of the teammates we so much fun to have around.
- The baseball. There were some fun moments on the field, in the dugout, and in the training room.
I only had one teeny tiny complaint…
- When I got to just over 50%, the characters were just beginning to truly act on their attraction and feelings. That would have been at about 250 pages. That is a LONG built up. The book started to feel long, like it might lose my attention. Luckily, it was full steam ahead from there and ended it up being worth all 508 pages. Could it have been edited down? Probably. I do feel that I might have missed out on some important moments if it had been.