Cover Reveal: The Baller's Secret Baby by Normandie Alleman
Title: The Baller's Secret Baby
Series: Barnes Family #1
Author: Normandie Alleman
Genre: Sports/Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Mayhem Cover Creations
Images: LoveNBooks
Release Date: July 20, 2016
He may be a player, but this stud’s
not shooting blanks.
With a secret baby on the way, will Nick realize that having the home
court advantage is what he's wanted all along?
I ordered for us both and we settled
into an easy conversation. Being with her felt like slipping into an
old pair of comfortable shoes—if those shoes were the hottest kicks
ever, and they made your stomach do a flip when you wore them.
The
champagne arrived, and I made a toast. “To old friends.”
“To
old friends,” she repeated and clinked her glass against mine. “I
probably shouldn’t be drinking this.”
“Why is
that?”
Then she told me about the scrutiny she was
under from the cheerleading director of the Scorpions.
“I
hear you. I don’t drink much during the season myself, but tonight
seems like a special occasion.”
“Oh, it is. I agree
with you! And I am having the fish.”
“You are. What
a good girl.” I wanted to offer to help her work off some of the
calories later, but I behaved myself and only thought it.
She
giggled. “Okay, so I have a question.”
“Shoot.”
She
smiled before continuing. “I heard these girls talking about how
you have bunnies… What does that mean?”
It was my
turn to smile. “It’s like saying someone has hops—like they can
jump.”
Her face lit up. “Oh, so it’s like how
Charles Barkley calls you Air Apparent because you can dunk so
well.”
“Yes, exactly like that.”
“How
do you do it—dunk I mean?”
I shrugged. “Practice.
Lots of practice.”
“Well, that’s a relief. I was
afraid they were talking about Playboy bunnies.”
We
both laughed.
“Not quite. I steer clear of that
place.”
“The Playboy Mansion?”
“Yeah.
That scene is a trap for guys like me.”
“In what
way? Seems like guys like you would love that sort of, ahem,
environment.”
“Nah. Maybe if we could stay
incognito, but once people recognize you, know you’ve got money,
they all want one thing from you.”
“And I’m
guessing it’s not your hops?”
“Nope. Everybody
wants a payday, a piece of you. When you’ve got money you can’t
trust anyone.”
She shook her head. “Especially if
you’re famous. I do well with my medical business, but it’s not
the same.”
I stood corrected. Damn, I needed this
girl. She brought me back down to Earth.
Taking her hand
across the table, I held it, the warmth of her skin felt so good in
my hand that for a moment I forgot all the outside pressures, the
untrustworthy people and the users in the world. Everything else
melted away and it was just me and Eden, who’d known me when I was
a boy. The girl who was my friend before I became a household name or
signed my first contract for millions. When it was just us blowing
bubbles during the hot summer days and chasing fireflies at night.
Holding hands with her like this—it
felt like home.
A former psychologist, Normandie has
always been fascinated by human behavior. She loves writing quirky
characters that are all too human. Fiber arts, baking, and Pinterest
are a few of her favorite pastimes. A shamelessly proud basketball
mom, Normandie lives on a farm with a passel of kids, an adorable
husband, and a pet pig who’s crazy for Red Bull. If you’d like up
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