Up until two years ago, I was living large and my life’s priorities were anchored to three things – my NBA stardom, money and celebrity.
I was also a colossal dick.
Until one night turned my world upside down and I suffered unspeakable loss. That event changed the man I was and made me a widowed-single father.
Now I’m a desperate parent trying to raise my special needs son and find him a trustworthy live-in nanny.
Grad student Brooklyn Hayes may be the one, with her single-minded focus on caring for my son and finishing her Master’s degree. She’s the perfect fit for our needs.
Maybe too perfect… with her bright smile, nurturing kindness and gentle touch. Caleb isn’t the only one who’s fallen for her.
I don’t know when or how it happened, but she changed the game for me. Turning my losing streak into a winning second-half.
Game Changer is a Single Dad/Nanny Romance.
It’s impossible not to swoon over Garrett’s Love Note!
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Dear Brooklyn,
It’s Valentine’s Day and here I sit, alone in a drab hotel room preparing for our game tomorrow against UCLA, trying to drown out the loud raucous noises from my players’ rooms on either side of mine, wishing you were here with me.
Or better yet, wishing I was at home, in the bed we share when I’m not on the road, with our two boys at our sides, and Teddy the Wonder-dog at our feet, his ever-watchful gaze pinned on Caleb. That’s the bed where Caleb feels safe and cherished (even when his feet kick me hard enough in the ribs to cause bruising), and baby Jeremiah gurgles contentedly in your arms after you’ve nursed him to sleep, and I get the warmth of your body snuggled next to me.
Six years ago, being on the road was all I knew, and I never imagined anything could be more important than basketball. The game was my life and gave me the greatest celebratory moments and achievements I never thought could be topped. I was wrong.
Because the moment my son Caleb was born, followed shortly by your arrival, and now baby JJ, everything else before that is inconsequential. The three of you have changed the game for me. You’ve made me a better man. A better father. A better coach.
That’s why when I get home from this trip, I think we should talk about our future game plan. About adding a new player to our small but mighty team. This time, though, I hope to try for a baby girl. A daughter who radiates the same beauty that her mother exudes and loves with the same kind and generous heart that won us over when you walked into our lives.
If I were to use a basketball analogy (would you expect anything less of me?), our family is a team and we each play a pivotal position. Brooklyn, you are the team’s center player. You’ve been the assist to my slam dunk. The perfect pass in my buzzer beating shot. The tip of the ball into the net when I’ve hit the rim with a brick.
In a nutshell, you are the center of my universe and without you, I wouldn’t be in this game. You’ve shaped the man I’ve become and who I am today. The road of my life has given me some huge wins and one tragic loss, but I’m a winner in the end because it led me to the most beautiful soul in the world. You.
And on this day when we espouse and celebrate romance in all its tender forms and expressions of love, I’ve come to one conclusion.
Brooklyn—love of my life, mother of my children, center of my world—you are my today and all my tomorrows. I carry your heart with me wherever I go. On this Valentine’s Day or five years from now.
But for both of our sanities, let’s hope next season I’ll be scheduled for a home game on Valentine’s Day so I can tell you all these mushy things in person. I’ll also buy you a sexy new dress, hire a sitter for the boys, take you out to a romantic candlelit dinner, and then bring you home to make love to my glowingly beautiful (and hopefully pregnant) wife in the bed we share together.
I love you with all I am.
Yours Forever,
Garrett
Ps: The boys and Teddy the Wonder-dog will not be sleeping with us that night. Just saying…
SIERRA HILL wrote and published her first contemporary new adult romance in 2014 and has since published over thirty novels. She is a 2020 RONE Award-Winning author of Game Changer, as well as award-winning college sports series, Courting Love, and the twice award-finalist erotic ménage serial, Reckless – The Smoky Mountain Trio.
Sierra lives in the Seattle area with her husband of twenty-five years and their rescued German Shepherd. When not writing, she enjoys baking, reading, and traveling to see her favorite alternative rock band, Pearl Jam.
That’s just so damn sweet! I loved this book and I loved this note!
This is beautiful! I love this book even more!
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