Meeting Bolan Adler, professional baseball catcher and single dad, is a complicated story.

One involving a one-time kiss when I was young and silly. And a two-time tryst as some kind of midlife breakdown moment.

Anyway, in the game of baseball, three strikes mean: you're out.

I thought my third one might happen when Bolan Adler is the newest client of the sports management agency I work for.

The same business that just promoted me to agent status when I haven't asked for the position.

Also, the ridiculous company that wrote up a reputation repair report for the newest member of the Chicago Anchors which includes:

Bolan Adler needs a wife.

He's decided I'm it. Only this isn't a game of tag.

Hearts are on the line when I meet Bolan's sweet sixteen-month-old, and my role goes from babysitting the bad boy of baseball to bonus-mom for his precious daughter.

Complicated, like I said.

Add in when my fake husband starts tossing out real emotions about love, marriage, and another baby, and I'm just hoping to stay out of the strike zone. Because the obvious opponent on the field is love.

Will it win or lose at the end of the season?