Sliding Home by Jaqueline Snowe

Two years ago, she shut the door in his face. Now, he’s opening it…

Michelle Benning is determined to pursue her dreams and escape her past. This means working two jobs and going to school, which leaves no time for relationships. So when the one guy she never got over shows up two years after their fling, she’ll avoid him at all costs. No problem.

Famous baseball player Brooks Madsen knows there’s more than just attraction between him and Michelle, no matter how much she tries to fight it. But for every step closer he gets to her heart, she forces him two steps back…and Brooks intends to find out why.

Brooks finds her stubborn and she finds him difficult, yet the sparks between them burst into red-hot flames. But when a figure from her past returns, Michelle’s forced to make a tough decision, one that threatens any second chance at love that she and Brooks might have…

Reader advisory: This book contains mention of parental abuse and an abusive family. There is a minor involved in drug crime, mentions of violence, and scenes of threats and attempted extortion. There are also mentions of stalking and harassment.