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She thinks she knows this player…

Why does my future depend on Dan McMullen, of all people? I’ve been working my butt off at the clinic, with the ultimate goal of making partner. Now it seems that goal depends on this one assignment. Yes, our relationship happened ten years ago, but my heart still winces when I think about him. He was my first love after all. But I’m older and wiser now, and I won’t let anything stand in the way of snagging my promotion. Not even one sexy player who thinks we’re going to kiss and make up.

…but he’s full of surprises.

Back in college, I loved two things… Sabrina Kelly and baseball. The baseball has worked out great. Sabrina, not so much. I know I broke her heart, but I’m not that guy anymore. I’ve wanted to reach out to her for years, but it was never the right time. Busting my knee may keep me off the field this season, but it’s also given me the chance to get her back into my life. Sure it’s just as my physical therapist, but that’s a start. Now that she's here, I just have to convince her to give me another chance.

On the Mend is the first book in a steamy new baseball series. If you like hot athletes, sizzling romance, and second chances you’ll love the first installment of the Carolina Waves series.

301 pages, ebook

First published November 7, 2018

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Tina Gallagher

58 books91 followers
As a tween, Tina Gallagher and her best friend would create happily ever afters for their favorite soap opera couples. Eventually, the soap operas lost their appeal, but the writing never did.  

Before living her dream as a full-time author, she worked a spectrum of jobs ranging from baking and cake decorating to marketing and project management.

In between creating memorable characters, traveling, and taking pole dance lessons, Tina enjoys spending time with her handyman husband and two grown children. 

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872 reviews12 followers
December 26, 2018
Listen up all you Romance Authors - you know I love romances. We've been solid for a while now, but I’m going to be honest here - I feel like you all really let me down and don’t know me at all. Maybe it's me, maybe I’ve changed. I don’t want to be hasty, so I’m not asking for a complete break up – YET - I just need some time and space. OK? All righty then….

This book was all kinds of ridiculous and aggravating. I look for romance books to ENTERTAIN ME – not to give me headaches & enrage me to the point I question why I even bother with these romances any more! I don’t really care when authors bend and twist reality a little in their books. I certainly haven’t faulted them for it in the past. BUT this overused plot of Heroes cheating on heroines, having kids with OW and heroines always forgiving has not only been done to death already but it is just plain tiresome! And perhaps that is why they keep using it over & over again....

The Plot: This wanker of a non-hero was screwing OW during the 2 years that he & heroine were dating in college. Heroine was supposedly the love of his life & the one he wanted to marry but that didn’t stop him from f***g around. And his excuse? Way too lame.. (see spoilers below).

When heroine finds out about the cheating, she tells him to take a hike and “hurt” he then goes on for the next year or so f**king everything in sight and by the 2nd year, he has a steady girlfriend (of course a beautiful model) who ends up pregnant with his kid because the “condom broke”. The gf ends up not wanting the kid, nor wanting to marry him so he raises the kid himself and becomes slightly less a manho for his kid (at least - he said he fucks women when he is on the road but never brings them home)....

Then 10 yrs pass and his kid is now 8 yrs old and he just decides that he still loves heroine and wants a 2nd chance with her so he manipulates her to come and work/live with him & his kid. He is at first “hurt” that she hasn’t forgiven his douchery past but then as always, heroine of course lusts after him and forgives him. The End.

So here are some spoilers...



Now THAT is the million dollar question! That said, the dialogue and characters that should bring the stories to life was just not there. When a story puts you to sleep or has you focusing on all the household chores you need to do instead of reading this crap, then it’s time to call it quits because I was NOT entertained by this douchery writing.

Yet another Author added to my never-ending pile of never again. Who knows, maybe the New Year will bring a complete breakup of so-called romances these days. So yes, Authors, it’s not me babe – it’s definitely you! Sorry – not sorry! Yada Yada…
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546 reviews162 followers
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December 10, 2019
You know, I've got to say that I'm beginning to think the majority of people writing romance novels just might be challenged intelligence-wise. And the same goes for the high-rating, biased reviewers who swoon over a hero who cheats.

Like this arsehat, who cheated multiple times on his gf in college but wouldn't sleep with her! Then he justified it by telling her that some girls you f*ck, and others you marry - and he wanted to marry her.

What the ever-loving hell is that kind of buggered up logic?? He leads her on and teases her and then cuts her off and says he wants to wait till marriage, and all the time he's shagging every other girl that looks his way.

People don't change, and this knob head is beyond redemption, single dad or not. Having a kid doesn't make it all better. This book is bog roll. And for anyone who doesn't know, bog roll is used in the toilet.

Enough said.
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Profile Image for Elizabeth.
421 reviews46 followers
nope-nope-nope
April 17, 2020
I hate when authors contradict, and don't follow their own logic. He cheated on the heroine bc you dont fuck the girl you love/want to marry, but he fucked and was faithful to the next girl who he wanted to marry/didnt love, WTF?! 🤔 find a new career or side hustle ASAP 😂
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667 reviews332 followers
December 12, 2023
2.5 Stars - It was okay-ish

What's the point of a cheating story WITHOUT the angst or even a proper grovel...like him on his knees, begging like the dog he was? 😩 It skipped all the details. ALL OF THEM. Obviously this is just a personal preference issue. On the Mend was way too mellow for me. AKA boring.

He waited 10 years before going after her. I'm supposed to believe he was pining for her all that time, even had a picture of them on his nightstand. Mkay. Beta heroes suck.

His excuse for cheating was dumb. I thought maybe he could convince me but nope. And we don't get any details. Who were these women? How did he meet them? Were there repeats? When, where, how, whyyyyyy? I want full disclosure. How can I forgive him if I don't know exactly what I'm forgiving? If I were her, I would have interrogated him under bright lights for at least 24hrs.

She ends up having to do a bit of groveling at the end because he was mad she didn't completely trust him. I hate when this happens: when the H fucks up but the h has to apologise at the end, too. No 😤

“I’ve never forgotten you. Never forgotten what it was like between us. I nearly died when you left me. It was like losing half of my heart.”
But you didn't die (unfortunately) you continued sleeping with other women for 10 YEARS and had a baby with one of them, even offered her marriage. I'm not buying it.

The epilogue is for a secondary character. Why do authors do this? The main characters were robbed, the reader, too, because the epilogue should be about the couple you read about, not the author trying to sell you a future book.

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109 reviews
December 23, 2018
I have never liked cheating or cheaters. I do not buy his excuse for cheating. I'm not convinced he has changed.
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3,726 reviews206 followers
January 14, 2022
Forgiving a Cheat

From page one, we're given reason to despise Dan, especially the whole girls you [have fun with] and girls you marry rhetoric. Because I usually go into a book blind, I didn't immediately realize he was the second chance. I'll be honest. If it wasn't for Lexi, there's a chance I would've stopped. Her energy came through the pages loud and clear and I couldn't resist. I'm glad I stuck with it.

While some people will never change, others are struggling to find their way through life and how they truly fit into it all. I won't discount Dan's cheating that occurred a decade earlier. I do know that who you are in your late teens and early 20s doesn't have to dictate who you grow up to be. It took three major events in his life to put him on another path - losing Sabrina, gaining Lexi, and his parents.

Dan has a lot of atoning to do and he makes his actions work for him. That doesn't make everything smooth sailing but it definitely helps move things in the right direction.

“In my mind, I recreated you as someone I could hate, someone horrible, someone I could never love. I blamed you for every bad experience and failed relationship I had, when in fact it was my own insecurities that were at fault.” -- Sabrina Kelly


I listened to an author copy of the book as well as read along. The narrators, Michael Gallagher and Lee Daniels, were easy to listen to.

Quick update: the bonus epilogue requires tissues! 😪❤

Story: 4 stars
Narration: 4 stars
Profile Image for Dawn.
530 reviews
February 18, 2020
God awful book. Hero is a cheater with a poor excuse in college. They break up and a year later he meet a model and is completely faithful to her, and has a kid with her, and even begs her to marry him. He broke all of the rules for this woman. He says later that he never loved the model that he gave his fidelity too, but was in love with our heroine, that he treated like crap... yea, ok. Just so wrong. This author combines too many tropes to make this character forgivable and the story believable/enjoyable. I probably won’t bother with this author again. I just don’t have the time to waste.
862 reviews9 followers
March 15, 2019
This book was really really really slow.

I also didn't think it showed enough depth to his why he cheated. Didn't show his remorse. Even if he believed it was the norm to fuck other girls and keep the girlfriend on the side, why, in such a new relationship, was he attracted enough to do it? There was just something lacking in the whole excuse/remorse/growth thing.

The whole thing was just meh.
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480 reviews13 followers
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April 16, 2020
Sounds just terrible. WTF is with the Madonna/Whore complex. Its disgusting. Especially when we are supposed to cheer for this cheating man whore to get the girl. A hard pass on this so called romance book. Thanks for the heads up!
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1,111 reviews328 followers
September 13, 2020
His reasons for cheating were pretty thin, I would have rather it just be left at “I was an idiotic college boy ten years ago” and it would have been 100% believable. However, I felt the groveling was great and I believed that he had grown up. Loved the single dad aspect too.
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Profile Image for Lisa MK.
119 reviews4 followers
September 28, 2020
Wonderfully sweet and perfectly paced

I adored this book. These two characters felt like real people who I could easily relate to and understand their motives. The push and pull was perfect, as was the pacing. Great characters, great story. I will definitely be reading more from this author.
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1,297 reviews168 followers
September 19, 2020
Not remotely impressed with this one. Maybe my expectations were too high, under its original title, ‘And There Are Girls You Marry’, it’s on numerous cheating lists. It’s readable but certainly not impressive—more boring than angsty.
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694 reviews
July 30, 2022
Dan and Sabrina

This was recommended in a Facebook group and I'm so happy that I read it.
Once I started I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next!! I couldn't believe how Dan didn't have an explanation for what happened and know how to fix what he'd done. But once it started it got so good!! The back and fourth between them, the obvious chemistry between them. It was seriously hot!! I totally understood where Sabrina was coming from and her insecurities about what happened. It was heartbreaking how she never had closure when it happened. Great story I really liked it
Profile Image for Donna Fernandez.
690 reviews6 followers
January 21, 2020
Wow, wow, wow

This book pulled me in right from the very beginning. I absolutely could not put it down. I even dreamed about it. I love Sabrina and Dan and of course, Lexi. I cried like a baby, the story is awesome and the sex!! Wow!! This is an absolute must read.
1,886 reviews7 followers
January 3, 2019
Great

This is the first story I have read by this author and loved it. The characters got my attention immediately and left me wanting more.
Profile Image for Tee loves Kyle Jacobson.
2,529 reviews180 followers
November 17, 2018
This book was a second romance story that had me on the edge of my seat. I loved both characters but Dan made me mad. He allowed his father to corrupt his mind and that was why Dan did what he did to Sabrina and that had me ready to shuttle kick Dan because he could have done his own thing instead of follow his father's advice. After breaking up with Sabrina Dan realizes he just might have made a mistake but it is to late and after graduating college he becomes a professional Baseball player.

Now a professional Baseball player Dan gets hurt and needs physical therapy but he doesn't want just any therapist he wants Sabrina. Yes the same Sabrina who he broke her heart ten years ago. When Sabrina is approached about being his physical therapist she says no at first but what they offer her she can't refuse so she decides to give it a chance. That is when Dan is determined to prove himself worthy of her and does everything he can think of to get her back in his life.

But just when things start to go right something happens and she questions everything Dan has done thus far. But you know what they say the heart wants what the heart wants and both of their hearts want to be together so they give it a try. But will it work out? Or will it crash and burn right in front of them?

155 reviews
October 28, 2020
Loved this story , kept hoping for a happy ending
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3,441 reviews113 followers
November 19, 2018
On the Mend is suitably named with Dan recovering from a baseball injury while trying to mend fences with the one that got away. Surprisingly, I liked Dan much more than I thought I would given his past actions, but the author did do an excellent job of showing his growth from the college playboy to the man he is today. Equally surprising is the fact that Sabrina got on my nerves a little with the way she's stuck ten years in the past. I understood the reasons, but there were times that I wanted to give her a good shake. The story is a little more drawn out than I felt like it needed to be, but there are no serious lag times and the flow is good. All in all, Dan and Sabrina's romance did hold my attention and Lexi is absolutely adorable, making this one an enjoyable second chance romance.
64 reviews
June 25, 2020
A Gold Glove Novel

Even though I read the two books in the series in reverse order, I enjoyed the first book of the series even though I already knew the protagonists were a couple. I enjoyed the ebbs and tides of their love story. I love for books that capture my imagination leaving me with a smile on my face and a happy heart.
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1,256 reviews10 followers
January 18, 2020
Dan and Sabrina have a past that hurt her really bad and made her relook at men all together. She wants to find someone to love and love her back, but she has a hard time trusting men. When her therapy company gets a call to help a player get back on his feet Sabrina’s boss said yes and they only want Sabrina. Sabrina is told about Dan her ex needing a physical therapist to help him get back on track and back in the game by next season. She gets told she’ll be a pattern of the company which is what she wants but being with her old flame could be hard. Dan’s life has changed over the 10 years since he has seen Sabrina. There are many walls up for Sabrina and Dan tries to get on her good side. Will it happen or will the door close on their life together forever?
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97 reviews1 follower
January 14, 2023
I don’t like it, I give it 1 star because of Lexi and maybe Sabrina because she doesn’t take him back that fast no matter her feelings, and her wanting him back. But is just not enough, the story is just so meh, so many years passed and he just “ don’t have the chance to do it right”.

There’s cheating since the beginning, (it’s a trope that I don’t read neither I like). This book came in a subscription box and it says nothing about cheating in the blurb, so I didn’t know, but I read it and finished in a few hours. Is a second chance romance, but as I said we have cheating and the excuses are just so stupid that I just finished the book and get over with it. Not going to read the rest of the series for now. I don’t love any of the side characters either. So not interested.
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81 reviews1 follower
November 26, 2023
DNF 47%
It was just dragging on to me. Plus cheating on someone for two years straight and then saying it’s because your dad told you that there are women you marry and women you fuck. Huh? So you cheat on the woman you plan to marry with women you want to just fuck? It honestly made zero sense, especially when he turned around two years later and didn’t cheat on his next girlfriend. I just feel like the author could’ve come up with something, anything better than that. Also, he didn’t even pursue her really. Just said that he’s changed and that he’s still in love with her and wants another chance. Sir, get the entire hell away from me.
The fact that she’s going to end up taking him back turns my stomach and I refused to read it play out.
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20.1k reviews257 followers
November 18, 2018
This is the first book in a new series, and is Dan and Sabrina’s story. Years previously professional baseball player Dan, left Sabrina heartbroken by his actions, and now he wants to redeem himself, and get his girl back. As Sabrina is a physical therapist, Dan uses a current injury to get her back into his life. No spoilers; this is a definite must read, you will not be disappointed! This is a well written story, which flows flawlessly, and is a great second chance romance. I was hooked and intrigued throughout, and look forward to reading more of this author’ work, and recommend for all readers.
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328 reviews
March 23, 2019
Amazing read

This was my first by this author and I was impressed. I'm definitely hooked for the next and can't wait for Cal's story. Dan and Sabrina were great together. Their chemistry was off the charts even after so much time apart. I love a good 2nd chance and Dan definitely redeemed himself. Sabrina was the perfect woman for him.
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825 reviews22 followers
January 8, 2020
Dan and Bri were college sweethearts. Bri found out Dan was sleeping with other girls and ended the relationship. Ten years later Dan gets injured playing baseball and Bri is sent to be his therapist. She finds out that he has a daughter and tries to keep everything business like. But soon falls deep for both Dan and his Daughter.
1,920 reviews8 followers
January 13, 2020
I really enjoyed reading and about Sabrina and how she had to overcome the hurt and hate that she had for Dan. Dan had his own issues to overcome before he could be a man that she needed. I look forward to reading more from this author.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
440 reviews2 followers
May 24, 2020
Loved it

To be given a second chance to be with the one you love doesn't happen often, but when it does you cherish it. Dan and Sabrina's story was amazing. They had to fight through a lot of memories to come back to that love they shared. Loved the storyline and especially Lexi.
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