Making the Call

I very much enjoyed Pat's book because being from western PA I recognized many of the locations and towns she mentioned. It was fun to read a story with local "flavor" and to be able to say "Hey, I have been there!" I even recognized a local dining spot and remembered reading the framed newspaper account of the resident ghost that hangs on the wall--just as the heroine in the book reads it. She even mentions the community of Glenshaw, home of my college roommate. Ms. Hines has done her homework and this brings a sense of reality to a work of fiction. The story is light and fun with a touch of romance, but with none of the badlanguage and graphic sex that ruin many a romance novel. Add the fun of a baseball game and rooting for the Pirates at PNC Park and you have a "feel-good" story that you will want to read from cover to cover.

Here I am, a non-reader, however this title intrigued me and it was very difficult to lay the book down once I started reading. So neat, being about the Pgh. Pirates and their new baseball field, of which I'm 40 miles away. Just happen to know Pat Hines and knew that her true character would come through in her writing. Just a beautiful story.

I just finished reading Pat Hines' first book and really enjoyed it. She has an easy reading style. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending because I thought I had it figured out nearly to the end. (I guessed that the heroine would just quit umpiring and marry the hero; the end.) What a nice turn and twist the author added, and still gave us romantics an agreeable solution! I even learned a bit about umpiring and baseball along the way. Will we see more books from this author soon? I certainly hope so!