The Shake Off

The New York Lions, Book 2

By: Lulu Moore

Narrated by: Ramona Master, Lee Samuels

My name is Ace Watson, and I'm having an existential crisis.

I finished last season as one of the league's best pitchers. Baseball's smooth-talking boy wonder. The future of The New York Lions.

I'm starting this season as the worst.

I don't want to sound dramatic, but the fault lies entirely with Payton Lopez. She walked into my life with her mile-long legs and dark brown waves and threw me the curviest of all curve balls. Overnight, my ability to pitch disappeared with my ability to charm, and I found myself riding a one-way ticket to being the most expensive bench warmer in the M.L.B.

The only solution: get Payton to fix what she broke, something she agrees to on one very easy condition.

Before long, what started as a way to get my pitch back soon turned into any excuse I could find for us to spend time together. Before long, I had everything I didn't even realize I wanted.

Now, I just need to prove to her that while I exist without baseball, I can't live without her.

Payton Lopez might have thrown me a curveball, but I'm pitching it right back.

The Shake Off is a grumpy/sunshine, friends-with-benefits, sizzling TikTok sensation. Perfect for fans of Hannah Grace and Elle Kennedy.

©2023 Lulu Moore (P)2024 Podium Audio

Baseball romance with a one night stand gone wrong!

The Shake Off is a baseball romance from Lulu Moore with an older heroine (she’s 7 years older) and kicks off with a one night stand gone wrong!

Payton works in publishing and the story starts with her birthday wish coming true, Ace Watson in her bed. Excepttttt it doesn’t go so well and when he doesn’t live up to her fantasy she sends him packing the next morning. Ace Watson is the cocky pitcher for the New York Lions baseball team, but after their one night stand and finding out Payton didn’t have the great time he thought he delivered, well his world kind of spirals. He ends up with the yips and feeling like he lost his mojo after she tells him it wasn’t that enjoyable! Cue him and his friends/teammates grabbing every Cosmo magazine they can get their hands on to find out exactly how to give pleasure! When Payton’s offered her dream job in exchange for some NY Lions gear, she ends up hitting up Ace for a bargain…and offering some friends with benefits/lessons while they’re at it.

This was a fun one and I always enjoy Lulu Moore’s books. I did still love the first book in this series more but that one hits my fav trope (second chance). I love the friend group and the teammates and I can’t wait for the next book in the series later this summer.

Good

This is an odd critique, but I felt like the author didn’t really understand pitchers….he was the “starting pitcher”, when there are many “starting” pitchers on a major league team. It felt kinda off.

So cute

5 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧

I am so so happy I kept going with this series. I enjoyed the first book, but I absolutely lovedddd this one. I just really adored everything about Payton and Ace from their one night stand mishaps to their hilarious banter all the way to their happily ever after.

Ace was so stinking cute. He was the epitome of the world just falls at my feet, naive to his shortcomings athlete and Payton absolutely handed him his butt. And instead of being a butt, he looked inward, researched (so funny) and proved himself worthy. And Payton deserved every moment.

The audio was so great too. I love Lee Samuels and Romana Master was fantastic as well. This was a fun listen.

I really love Ramona&Lee!

Simply wow! I loved the story and Lulu's storytelling but let me tell you: this is one is even better on audio!

Ramona performance was so amazing and every second in this one was SUPERB!!

I laugh SO MUCH with this one! I wasn't expecting to love Ace’s story as much as I did but oh man his plot was… SO GOOD!

Firstly, the beginning of this book was the funniest - Ace’s unbeliever about Payton's reaction was so, so good and I can’t stop laughing when I think about that particular scene. And the way both Lee and Ramona delivered the fun scenes was SIMPLY WOW.

Lulu’s sense of humor is always so good and I love every single moment she writes.

The book was super funny but there were some parts I was completely obsessed over this couple and how Ace loved Payton - oh Lord!!

It’s also spicier than the first one but in the best way possible.

This series just became one of my favorites and I can’t wait for the next books.

Loved these Narrators!

I read the physical book when it came out and loved it, so had to get my hands on the audio too!