This is a trilogy about athletes. The stories are all interesting but who ever edited these books did a terrible job. There were missing words in all of them but the third book was the worst. Because of that I rated these a 3. I have never read anything by this author (really it is a husband & wife team that writes the books) so I didn't have any expectations. I think all three books, Fastball (about a baseball player & baseball sports reporter, Hardball (about a baseball pitcher & doctor) and Bigger Than Beckham (about a sports writer turned team owner & a former soccer player turned team owner) started out slow. If you enjoy sports and romance then you will enjoy these books. ( )