This was such a charming, emotional, beautiful story.

Danae Collins is a school librarian in the process of adopting one of her students out of foster care. Becoming a single parent to a child with trauma turns out to be the most challenging thing she’s ever done (unsurprisingly). But between her to-do lists and anxiously chipped nail polish, Danae can’t help but fear her love won’t be enough to help her little guy thrive. Until baseball camp.

Danae loathes baseball, so she doesn’t realize the man running the camp is the local sports team hero- and her sons idol. But although Danae loathes the game, she can’t help but be drawn to the man who plays it. And as she gets to know Griffin, she finds herself wanting to slide into the safety of his arms.

What to expect:
-Dual POV
-Closed door, clean romance
-Baseball player x librarian
-Single parent with foster care
-No third act breakup

This book was so dang wholesome. My favorite thing was the wonderful communication between our MCs. It was honestly a great example of the type of honesty and openness everyone should strive for in a relationship.

The topics the book addressed could get heavy at times, but they were all handled so well that I found myself tearing up at the care. But definitely check your TWs before diving in.

The only reason this book doesn’t get a 5 stars for me is for some of the pacing and flow in the story. At times the writing felt a little clinical? I don’t know how else I’d describe it. It wasn’t bad, but it made it harder to get lost in the story. Maybe the best way to describe it was that the characters all conversed with each other in a way that didn’t feel real. At least not any way I’ve ever talked with people. Anyways.

I can’t wait to read more from this author. And I can’t thank her enough for the ARC of her book. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own and honest.

Happy reading!

Tracy Baack did it again - she once again wrote a Romance I couldn’t help but devour within an absurdly short amount of hours

We meet Danae, who is a school librarian, new foster mom and absolutely not a baseball fan. But then she runs into Griffin, who is perfect - except for him being a professional baseball player. And if you think this might be a slight problem, you don’t even know the half of it…

I loved the two main characters. Danae was so mature, caring, smart and an overthinker in all the good and bad ways. Griffin is so loving, determined and has the softest heart you can imagine.
The way the two of them communicate and try to work through things was so inspiring.

There were two main themes:
How vastly different the supposedly defining interests of our two mcs are and fostering/adopting a kid that had gone through a lot of challenging things.
Both themes are explored throughly, discussed, worked through, sometimes joked about. I as a reader feel like I really learned a few things and I appreciate that ♥️

If you like a romance with not a ton of fabricated drama, but between two adults who are different and have struggles in life, but try to work through it together, this is it!

Will from now on always recommend this 😍

PS: I am truly not a baseball fan. But the author managed to write about it in a way that I understood what was happening and didn’t feel bored, even when she described a baseball game ⚾️

Instagram review publication: June 18th

This was sweet and clean; I adore the MMC Griffin (reminded me of my husband) and award 10 points to Gryffindor for the high level of communication that takes place between the two adult leads as they navigate their differences and needs. It's just my bad timing to read this cute romance, featuring a lot of therapy, on the heels of a nonfiction book about the shortcomings of therapy. I ultimately wanted more for the characters than an assumption that they could never be fully healed from their trauma, but at least would have coping mechanisms to help them throughout their life.

My Quick Takes:
- 5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Language 🤐 none
- Spice ❤️‍🔥 kisses only
- Content 🤔 childhood trauma, foster care/adoption, single parent, toxic family relationship

Tracy Baack hits the ball out of the park (pun intended) with this sweet baseball romance!! She continues time and time again to write real and relatable characters.

Second guessing if you’re doing everything right or wrong in parenting was very relatable for me, even if I can’t relate on the adoption/single parenting front. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Danae and Griffin, but even more so Jason and Sam. I loved the character dynamics, especially of the side characters, they really brought another level to the plot.

Not a fan of baseball? Neither is the female main character, allowing readers with any stance on baseball to enjoy the read. I’m personally not a big baseball fan myself but that didn’t keep me from loving the plot, storylines, and characters!

Beautiful sports romance but this one is a bit more serious than the typical spicy sports romance books and I loved that. I loved the awareness of the foster care system and the compassion showed by our main characters. It brought a tear to my eye and I highly enjoyed and recommend this one.

If there's one thing that I can count on when reading a book by Tracy Baack it's that I'm going to cry at some point! Her books all have a dose of reality in them, and sometimes (frequently) that reality hits me hard.

Home Safe is no different, and seeing the trauma, and the healing that slowly follows is so emotional. Jason is the sweetest kid who has gone through so much and Danae is there to help as much as she can, which of course, leads to meeting Griffin - star baseball player. I loved how this is a book where the two main characters are so opposite of each other, but they don't shy away from communicating with each other and managing their differences.

I loved every second of reading this book, and didn't want to be finished when I reached the end. I can't wait to see what Tracy comes up with next, and I'll be one of the first in line for it!