The Bay Area Rebels The Change Up, Book 3, (Paperback)

<p><b><i>The Change Up</i> </b>is a contemporary sports romance set within the high-pressure, highly visible world of professional baseball, where identity, vulnerability, and second chances collide. </p><p><b>River Knight</b> has spent his life behind a catcher's mask-focused, disciplined, and emotionally guarded. As a star player for the Bay Area Rebels, he knows how to read pitches, control the game, and keep his heart protected. What he doesn't know is how quickly one unexpected connection can change everything.</p><p><b>Rain Wynters </b>lives behind a mask of her own. By day, she's Rebel Rouser-the team's beloved mascot. By night, she tends bar to help support her family. When she's paired with River for a charity hospital visit, neither of them expects the quiet bond that forms between them-built on kindness, unspoken understanding, and moments that don't need words.</p><p>A case of mistaken identity, an on-field accident, and a devastating loss bring their worlds crashing together. When Rain temporarily loses her hearing after protecting a child in the stands, River steps into unfamiliar territory-learning to communicate without sound, without pretense, and without hiding. As he helps her heal, River begins to confront his own fears: of being unseen, of living in his brother's shadow, and of letting someone truly know him.</p><p>What starts as companionship deepens into something neither of them can deny. No masks. No assumptions. Just two people learning how to show up for each other-slowly, carefully, and completely.</p>

• The Bay Area Rebels The Change Up, Book 3, (Paperback)
• Author: Skye Blackburn
• ISBN: 9798196225956
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-23
• Page Count: 288