natalie intihar

July 22, 2024

It was amazing to meet Alicia Thompson in person during the publicity tour for her book The Art of Catching Feelings! Alicia’s meet and greet was full of laughter, sports talk, and learning all about her background with writing her stories.

Alicia has written three books: Love in the Time of Serial Killers, With Love, From Cold World, and The Art of Catching Feelings, which she is holding in the photo above! Her latest book, Never Been Shipped, comes out June 10, 2025.

Thanks so much to Book & Bottle for hosting the meet and greet! I had a great time spending time with Alicia and learning more about her writing process as well as her intense love for baseball- which absolutely comes through in this story!

Summary for The Art of Catching Feelings:

A professional baseball player and his heckler prove that true love is worth going to bat for.

Daphne Brink doesn’t follow baseball, but watching “America’s Snoozefest” certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize . . . but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message.

Chris doesn’t usually respond to random fans on social media, but he’s grieving and fragile after an emotionally turbulent few months. When a DM from “Duckie” catches his eye, he impulsively messages back. Duckie is sweet, funny, and seems to understand him in a way no one else does.

Daphne isn’t sure how much longer she can keep lying to Chris, especially as she starts working with the team in real life and their feelings for each other deepen. When he finds out the truth, will it be three strikes, she’s out?