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Jock Blocked (Copper Valley Fireballs Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Pippa Grant (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 8,056 ratings
"I'm a hot mess."
"You're a spicy taco with extra guacamole."

You know those stories where an unlikely hero steps up to save a ragtag bunch of lovable losers from their fate of continuing to be the worst team to ever sports in the history of sportsing?

That’s all I’ve wanted for my hometown team, the Fireballs, for years. I’m their biggest fan, and I would do anything to support them. How could I not, when their baseball field is the one place I feel like I belong?

Enter Brooks Elliott. Baseball’s hottest slugger is our newest player, and he should be that hero we’ve been looking for. But when I find out what he really wants this year—which is not for the Fireballs to win—I realize I have to stop him.

No matter what it takes. Who might get hurt. And how much I start to like him along the way.

What’s a girl to do when she has to choose between the team of her heart and the man of her dreams?

Jock Blocked is a home run of a feel-good romantic comedy featuring the world’s most superstitious sports fan, baseball’s oldest virgin hero, a rogue meatball, an adorable puppy with a cussing problem, and the best lovable losers. It stands alone and comes with a happily ever after more satisfying than a game-winning grand slam.
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    Copper Valley Fireballs
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088FZWDZQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bang Laugh Love LLC (19 May 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0C51V7FS7
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Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did.

Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine published under the name Jamie Farrell.

When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes tries to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.

Pippa Grant® is a registered trademark of Bang Laugh Love LLC.

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Customers find the book humorous and engaging. They describe it as a good read that keeps them hooked until the end. Readers appreciate the fun and eccentric elements in the story, such as the familial relationship between characters. Overall, they praise the author's writing style and enjoy the family-like atmosphere of the characters.

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Customers enjoy the humor and heat in the book. They find it funny and leave with a happy mood. The author is described as loving and passionate.

"...there is something about Pippa and her fun and hilarious characters...." Read more

"...I love a romance with humour and heat, Jock Blocked delivered." Read more

"So many moments in this book where you laugh out loud. I’d recommend you don’t read it on the train if your shy about looking crazy...." Read more

"...I loved Mackenzie from the previous books we saw she's a very loving and passionate person ...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it entertaining and a happy read that keeps them engaged until the end.

"Gosh such a great book to start what ended up being an ever greater series The Copper Valley Fireballs, awesome characters and even more awesome..." Read more

"...Crazy, funny, enjoyable read. Left a smile on my face." Read more

"...I really enjoyed Mackenzie from the Geekheart book. She is fiesty and funny. The antics and banter in Pippa’s book always has me laughing out loud...." Read more

"Love this author and this book does not disappoint, there is just fun and craziness that makes you smile and laugh at the characters antics, My only..." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's craziness. They say it makes them smile and laugh, and adds to the author's amazing universe.

"...You will fit right in with the characters of this book. Crazy, funny, enjoyable read. Left a smile on my face." Read more

"As always Pippa delivers with a quirky, feel good fun ride. I have to say Brooks and Mackenzie are up there as one of my favourite Pippa characters...." Read more

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  • Brenda Hawkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fireballs to the Rescue
    Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2021
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    Gosh such a great book to start what ended up being an ever greater series The Copper Valley Fireballs, awesome characters and even more awesome fictional characters in the mascots that are up for "choosing' when the Fireballs Mascot is "given time off".
    Brook Elliots, Copper Valley's Baseball Virgin, who has set out that this season he is going to lose his V Card. Well that is until MacKenzie (we meet in previous Geekheart book ) decides it is her job to make sure that he doesn't or he will end up messing with his season, and no one messes with Mackenzies Fireballs. this girl is beyond a Fanatical Fan. So she does what any self respecting Fireball fan does. She Ccckblocks him at every chance. there is something about Pippa and her fun and hilarious characters. I love how her series run into each other and we keep seeing all the past characters we have read and get little snippets of those still to come.
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  • mapimi
    4.0 out of 5 stars Humour and heat
    Reviewed in Australia on 29 May 2020
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    It took me a little while to get into (but I think that was just, I was in a mood lol) BUT once I did, I loved it. I love a romance with humour and heat, Jock Blocked delivered.
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  • Penny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud crazy
    Reviewed in Australia on 19 June 2022
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    So many moments in this book where you laugh out loud. I’d recommend you don’t read it on the train if your shy about looking crazy. You will fit right in with the characters of this book. Crazy, funny, enjoyable read. Left a smile on my face.
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  • Rachael M
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Book
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 June 2020
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    OMG fiery forever!!! I loved Mackenzie from the previous books we saw she's a very loving and passionate person . It was so fun seeing her breakout of her shy shell around the baseball players. I loved the bantering between her and Brooks . God the chemistry between these two and the antics they got into they were like fire together. Miss Pippa's books are insta download for me . I love the familial vibe between her characters and love seeing more of them in each book. I can't wait for Cooper's book to be out . I think that one is going to be the cherry on top of all her other books in the series.
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  • Bill Said
    5.0 out of 5 stars So funny I got in trouble repeatedly for LOL
    Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2024
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    Pippa Grant is a very funny person. What I can’t believe is that she keeps writing even funnier books.
    The cussing dog collar and pranked phone texts had me laughing out loud and getting in trouble because of my antics.
    If you have a really interesting sense of humour like me you’ll luv this book. It’s 5 stars from me.
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  • sally lewis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pippa’s books are definitely worth reading. Extremely funny with a satisfying HEA
    Reviewed in Australia on 20 June 2020
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    As always Pippa delivers with a quirky, feel good fun ride. I have to say Brooks and Mackenzie are up there as one of my favourite Pippa characters. If you’ve not read any of Pippa’s books I recommend you do but watch out they will make you laugh out of control and be joyous when they find their HEA.
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  • Susan murray
    4.0 out of 5 stars Jock Blocked
    Reviewed in Australia on 20 February 2023
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    A sweet story about fans and baseball players.
    Mackenzie and Brooks were a fun couple but this wasn’t as funny and well written as some of Pippa’s other books.
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  • s.t
    5.0 out of 5 stars 🤣
    Reviewed in Australia on 23 June 2023
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    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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    - Duet POV
    - frenemies-to-lovers (ish)
    - Sports romcom romance
    - hilarious fmc
    - slow burn
    - standalone (book 1 of an interconnected series)
    - HEA

    When a 30 year old baseball virgin is done caring about loosing his V-card and jinxing himself since he was signed over to a loosing team anyways meets an overly superstitious mega fan.

    IF YOU LIKED PUCKED- helena hunting READ THIS.

    I loved the writing style, all the side characters (that have their own books) amazing fell good, easy read.
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  • Kate Sweet
    5.0 out of 5 stars THANK YOU for this excellent flip on the virgin trope!
    Reviewed in Canada on 20 May 2020
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    Do you know what I love the most in the world, other than coffee and donuts at least???

    THE BOYS OF SUMMER BABY!!!! Baseball!

    So you can bet this was an automatic HECK YES for me to read, but let's get into the why…

    What happens when you're the losingest (yeah, yeah, I know it's not a word but it's perfect for this one) team in baseball and their newest, and arguably hottest, player is about to ruin their chances of winning again by finally losing his V-card?

    Don't know? Well, let me tell you! You get this exceptional new release from Pippa Grant!

    Mackenzie has soooooo many things that make you just laugh and sob a little for her, but come on! This is Parker's brother Brooks' book and YOU KNOW that means a return of the Elliott family group texts!!! These were just priceless moments in the story - THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!

    I'm on Team NO SPOILERS, but you must know that this return to Copper Valley for a Fireballs story was EVERYTHING I was hoping it would be and it turned the virgin trope on its head! How many books have you read where it's the young, naïve girl who’s the virgin?

    The correct answer is TOO FLIPPING MANY!!!!

    I have read maybe one or two other stories where it's hero who's the virgin and not the heroine in M/F Romance and this was something so very needed because a) he's not super young and naïve, and b) IT'S THE HERO and Brooks is a super hot ball player so you'd think he'd be getting laid at every conceivable opportunity!

    Brooks is trying desperately to lose his V-card now that he's been traded from New York to the Fireballs since he doesn't see where him playing any worse could be detrimental to the team and their chances of getting fans back and winning games. Enter Mackenzie Montana, the Fireballs' biggest fan (FIERY FOREVER!!!!) who knows her baseball and believes in superstition, good luck, and curses to cock block him in a flaming meatball mascot costume. Ridiculous? NO, it is PERFECTION! The fan culture that's brought into this story are not only hilarious, but totally on point. If you're a serious baseball fan you know you have superstitions and rituals that you have to go through for each game to keep your team's streak alive. Mackenzie nails these, she also nails how I felt when my singular mascot became several for <i>my</i> team.

    Aside from the virgin trope, I had a hard time classing this because they're not really friends to lovers, at least not at first. They become friendly eventually, but their feelings are winning out by this point. They also aren't really enemies to lovers, but kind of because they seem to start that way - especially with how hard she's trying to cock-block Brooks just so he can keep hitting the ball! It's kind of a slow burn, but with laughter and some amazing moments with friends that show just how deep of a world Pippa has created. Whatever you want to class this as, make sure you class it as EXCELLENT and 100% worth your time!

    Honourable mention for scene stealer awards go to Mackenzie's daddies (in and out of drag!), Coco Puff the dog because it's Pippa and it's an animal and she does those ridiculously well and we all know that, the Mascot Alternatives that are *NOT* Fiery (FIERY FOREVER!!!!!!), and the Elliott Family Text Messages.

    Go on and grab this baby today! Just because we can't watch baseball right now doesn't mean we can't read some excellent romances that touch on baseball culture. You won't regret one-clicking this one. Go on! Grab it!!!
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  • Father Lib
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jock Blocked !!!
    Reviewed in the United States on 28 March 2025
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    FINALLY we get the fireballs biggest fan’s love story and boy did it deliver !

    Mackenzie Montana may be a super smart trash engineer but her first job title is Copper Valley Fireballs biggest fan . And with being the biggest fan means having endless superstitions about every player and detail of the team .. including stealing one of the new mascots they have in the running to replace the old mascot and jock blocking Brooks Elliott because he must keep his V-card if it means the team will continue to win games . Brooks just wants to finally give it up after being to picky in his thirty years of waiting but once he sets his sights on crazy Mackenzie he knows he is done for . These two are absolutely hilarious and described perfectly from one line of this book: “I’m a hot mess . No, you’re a spicy taco with extra guacamole .” Truly loved this one just like so many of Pippa’s books !

    This audiobook is book one in the Copper Valley Fireballs series and it can be read as a complete standalone . Although I do recommend reading in the suggested reading order from Pippa so you can meet all of the incredible side characters and learn Mackenzie’s quirky charm !
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  • Julia M
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2023
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    Not many authors make me laugh out loud but Pippa had me giggling all the way through. It is a story set in the world of professional baseball but it doesn’t matter if baseball is an unknown game to you just that you appreciate just how far devoted fans will go for their team and how superstitious players and fans are . I loved the wider world and families of Mackenzie and Brooks as they added to the overall chaos and hilarity. A great book , looking forward to more in the series.
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  • Kindle-Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Großartig
    Reviewed in Germany on 5 February 2024
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    Spannend und humorvoll geschrieben, sodass ich den Roman beinahe wieder nicht aus den Händen legen konnte! Selbstverständlich empfehle ich den Titel sehr gerne weiter
    Vielen lieben Dank an die Autorin
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  • Vijayita
    5.0 out of 5 stars A home run againnnnnn
    Reviewed in India on 21 May 2020
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    Funny laughter riot that will make you imagine a million images that are funny and heartwarming
    Love Mackenzie she is a tough awesoma
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