Showing results for "Strike!" in Romantic Comedy

All my friends are under the impression I'm only at Newhouse to chase women and play baseball. Those are two of my favorite pastimes. The truth is Newhouse is my chance to save my family's farm. If I don't get drafted, we'll lose everything we've been working hard to keep. Then I hear her sing, and she's all I can think about. It's messing up my game and putting my future in jeopardy. I need to get her out of my system, but this girl is playing hard to get.

Everyone knows how all those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince, falls instantly in love, lives happily ever after and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust. But what happens when you're the ugly stepsister and your obnoxiously perfect - read pretty, smart, and, worst of all, sickeningly nice - stepsister is dating the charming, tall, devastatingly handsome guy you've had a thing for since you were nine years old? Quirky, artistic and snarky Mattie Lowe does not lead a charmed life. Her mother is constantly belittling her on Skype.

Kennst du das? Deine beste Freundin bittet dich um einen Gefallen und du willigst ein, obwohl du eigentlich etwas anderes machen möchtest? Genau so geht es Saskia, als sie zustimmt, mit Gina und ihrem Cousin, der sie über die Sommerferien besucht, zum Bowling zu gehen. Wer kann auch schon ahnen, dass sie dort das Glück erwartet? Was genau passiert, erfährst du in meiner Kurzgeschichte "Strike ins Glück": Schon oft hat Gina ihrer besten Freundin Saskia von Oliver erzählt – ihrem Cousin, den sie nur selten sieht, weil er weit entfernt wohnt.