All Star: Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 9

Liz Kelly

Heroes of Henderson Book 9 · Kelly Girl Productions

About this eBook

Book 9 in the Heroes of Henderson series by USA Today bestselling author Liz Kelly

Poppy Mellin came to Henderson for one reason and one reason only. To earn a promotion. A big one. She’s not interested in making a love match while here in Henderson because her bags will be packed to head on back to Dallas just as soon as the Sports Academy opens its doors. She’s here for business. Nothing personal.

 

Although a woman does have needs.

 

Cal Johnson is the hottest pitcher in Major League Baseball. And, yeah, he’s about to knock it out of the park with a collaborative album that will no doubt rock the music world. Life is good, right?

 

Wrong. So damn wrong.

 

Blindsided when the perfect woman walks out of his life, Cal’s off-season in Henderson has taken a turn for the worse. And no, he’s not interested in starting up his old one-night-stand ways. He’s a better man than that.

 

Or … is he?

All the books in the Heroes of Henderson Series are complete romances. They do not need to be read in order, but it might be more fun that way as characters continue to show up in Henderson in big ways and small.

 

Heroes of Henderson books to date:

Playin' Cop              Heroes of Henderson ~ Prequel (Novella)

Good Cop                 Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 1

Bad Cop                    Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2

Taming Molly          Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2.5 (Novella)

Top Dog                    Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3

Tempting Vivi          Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3.5 (Full length novel)

Kissing Cooper        Heroes of Henderson ~ A Christmas Edition

UnderDog                 Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 4

Mr. Wrong                Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 5

Mr. Wright               Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 6

Mr. Wright Now       Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 7

Rock Star                 Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 8

All Star                     Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 9

Ratings and reviews

Natalie Houser was the perfect match for Cal Johnson and she blindsided him when she suddenly broke up with him. In comes Poppy Mellin and as much as I didn't want to like her, I did! Cal and Poppy let us experience their romance as well as letting us catch up with old friends along the way. As always, Liz makes us laugh and swoon as we're taken into the wonderful world of Henderson!

Another Grand Slam for Liz Kelly. A great return to Henderson. It is always nice to read about all the past characters and the stuff going on in Henderson! I want to move there! All star is about Cal Johnson, star baseball player for the Orioles, broken hearted over a break up. In walks Poppy and his world is turned upside down all the crazy stuff going on in Henderson. The Big Em cracked me up. Loved the Assassin game! Definitely a fun read! But start at the beginning of all the Henderson books, its way more fun! I received this book free for an honest review...but I would of bought it anyways. Love anything from Liz Kelly! Melanie p.

You do not wait long for the steamy stuff. Cal and Poppy get busy FAST! Scene after scene just unfolds in your head with the awesome details. All-Star is so not like Liz Kelly’s previous books in the series. However, that is not to say it disappoints. This book may be your favorite. You will love hearing about the “Father’s selling their daughters” party, the Big Em causing chaos, characters from other books show up, and the Game of Assassin is great. (I cannot believe who Cal went after first in the game.) All-Star is fun and entertaining with a great romance in the mix. I have read all of books in the HOH series, but I never would have guessed all of the “then what happened” stuff in All-Star. When you read a Heroes of Henderson book, you become a member of the Team.

About the author

Liz's Heroes of Henderson series grew out of the New Year's Eve Anthology, Countdown To A Kiss, where the Devine Sisters of Henderson, N.C. had a bet every year at their parents' New Year's Eve ball. The sister who didn't have a date to kiss at midnight had to kiss their nerdy neighbor, Lewis Kampmueller.

Duncan James, the hero of Liz's novella in Countdown To A Kiss (which has also been published separately as Playin' Cop) is not only best friends with Lewis, but with both Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans, his fraternity brothers from NC State. Brooks and Vance are the Henderson cops who kick off the series with Good Cop and Bad Cop.

Recurring characters is the theme of the Henderson series. Each book is a complete romance in and of itself, but you won't lose touch with the couples you fall in love with. They keep playing big parts and small in following books as Brooks and Vance lead Team Henderson in finding ways to revive their small town.

"DuVal Cousin" books are an additional part of the Heroes of Henderson series, and usually are tucked in between books with numbers like 2.5 and 3.5. They can be full length novels or short novellas, and they are based on Lolly DuVal's (from Good Cop) Henderson cousins. Where the Heroes books are hero-centric, the DuVal Cousin books are heroine based.

Henderson is an actual town in North Carolina where some of Liz's favorite people were raised. Liz's version of Henderson is completely fictional since she hasn't had the pleasure of going back in nearly thirty years. But oh the fun she had while visiting there in her youth. Her memories are the perfect landscape for her contemporary romances.

Liz enjoys putting friends and readers in cameo appearances in her books. Originally from Baltimore, she spent every summer near Annapolis, Maryland in a community where dancing and romancing are literally part of its theme song. (The place where Jesse James gets banished from in Bad Cop. There is going to be a series about that place someday.)

A graduate of Wake Forest University, where she met her handsome golf-addicted husband, (who is now sporting dark glasses everywhere he goes) Liz is a mother of two grown sons (also sporting dark glasses) and a miniature Labradoodle named Isabelle. They live in the Fountain of Youth, a.k.a. Naples, FL where dancing and romancing continues on ad infinitum.