Posts Tagged With: Sports – Hockey

Book Review: Breakaway by Avon Gale

Posted on November 27, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Breakaway
Author: Avon Gale
Series: Scoring Chances #1
Heroes: Lane/Jared
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 240 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Drafted to play for the Jacksonville Sea Storm, an NHL affiliate, twenty-year-old Lane Courtnall’s future looks bright, apart from the awkwardness he feels as a gay man playing on a minor league hockey team. He’s put his foot in his mouth a few times and alienated his teammates. Then, during a rivalry game, Lane throws off his gloves against Jared Shore, enforcer for the Savannah Renegades. It’s a strange way to begin a relationship.

Jared’s been playing minor league hockey for most of his career. He’s bisexual and doesn’t care if anyone knows. But he’s determined to avoid another love affair after the last one left him devastated. Out of nowhere a one-nighter with rookie Lane Courtnall gives him second thoughts. Lane reminds Jared why he loves the game and why love might be worth the risk. In turn, Jared hopes to show Lane how to be comfortable with himself on and off the ice. But they’re at different points in their careers, and both men will have to decide what they value most.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Avon Gale, bisexual, Breakaway, Canadian, Coming Out, Contemporary, Gay Virgin, Geeks, humor, Jocks, M/M, May/December, NHL, Series - Scoring Chances, Sports - Hockey, sweet, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Linemates by D.K. Dunn

Posted on September 22, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Linemates
Author: D.K. Dunn
Narrator: Michael Pauley
Heroes: Derek LaVigne/Trevor Ladouceur
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 6 hours, 59 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Life is going pretty well for Derek LaVigne. He’s playing professional hockey in Los Angeles where hockey is barely on the radar, and this allows him to live in relative anonymity. Derek’s world is tilted on its axis when he’s traded to the Detroit Wheels. Not only is this one of the top teams in the National Hockey League, he’ll also be playing in a city that lives and breathes hockey. It sounds like a dream come true, but soon enough it becomes clear it isn’t.

The reason for Derek’s change of heart is Trevor Ladouceur. Five years ago Derek and Trevor were linemates on Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. They were inseparable both on and off the ice and became known as the Wonder Twins. After winning the gold medal, they slept together. Trevor was gone the next morning, and they haven’t spoken since. Now they’re together again, and the expectation is for the Wonder Twins to help Detroit win the Stanley Cup. Much to Derek’s dismay, he realizes he’s falling in love with Trevor all over again.
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Categories: 2 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Athletes, audio book, Closeted, Coming Out, D.K. Dunn, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Linemates, Low Steam Level, Michael Pauley, OFY, reunited lovers, Sports - Hockey, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Collide by Charity Parkerson

Posted on August 14, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Collide
Author: Charity Parkerson
Series: Hard Hit #1
Heroes: Shayne/Lincoln
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 152 Pages
Publisher: Punk & Sissy Publications
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Shayne thinks he has nothing left to lose…

On his way home after losing his job, Shayne’s bad day goes farther downhill when a truck slams into him. The sexy man who pulls him from the wreckage, seeing him at his lowest, is either the best or worst thing to happen to Shayne in a long time.

Challenge accepted…

While Lincoln feels guilty for totaling Shayne’s car, he can’t regret having met the man. Something about Shayne calls to him on a new level and brings out a side in him even Lincoln can’t explain.

When these two opposites collide it’s only a matter a time before one falls.

Shayne’s first love will always be hockey. With the out-of-work goalie on the hunt for a new team, Lincoln knows their time together is short-lived. It’ll take a veteran player to sneak past the guard on Lincoln’s heart, but Shayne is up for the fight.

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