BOOK INFORMATION
Seduced by
the Game
A Contemporary
Sports Romance Anthology
By: Toni Aleo, Cindy Carr, Cassandra Carr, Jami Davenport,
Catherine Gayle, Jaymee Jacobs, V.L. Locey, Bianca Sommerland, & Nikki
Worrell
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A Note from Cat
Since this is a collaboration that includes eight short stories, I will write a brief review after each book summary.
BOOK SUMMARY
It’s time
to drop the gloves and fight! Support the Fight against cancer that is.
This anthology of 8 brand new novellas is hot enough to melt the ice these
players skate on. Featuring stories from popular New York Times & USA Today, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble
bestselling authors, including Toni Aleo, Cassandra Carr, Cindy Carr,
Jami Davenport, Catherine Gayle, Jaymee Jacobs, V.L. Locey, Bianca Sommerland,
and Nikki Worrell.
**Proud Supporters of
Hockey Fights Cancer.
TANGLED IN
THE LACES
By New
York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author – Toni Aleo
In Tangled
in the Laces, Karson King is on the fast track to the pros and Lacey Martin is
coming back from a hard fight against cancer and is terrified of him but their
love is too much to ignore. Will Karson prove that he will protect her heart at
all costs, or will he leave Lacey to pick up the pieces of her life once again?
Cat's Review: Loved it! But be warned - big cliffhanger as this is a prequel to the upcoming Laces and Lace. Great story of overcoming tragedy and being brave enough to take a chance on love and live. ★★★★★
HOOKING
HANNAH
By Cassandra
Carr and Cindy Carr
When
Hannah attends an all-star game, she doesn't expect a hockey player of all
people to turn her world upside down. Her sister is married to a player and
Hannah never wanted that life. But Scott could change everything. For Scott's
part, he has to know the woman who stirred his blood with just a look, and once
he does, he realizes he wants Hannah to be his forever. Now to convince her...
Cat's Review: Sweet romance - no real angst or heartache, just two people falling in love. Very enjoyable read. ★★★★
CRASHING
THE BOARDS (Seattle Sockeyes 1.5)
By Jami
Davenport
Professional
party crasher, Izzy Maxwell, needs the cooperation of reluctant party guest
Cooper Black, the team captain of Seattle’s new hockey team, but Cooper can’t
get past his anger over the team’s relocation to Seattle. Can Izzy melt
Cooper’s frozen heart or will this party crash along with her fledgling
business?
Cat's Review: This one was fun! Izzy is full of life, despite some hardships in her life. Cooper is a big, brooding hockey player. This is a prequel to an upcoming book and I can't wait to see what other fun times will be had with Izzy and Cooper. ★★★★
TAKING A SHOT (Portland Storm 2.5)
By Catherine
Gayle
Katie
Weber has had a crush on Jamie Babcock for almost two years, since he joined
her father’s hockey team, the Portland Storm as an eighteen-year-old rookie.
When cancer takes her health, her hair, and even her friends, she can’t bear to
go to senior prom…until Jamie intervenes.
Cat's Review: Make sure to have your tissues ready for this one! This is such a touching story and I cannot wait to find out what happens with Jamie and Katie. I loved the interactions between Jamie and Webs too. ★★★★★
A VALUABLE
TRADE
By Jaymee
Jacobs
Bryan's
life gets turned upside down when he gets traded to the Dallas Comets, and
things get even messier when he meets Georgiana, the Director of Team Services.
He's got a lot of work to do to prove his worth to his new team, but
Georgiana's sure he'll prove to be a valuable trade.
Cat's Review: Bryan finds himself traded, feeling dejected and lonely. Georgiana works for his new team and, because of her "maternal instincts", looks to help make his move easier. Well, the feelings are a bit more than maternal!! I enjoyed both characters and the interactions with all the other teammates too. ★★★★
HEIR APPARENT
By V.L.
Locey
Superstar
Cam Evans is fighting to climb out of a slump that`s growing worse with each
day of living in denial. Fresh from the minors, Jacobi Neal is hungry for this
chance to play back-up for the legendary goalie. Can two men battle each other,
their inner demons, and the sizzling attraction building between them?
Cat's Review: A great tale of hero worship turned into more. Ms. Locey does a good job of expressing the difficulties that one might have admitting their sexual orientation. This was a wonderful story. ★★★★
BLIND PASS
(The Dartmouth Cobras 0.5)
By Bianca
Sommerland
Nothing
could stop Tim Rowe, the assistant coach of the Dartmouth Cobras, from falling
in love with Madeline, but love alone can’t satisfy every need. Sometimes, to
reach the goal, you have to take the chance with a . . . Blind Pass.
Cat's Review: As a prequel to The Dartmouth Cobras series, this did the job for me. I liked that there is a hotness to this book but it doesn't lose the emotions the characters are feeling. I am now looking forward to reading more of this series. ★★★★
CAPTAIN,
MY CAPTAIN (Prequel to Scorpions Series)
By Nikki
Worrell
Keith
Lambert is the captain of the Flyers—until he’s not. To everyone’s shock, he’s
traded to the San Diego Scorpions. As if that’s not bad enough, Phoebe, his
girlfriend of two years, decides she doesn’t love him enough to follow.
All alone
in a new town, Keith is drawn to Kelly, his take out delivery girl. When she
shows up at ice girl tryouts, he’s lost. She’s all he can see. Can he convince
her to forget her past and take a chance on him or is he destined to be alone
in a new town a little bit longer?
Cat's Review: Loved this one! Loved Kelly and Keith - so much fun to see them go back and forth with each other. Keith is a true hero to Kelly, in my book. Looking forward to the series. ★★★★★
CAT'S REVIEW
Overall, this is a great anthology. The fact that it also supports "Hockey Fights Cancer" only makes it that much better. Whether you enjoy sports/hockey stories or not, this is one I would recommend as there are so many different stories included. I smiled, laughed and even cried throughout. What more could you ask for? While I have read a few of the authors previously, I love that I've found a few more that I will now be checking out! (Received copy for honest reviews)
★★★★.5
EXCERPT
From Taking a Shot by Catherine
Gayle
“I’m going to murder
that dipshit,” Dad said, but somehow his voice was growing distant, like he was
moving farther away from us instead of coming closer.
Jamie’s lips
quirked up on one side. “Zee and Soupy hauled him out of here. Looks like they
were waiting on him to come in like that. I don’t know how much longer we have
before he comes back to finish me off.” He laughed. How could he laugh about
something like that? “So will you? Let me take you?”
“But my dad…” No
matter how tempting it was to forget reason and agree to go to prom with Jamie,
I knew it was nothing more than a dream. There was no chance my father would
ever agree to let one of his teammates take me out, whether it was to my prom
or anything else. That would be an absolute nonstarter.
Jamie moved his
hand, and his fingers dipped beneath the edge of my scarf. I wanted to pull
away, but the look in his eye held me in place while he used nothing more than
his fingertips to caress my newly bald scalp. “I’ll deal with your dad. Let me
worry about that.”
Maybe having no
hair made my skin more sensitive, or maybe it was the effects of the chemo—I
couldn’t be sure. All I knew was that my whole body was zinging with awareness
from the way his fingertips were dancing over the skin an inch or two above my
ear.
I’d dated a few
boys before. I’d been kissed and touched in various ways, and it had all been
exciting and wonderful and new, but this was so different. The way he was
touching me was so much more intimate, and I felt more vulnerable and scared
and raw than I could ever remember feeling in my life, but I didn’t want it to
end. Because it was perfect.
It made me wish I
wasn’t sick, that I was whole and alive and vibrant like I used to be.
I wasn’t entirely
sure what came over me because everything I’d said about not wanting to be the
bald girl at prom was still a massive deterrent to going, and I had a very real
fear that my father would do actual physical harm to Jamie, but I said, “Okay.
Yes. I’ll go with you.”
He smiled, one of
those amazing, shy smiles he had that made his dimples come to attention and
left me wanting to kiss him. “Good. Now I’d better go deal with Webs before he
hurts one of the boys.”
I took his hand
when he pulled it away from my head, holding it in mine for just a second.
“Don’t…don’t let him hurt you, either.”
“Don’t worry about
me,” he said, squeezing my hand and sending a flood of warmth through to every
nerve ending I had.
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Toni Aleo
Bianca Sommerland
Nikki Worrell
V.L. Locey
Jaymee Jacobs
Catherine Gayle
Jami Davenport
Cassandra Carr
Cindy Carr
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