by Elizabeth Hartey
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GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
I’m not a saint. Never claimed to
be. I’ve played the game and scored my fair share—both on and off the field.
This is why I should have known better than to fall for a hockey player. But I
did. I fell fast and hard.
Now I’m left with the painful
consequences, reminded every day of how reckless I had been by giving him my
heart so easily—so willingly. Dalt broke me in the cruelest of ways, and
because of him I’ll never be able to love again.
Dalt
Nikki changed me. She made me want
to be a better man. My days playing off the field were over because she owned
every little piece of my heart…until she left, leaving behind a gnawing ache
where my heart used to be.
Now she’s back, and it’s painfully
clear she hates me, ignoring me, pretending like I’m nobody to her. But that’s
just too damn bad. I want answers. I want a goddamn explanation.
And most of all…I want her.
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EXCERPT
“Hey.”
The intelligent greeting the only thing I could think of to say.
When
she looked up and hit me with those baby blues I had to remind myself to
breathe.
“Hey.”
One word. That was it and she started walking off the field toward the field
house. I stood baffled for a moment. I’d never had a problem talking to a girl
before and they usually didn’t walk away from me when I did. I ran to catch up
to her.
“Great
game. You were amazing out there.”
“Yeah,
thanks.” She just kept walking, even picked up the pace like she was trying to
get away from me.
“I’m…I’m
Dalt by the way.” Like an idiot I stuck my hand out to shake hers. She stopped
and stared at my outstretched hand but didn’t make a move because her hands
were full with her bag and some of the equipment.
“I
know who you are, hockey boy.” The words ‘hockey boy’ came out like they tasted
sour on her tongue. And she started walking away from me again. I couldn’t
believe it. When I caught up to her, she stopped and turned to me.
“What
do you want, hockey boy?” She threw me off my game so bad, I think I stuttered.
“I…um…your
name would be nice for starters.”
“For
starters?” She quirked a brow.
“Then
I thought you might like to get a beer or a burger or something at the Thirsty
Whale.” She scanned my body from head to toe and back up. Then the damnedest
thing happened.
“No
thanks. I don’t do dates. Not looking for a boyfriend. I just like to, you
know, keep my options open.” Say what, now! Had she just turned me down for a
date?
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
As a lover of the northeast
US, Elizabeth moved with her husband to the Poconos several years ago to open a
Chiropractic Clinic. Four children and a menagerie of animals later, she has
finally found time to fulfill her lifelong dream of writing novels. The wild
ride of writing books is one of the most difficult things she’s ever done in
her life. But the opportunity to get her stories out of her head and down on
paper and send them out into the world is also one of the most wonderful things
she’s ever done. A dreamer at heart, romance is the genre she spends most of
her time writing and reading into the wee hours of the morning. And having
readers fall in love with her characters as much as she does is almost as
exciting as giving birth (just not as painful!) When not juggling work responsibilities
and writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking the beautiful
hills and woods around her home, swimming, knitting, watching old classic
movies and travelling.
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My review:
4 out of 5 stars
Cross Drop by Elizabeth Hartey is a new adult contemporary
sports romance that features two college athletes who should be on top of the
world. Dalt is a top hockey player and his girl, Nikki, is a soccer star, and
they’re inseparable…until they’re not. Their incandescent attraction doesn’t
die, but the obstacles that separate them may be too much to overcome unless
they learn to truly communicate.
This is the second book in the ‘On the Edge’ series and
centers around a charismatic couple who are remarkably compatible in their
passions, both on the sports field and in private. I was reminded how intense
everything is when you are that age even as I was glad that those times are
(far) behind me. Occasionally I wanted to shake some sense into them,
especially as Nikki keeps putting off her important revelation, which is a
tribute to the author’s ability to create vivid characters.
There are plenty of intense and lusty scenes that evoke the
joie de vivre that can characterize college life, as does the angst and
mistakes that have to be lived through. I enjoyed getting to know these folks
and watching them work their way through their issues, although I admit that
I’m much more sympathetic to Dalt. The secondary characters are personable and
there are cameos by the couple featured in the first book, and enough of their
story is revealed that I would like to learn more. This is a fun and
entertaining tale that will appeal to both new adult romance and college sports
fans.
A copy of this title was provided to me for review
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