Rebounding by Jami Davenport

 

Synopsis:

Meet the newest expansion team--The Portland Icehawks. They're a group of guys with chips on their shoulders out to make their former teams regret letting them go. They won't stop until they win it all, but what they haven't counted on is love being part of that equation.

As a thirty-five-year-old hockey player, I've learned a hard lesson in loyalty. I was supposed to be a lifer for the Chicago Tigers, but the team left me out in the cold, choosing to protect younger players in the expansion draft. The next thing I know, I'm in a strange city with a fledgling team, and my estranged wife has served me with divorce papers. Not the best way to start a new chapter in my career.

As the team struggles to find its identity and win games, I struggle with my role as team captain, proving I'm not too old to play at a high level, and getting beyond my failed marriage. All this is complicated by an undeniable attraction to the owner's granddaughter. As the team racks up the losses, I seek solace with the one woman whose very presence could destroy what's left of my career.

Sometimes love is comfortable and subtle. Other times it hits you with the force of a puck to the jaw. I've never experienced the latter until now, and I can't stay away regardless of the consequences.

Review:

Rebounding is the first book in a new hockey series written by Jami Davenport.

I've really enjoyed to read it, the author perfectly explained all the hardles of starting a new hockey team, in a new town, and with players that have never played together keeping it real, without becoming boring or loosing the thread of the history.

Dash was chosen at the expansion draft for the Portland Icehawks, he is not too happy to go play for a new hockey team at his age, but this is one of the rules of the sport he plays. Everly is the owner's granddaughter, she has to prove at her family to be reliable working at the coffee shop at the Icehawks practice facility in order to get her trust fund. They meet at the coffee shop and they begin a nice friendship, but when their feelings become deeper are they willing to put their futures at risk?

Everly and Dash weren't looking for a releationship but they instantly feel connected, they like to talk about coffee and to be there when the other has a problem, and their attraction is so strong they can't stay away from each other for too long.

I'm in love with this couple and I didn't want the book to end but I've read it too quickly, and now I'm so tempted to make a reread.

Release Date: 06.23.2022