A review by tmadams88
Renegade Ruin by Hayden Locke

emotional sad

5.0

Just WOW!!!! An outstanding story that hurts hard as it takes you on a journey of grief filled all the feelings BUT it will also put you back together again beautifully and heal your heart right along with the characters. Pro tip...bring the tissues for this one! And don't worry, in between the tears, there will be lots of heat as the spice is scorching between them. 

⚾️Baseball Romance

🏟️Team Owner/Player
💔Grief & Healing

🧠Mental Health Rep

✌🏻Second Chance 

🤫Secret Relationship

🫂Found Family

📖Willow, is the owner’s daughter for the NY Renegades baseball team and Bishop, is the star catcher who she had a one night stand with on NYE. Almost a year later, Bishop is ready to get a new start with Willow but then tragedy strikes taking the lives of the team and Willow’s father. She becomes the new owner which means off limits for Bishop. Now they are both dealing with the loss while Willow is trying to rebuild a team. (If you haven't read the prequel novella, Midnight Renegade, I highly recommend reading that first to see how they met and the one night stand!)

Willow and Bishop. Whew. These two go through the trenches and back with a hard fought journey to love but every step of their progression towards love is so realistic and needed. It is full of angst but also lots of heat as they use each other to deal with what is happening in their lives.

The mental health representation showcased in this book is absolutely phenomenal!!! Dealing with grief is also not one size fits all which Hayden showcased eloquently in this story as both Bishop & Willow are coping in separate ways. I also LOVED the multiple therapy sessions shown on page as well. 

Overall, I am just in awe at Hayden’s writing in this book!! It’s a powerful story with phenomenal character development while also incorporating hard topics, baseball, healing, heart, and heat! I am already looking to quite a few characters already!!!!