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Rookie Recovery by Jemma Croft, Lex Easton, Lex Veia
4.0
"I had a problem. And his name was Archie Bowman."
Rookie Recovery is an adorable, slow burn hockey romance between newcomer Archie Bowman and his PT, Jamie Sullivan. Jamie is ready to move on from the hockey world. It's too painful for him to remain on the fringes of a place that used to be his whole life. But when the recently traded, Archie, walks into his life, he causes his carefully controlled life to go up in flames.
"Nothing else mattered in that moment, because the PT— my new PT— was none other than the so- hot- I- probably- imagined- him dream hunk from the bar last night. There he was. A flashing beacon of supermassive American sex appeal. Real. So very real."
Archie is homesick and struggling to find his place in his new city and his new team. He fakes his confidence and puts on a brave face, but deep inside he's just looking for a sense of belonging and doesn't want to be forgotten. The connection he feels to his doctor is instant and not one he's willing to let go off. Once they start blurring the lines of their professional relationship, it's inevitable that their friendship turns into so much more.
"He gaped at me as if he, a physiotherapist, had forgotten what the male anatomy was supposed to look like, and I was providing his deprived brain with the revision it so desperately needed."
The cutesy nicknames, snarky banter, fun adventures and the ease and comfort these two have with each other, made this book so much sweeter than I expected it to be. Watching their friendship build with each new interaction really set the tone for what their relationship would be like. And when they finally took that step forward, it just added on to that solid foundation.
"The sheer gravity of his presence reeled me in, and I couldn’t help but be drawn into his orbit."
This book not only has an adorable main couple, but it also introduces us to future couples whose stories I'm excited to read! But until then, I'd recommend checking out this fun, grumpy/sunshine romance between two people who are just as obsessed with hockey as they are with each other.
Rookie Recovery is an adorable, slow burn hockey romance between newcomer Archie Bowman and his PT, Jamie Sullivan. Jamie is ready to move on from the hockey world. It's too painful for him to remain on the fringes of a place that used to be his whole life. But when the recently traded, Archie, walks into his life, he causes his carefully controlled life to go up in flames.
"Nothing else mattered in that moment, because the PT— my new PT— was none other than the so- hot- I- probably- imagined- him dream hunk from the bar last night. There he was. A flashing beacon of supermassive American sex appeal. Real. So very real."
Archie is homesick and struggling to find his place in his new city and his new team. He fakes his confidence and puts on a brave face, but deep inside he's just looking for a sense of belonging and doesn't want to be forgotten. The connection he feels to his doctor is instant and not one he's willing to let go off. Once they start blurring the lines of their professional relationship, it's inevitable that their friendship turns into so much more.
"He gaped at me as if he, a physiotherapist, had forgotten what the male anatomy was supposed to look like, and I was providing his deprived brain with the revision it so desperately needed."
The cutesy nicknames, snarky banter, fun adventures and the ease and comfort these two have with each other, made this book so much sweeter than I expected it to be. Watching their friendship build with each new interaction really set the tone for what their relationship would be like. And when they finally took that step forward, it just added on to that solid foundation.
"The sheer gravity of his presence reeled me in, and I couldn’t help but be drawn into his orbit."
This book not only has an adorable main couple, but it also introduces us to future couples whose stories I'm excited to read! But until then, I'd recommend checking out this fun, grumpy/sunshine romance between two people who are just as obsessed with hockey as they are with each other.