Rookie Recovery: Bobcat Boys, Book 1

4.5 out of 5 stars! "Can’t stay off the ice. Oh, I (definitely) knew it. Can’t stay off, and when you can’t physically get back on, you lurk around the edges like a ghost." - Jamie Jamie's trying to move on with his life since his pro hockey career came to an end. With a future semi-barely planned out he continues to be the Bobcat's PT. He has strict rules set for himself and to keep him from getting off track. That includes never, ever dating hockey players, he used to be one he knows how they are! Only when a famed rookie with a British accent saunters into his life. . .Jamie may have to rethink his rules. An old shoulder injury may just be the thing to bring the two opposites closer together. But Bowie's career is on the line and the season is about to start! Can Jamie get Bowie back out on the ice in time? Or will judgements be questionable. . ? "He probably hated Monsters, Inc. Or worse still, never watched it. Dismissed it as childish nonsense. Oh, my (Gosh), what if he’d never seen Shrek?!" - Bowie This is honestly my first Hockey Romance, and I loved it! The writing styles flowed into one another seamlessly and helped to bring the two male leads to life! With depth, character development, and healing arcs! Even if you're not a big fan of sports you know of them and what they are. We forget that those big names we see plastered all over social media and more are actually people. I hear coworkers talk so nonchalantly about this team trading in A for B. Excited…

"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.…