Overtime by Toni Aleo
Series: Assassins Series #7
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Down and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control. As his life begins to come crashing down around him and his contract with the Nashville Assassins on the line, he’s given an ultimatum. Ready or not, Jordie is forced to face his past, the fears that consume him, and the one woman he let walk away.Kacey King had her professional dreams come true, yet her heart was battered and broken. With an Olympic gold medal around her neck, she’s ready to look forward to the future but without the one man she wanted in it. She’s missing the key pieces of her heart she left months ago with the only person who was capable of destroying it, causing her to falter in all her plans to move on.>In the game of life, there are winners and losers, and neither Jordie nor Kacey want to be on the losing bench. If only Jordie could convince Kacey he’s a changed man and that he wants her right by his side as his MVP for the biggest and best parts of a life they build together. With emotions running high and the game on the line, can two proud people find happiness with each other, or will their hearts and souls be left in the cold? Will they see that sometimes having someone by your side who knows the good, bad, and broken is better than going it alone and losing everything through the back of the net? They are out of time on the game clock and fighting for the win of their lives.But overtime was made for an Assassin like Jordie.
~My Review~
5 Stars
I Was Provided A ARC For The Review Tour
(Possible Spoilers)
Kacey King is ready to move on and get a fresh start. After winning gold in the Olympics, she lived the dream she always had. Now its time to live the other dream she has, fall in love and start a family. Moving to Nashville and starting her job as the assassins trainer is just what she needs after spending the last year heartbroken and trying to pick up the pieces. Only problem is letting go of the past and of the one man who crushed her, who still holds a big part of her heart. Its going to take all of Kacey strength. She cant let herself slip back into that place again where Jordie Thomas can hurt her.
Jordie Thomas has become a shell of a man. Set on a downward spiral for years, Jordie has finally hit a point, where if he wants to live a life full of friends, family and playing hockey, then putting the bottle away and getting help is his only option. To many years of drinking, partying and pushing people who love him away, needs to come to a end. Pushing Kacey King, the only girl he could every really love, broke something in him. Going to rehab, the only thing that could get him through was knowing he could become the man Kacey deserves. Jordie has to learn to overcome many demons in his past and in his present so that he can have a chance at a future with Kacey. He will do anything to win her back.
There is so much raw beauty and pain laced through every chapter. The struggle that Jordie faces every day was heartbreaking and hard at sometimes to read. You really feel his struggle, his guilt and pain. But it was beautiful at the same time because Jordie who grows so much in the span of this book. He starts as a character who comes off as a goofy a**hole, but deep down hides so much pain, who then becomes a strong and fierce fighter for his sobriety. And for his family, and especially for Kacey.
Kacey was a great character to read about also. We think of her as the quirky tough sister of Karson, but through out this book we see more than just those things. She's a tough, stubborn women, but she has such a vulnerable side to her, you just want to hug her tight. Kacey also hides alot of pain, guilt and anger towards Jordie and what happened in the past. And that makes it hard for her to forgive him. It's not easy for her to forget. But when she starts to let him back in, she becomes a even braver and stronger person. She has such hope for Jordie, sure she has her hesitations and doubts, but she becomes a pretty good rock for him to lean on.
I always love to dive into a new chapter of this amazing series, and every time i fall in love even more with this team, this group, this family. Getting a glimpse of where they are or where they are going is always fun. These characters are interlaced in each others stories and that's what i think makes this such a special series.
Toni Aleo i give you so much kudos for this book. It is truly a amazing story. Sweet, sexy, funny, with lots of angst and tears. Awesome job and i cant wait to see what comes next in the world of the assassins.
Kacey King is ready to move on and get a fresh start. After winning gold in the Olympics, she lived the dream she always had. Now its time to live the other dream she has, fall in love and start a family. Moving to Nashville and starting her job as the assassins trainer is just what she needs after spending the last year heartbroken and trying to pick up the pieces. Only problem is letting go of the past and of the one man who crushed her, who still holds a big part of her heart. Its going to take all of Kacey strength. She cant let herself slip back into that place again where Jordie Thomas can hurt her.
Jordie Thomas has become a shell of a man. Set on a downward spiral for years, Jordie has finally hit a point, where if he wants to live a life full of friends, family and playing hockey, then putting the bottle away and getting help is his only option. To many years of drinking, partying and pushing people who love him away, needs to come to a end. Pushing Kacey King, the only girl he could every really love, broke something in him. Going to rehab, the only thing that could get him through was knowing he could become the man Kacey deserves. Jordie has to learn to overcome many demons in his past and in his present so that he can have a chance at a future with Kacey. He will do anything to win her back.
There is so much raw beauty and pain laced through every chapter. The struggle that Jordie faces every day was heartbreaking and hard at sometimes to read. You really feel his struggle, his guilt and pain. But it was beautiful at the same time because Jordie who grows so much in the span of this book. He starts as a character who comes off as a goofy a**hole, but deep down hides so much pain, who then becomes a strong and fierce fighter for his sobriety. And for his family, and especially for Kacey.
Kacey was a great character to read about also. We think of her as the quirky tough sister of Karson, but through out this book we see more than just those things. She's a tough, stubborn women, but she has such a vulnerable side to her, you just want to hug her tight. Kacey also hides alot of pain, guilt and anger towards Jordie and what happened in the past. And that makes it hard for her to forgive him. It's not easy for her to forget. But when she starts to let him back in, she becomes a even braver and stronger person. She has such hope for Jordie, sure she has her hesitations and doubts, but she becomes a pretty good rock for him to lean on.
I always love to dive into a new chapter of this amazing series, and every time i fall in love even more with this team, this group, this family. Getting a glimpse of where they are or where they are going is always fun. These characters are interlaced in each others stories and that's what i think makes this such a special series.
Toni Aleo i give you so much kudos for this book. It is truly a amazing story. Sweet, sexy, funny, with lots of angst and tears. Awesome job and i cant wait to see what comes next in the world of the assassins.
About the Author
Toni Aleo is the author of the Nasvhille Assassins series: Taking Shots, Trying to Score, Empty Net, Falling for the Backup, and Blue Lines.When not rooting for her beloved Nashville Predators, she’s probably going to her husband’s and son’s hockey games and her daughter’s dance competitions, taking pictures, scrapbooking, or reading the latest romance novel.She lives in the Nashville area with her husband, two children, and a bulldog. Read more about Toni here.
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