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Blue Line Collection #1
Blue Line Collection #1 (Rereleased)
Four must read MM erotic hockey romance stories in one reasonably priced collection!
There’s no sport quite like ice hockey. The speed, the action, the physicality, the blood, and the rabid fans. Add in sizzling hot M/M romance and you’ve got the setting for some amazing romance tales! In the four stories contained in this collection, you’ll experience the ups-and-downs of finding that one true love through the eyes of four different men, ranging in age and experience, from collegiate players to the pros.
Readers should be over 18 due to mature language and gay sexual situations. The set includes:
Crashing the Crease
Long Change
Shutdown Pair
Heir Apparent
(1) Crashing the Crease
Isaac Spencer met J.D. Bazin for the first time during game one of the collegiate championship in Isaac`s junior year. The meeting did not go well. Bazin, a power forward for the opposing team, crashed Isaac`s net, taking the goalie out of the play and out of the series with a knee injury that nearly ended Isaac`s career.
Angry words flew back and forth between the players involved as well as the coaches, colleges, press, and fans. After a grueling summer filled with surgery and rehab, Isaac fought his way back. After graduating, the Baltimore Badgers drafted Isaac. The Badgers also drafted J. D. Bazin, much to Isaac`s dismay.
Isaac not only has to fight his disdain of the man who nearly ruined his career, he also has to battle the growing feelings that bubble up whenever J. D. is near. Is it possible to forgive and forget or will animosity over the past be too much for either man to absolve?
originally published November 2015
(2) Long Change
Four must read MM erotic hockey romance stories in one reasonably priced collection!
There’s no sport quite like ice hockey. The speed, the action, the physicality, the blood, and the rabid fans. Add in sizzling hot M/M romance and you’ve got the setting for some amazing romance tales! In the four stories contained in this collection, you’ll experience the ups-and-downs of finding that one true love through the eyes of four different men, ranging in age and experience, from collegiate players to the pros.
Readers should be over 18 due to mature language and gay sexual situations. The set includes:
Crashing the Crease
Long Change
Shutdown Pair
Heir Apparent
(1) Crashing the Crease
Isaac Spencer met J.D. Bazin for the first time during game one of the collegiate championship in Isaac`s junior year. The meeting did not go well. Bazin, a power forward for the opposing team, crashed Isaac`s net, taking the goalie out of the play and out of the series with a knee injury that nearly ended Isaac`s career.
Angry words flew back and forth between the players involved as well as the coaches, colleges, press, and fans. After a grueling summer filled with surgery and rehab, Isaac fought his way back. After graduating, the Baltimore Badgers drafted Isaac. The Badgers also drafted J. D. Bazin, much to Isaac`s dismay.
Isaac not only has to fight his disdain of the man who nearly ruined his career, he also has to battle the growing feelings that bubble up whenever J. D. is near. Is it possible to forgive and forget or will animosity over the past be too much for either man to absolve?
originally published November 2015
(2) Long Change
Collegiate superstar goalie Boone Crockett seems to have the world at his feet. He’s rich, handsome, attends an elite college and is a hot prospect for the pros. Pity all that is a front for a deeply closeted and troubled young man.
All Boone’s life plans are shattered when flamboyant ex-figure skater Preston Gordon, an orange-haired twink, shows up to audition for the team’s mascot position wearing sequins, scarves, and toe picks. His moves on the ice send Boone into his own pirouette of frustrated and reluctant desire.
As senior year progresses Boone slides deeper and deeper into a dangerous depression, Preston’s sensual strength the only thing he has to hold on to. If Boone can’t keep from plunging through the thin ice he’s skating on, it could take a twink to make the big save.
originally published June 2015
(3) Shutdown Pair
Slinging burgers in Minnesota in the dead of winter isn’t exactly the Hemingway lifestyle aspiring writer Heath has dreamed of. About the only thing the quick-witted wordsmith has going for him is his pick-up hockey league games every Saturday. Now it looks like even that’s gone south, along with the team’s AWOL goalie.
That is until mysterious Wyatt Dickenson skates into town and announces that he can tend net. Heath isn’t the type to turn down such a generous offer from a Greek god with impressive equipment and all the right moves.
Heath offers to share his rented room with the enigmatic drifter, and soon begins to suspect that Wyatt is harboring a secret. Can Heath get Wyatt to open up about his dark past? Is there a dark past? Or is Heath’s writer’s mind just spinning sexy, shadowy scenarios about the mystery man who has him so infatuated?
originally published May 2016
(4) Heir Apparent
Jacobi Evans grew up watching Pittsburgh Puma superstar Cam Evans in the crease. After years of working diligently, as well as making all the sacrifices, Jacobi has made it. He`s gotten the call to try out for the spot as Cam`s back-up. His dreams are finally coming true, then Jacobi looks into the eyes of the man he grew up wanting to be. Now, Jacobi just wants Cam. But the young goalie knows Cam`s past; the marriage that failed, the daughter, the straight as a ruler lifestyle being played out in an elite Pittsburgh neighborhood. There isn`t a place for a young, gay goalie in that tightly laced world Cam lives in, is there?
What Jacobi, and the world, thinks they know is far different then what Cam Evans really is. For his entire career, hell, since he was old enough to know, Cam has been hiding his homosexuality. Now, after close to twenty years of self-imposed agony, Cam is slowly falling apart. His game is off. His job looks to be on the line. His nights are filled with emptiness. His days are spent pretending. The life of lies is shredding him to ribbons. Then this Jacobi kid shows up looking damn good in the net, and far too good up close. Does he dare reach out to the young man who looks at him with much more than admiration in his eyes? Or should he burrow deeper into that dark, safe, lonely closet?
Originally published April 2014 in the Seduced by the Game Anthology.
87 pages, ebook
First published June 1, 2017
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December 5, 2017
This collection of four short hockey-romance stories has a mix of intensities and themes.
My favorite is one I read, reviewed, and rated as a stand-alone - Long Change - a closeted college hockey player and an out and flamboyant figure skater who gets the job as mascot for the team. Boone is a great goalie, looking at an NHL career to get him out from under his father's expectations for a business career. He's already teetering on the edge as the story opens, so isolated in his closet that he can barely breathe, yet convinced that coming out will destroy him. Falling for a man who exemplifies everything his father and teammates deride about a gay man has the potential to break him. Or make him. Angsty and engaging, I gave this 4 stars on first read for plot quibbles, but have reread it three times since then. - 5 stars, for that emotional pull.
The other three stories are lighter, but each was engaging. 4 stars each.
Crashing the Crease is a fast enemies-to-lovers by way of insta-lust. Hot, fun and simple.
Shutdown Pair is sweet and warm, as Heath opens his pick-up hockey team, his room, and eventually his heart to Wyatt, a drifter in town with nothing but fears and secrets. This dealt with a serious issue, and the resolution was a bit fast for my taste - I'd have loved to see it novel length. But the characters were well drawn.
Heir Apparent is an age gap story - Cam, the star goalie on his last season, hitting the wall as his personal life distracts him. And Jacobi, the rookie goalie who idolizes him, torn between wanting to take his place and a hero-worship that quickly becomes something more. I'd have loved for the last main scene to be shown in detail, not sketched in. It lost a little power as it stood. But I liked the gruff realism of Cam as he struggled against the limits and preconceptions of a long, closeted career.
-my one pet peeve as the parent of a male figure skater - please stop putting white skates on male figure-skaters as some kind of distinction from hockey guys. Even Johnny Weir is shown 95% wearing black skates (or occasionally red) - the guys would very rarely own white, unless it was for some very specific costume. :)
My favorite is one I read, reviewed, and rated as a stand-alone - Long Change - a closeted college hockey player and an out and flamboyant figure skater who gets the job as mascot for the team. Boone is a great goalie, looking at an NHL career to get him out from under his father's expectations for a business career. He's already teetering on the edge as the story opens, so isolated in his closet that he can barely breathe, yet convinced that coming out will destroy him. Falling for a man who exemplifies everything his father and teammates deride about a gay man has the potential to break him. Or make him. Angsty and engaging, I gave this 4 stars on first read for plot quibbles, but have reread it three times since then. - 5 stars, for that emotional pull.
The other three stories are lighter, but each was engaging. 4 stars each.
Crashing the Crease is a fast enemies-to-lovers by way of insta-lust. Hot, fun and simple.
Shutdown Pair is sweet and warm, as Heath opens his pick-up hockey team, his room, and eventually his heart to Wyatt, a drifter in town with nothing but fears and secrets. This dealt with a serious issue, and the resolution was a bit fast for my taste - I'd have loved to see it novel length. But the characters were well drawn.
Heir Apparent is an age gap story - Cam, the star goalie on his last season, hitting the wall as his personal life distracts him. And Jacobi, the rookie goalie who idolizes him, torn between wanting to take his place and a hero-worship that quickly becomes something more. I'd have loved for the last main scene to be shown in detail, not sketched in. It lost a little power as it stood. But I liked the gruff realism of Cam as he struggled against the limits and preconceptions of a long, closeted career.
-my one pet peeve as the parent of a male figure skater - please stop putting white skates on male figure-skaters as some kind of distinction from hockey guys. Even Johnny Weir is shown 95% wearing black skates (or occasionally red) - the guys would very rarely own white, unless it was for some very specific costume. :)
January 17, 2018
3 stars overall
I'm going to do this one differently because of the individual stories.
Crashing the Crease 2.5 stars
Isaac is a college goalie who got taken out by a forward on another team, and had to rehab for a year. He is drafted to the same team as the player that took him out and holds a serious grudge against the guy. The team is aware of the feud, that is mostly on Isaac's part, and wants them to learn how to play on the same team together. Team building exercises don't really work, but Isaac gradually gets to know J.D. and overlooks what happened to him.
I understand being upset that you were injured, but it's not like they are playing golf. Hockey is a contact sport, and whether someone did anything deliberately or not, or didn't apologize properly afterward, or didn't try hard enough to not hit someone, that person is still just as hurt. And Isaac was well enough to be drafted and to play with a big league team, so I had issues with Isaac holding on to what may or may not have been a purposeful hit. Isaac mostly seemed like a whiny little brat to me, and since it was told from his POV, I was not enamoured.
Long Change 3 stars
Boone is a goalie for a prestigious private college, and deeply, deeply in the closet. He knows that his family will never support him if he comes out, so Boone just wants to get signed by a professional team once he's done his education, because then he can come out from under his father's thumb. The fly in the closet ointment is Preston, who is proudly gay, and very obvious about it. He is also their new mascot, which means that Boone and Preston do interact a little, and Boone, who is completely gaga over Preston, reveals himself to the man. Boone still can't come out, though, so he completely shuts down with the pressure of not being himself.
I completely understand that not being true to oneself can cause depression and breakdowns, but I feel as though we didn't get enough of a look in to Boone's life to completely believe that he would go over the edge like that, especially since he was so grimly determined in the beginning. Boone liked Preston for who he was, and admired him for being so brave in being himself, no matter how different the two men were. A very serious look at the effect that hiding yourself can bring out.
Shutdown Pair 2.5 stars
Heath plays rec hockey and one day they lose their goalie. One of the crowd says that he can play, and Heath is immediately smitten. Wyatt is very mysterious though, and determined to get to Canada. Heath knows that Wyatt is running from something, but respects his privacy and helps get him a job. When Wyatt's past shows up, Heath tries to help Wyatt do the right thing.
I never really felt connected to either character, as they seemed to be more outlines than anything else. I still enjoyed the story, even if I didn't find it completely believable.
Heir Apparent
Jacobi first saw Cam in net when he was five years old, and wanted to become one after that. Flash forward at least 15 years, and Jacobi is called up from the farm team to be the backup goalie for the same Cam who inspired him to take up the game of hockey in the first place. Cam hasn't been the same caliber of goaltender that fans are used to seeing for him, and while Jacobi respects Cam, he also wants to play and to contribute to the team. Cam appears to really resent Jacobi for it, too, and for the fact that Jacobi is open about his sexuality.
I find it a *little* hard to believe that someone, unless they are Jaromir Jagr or Chris Chellios or Martin Brodeur, being around for at least 16 years playing professional hockey at the top of their game, especially a goalie. (Martin Brodeur was a freak of nature.) I did enjoy the "I'm coming for you" competitive aspect, and the fact that neither of the guys were willing to let the other have anything easily.
Overall impressions: It's really nice to read stories about hockey written by someone who, if they don't watch and enjoy the sport themselves, at least does their research, and doesn't have defensemen playing on the same "line" as forwards, or coming back after 10 game minutes from a "game misconduct". A couple of the stories would have benefited from being longer and more developed, but overall, these were quick, easy reads.
I'm going to do this one differently because of the individual stories.
Crashing the Crease 2.5 stars
Isaac is a college goalie who got taken out by a forward on another team, and had to rehab for a year. He is drafted to the same team as the player that took him out and holds a serious grudge against the guy. The team is aware of the feud, that is mostly on Isaac's part, and wants them to learn how to play on the same team together. Team building exercises don't really work, but Isaac gradually gets to know J.D. and overlooks what happened to him.
I understand being upset that you were injured, but it's not like they are playing golf. Hockey is a contact sport, and whether someone did anything deliberately or not, or didn't apologize properly afterward, or didn't try hard enough to not hit someone, that person is still just as hurt. And Isaac was well enough to be drafted and to play with a big league team, so I had issues with Isaac holding on to what may or may not have been a purposeful hit. Isaac mostly seemed like a whiny little brat to me, and since it was told from his POV, I was not enamoured.
Long Change 3 stars
Boone is a goalie for a prestigious private college, and deeply, deeply in the closet. He knows that his family will never support him if he comes out, so Boone just wants to get signed by a professional team once he's done his education, because then he can come out from under his father's thumb. The fly in the closet ointment is Preston, who is proudly gay, and very obvious about it. He is also their new mascot, which means that Boone and Preston do interact a little, and Boone, who is completely gaga over Preston, reveals himself to the man. Boone still can't come out, though, so he completely shuts down with the pressure of not being himself.
I completely understand that not being true to oneself can cause depression and breakdowns, but I feel as though we didn't get enough of a look in to Boone's life to completely believe that he would go over the edge like that, especially since he was so grimly determined in the beginning. Boone liked Preston for who he was, and admired him for being so brave in being himself, no matter how different the two men were. A very serious look at the effect that hiding yourself can bring out.
Shutdown Pair 2.5 stars
Heath plays rec hockey and one day they lose their goalie. One of the crowd says that he can play, and Heath is immediately smitten. Wyatt is very mysterious though, and determined to get to Canada. Heath knows that Wyatt is running from something, but respects his privacy and helps get him a job. When Wyatt's past shows up, Heath tries to help Wyatt do the right thing.
I never really felt connected to either character, as they seemed to be more outlines than anything else. I still enjoyed the story, even if I didn't find it completely believable.
Heir Apparent
Jacobi first saw Cam in net when he was five years old, and wanted to become one after that. Flash forward at least 15 years, and Jacobi is called up from the farm team to be the backup goalie for the same Cam who inspired him to take up the game of hockey in the first place. Cam hasn't been the same caliber of goaltender that fans are used to seeing for him, and while Jacobi respects Cam, he also wants to play and to contribute to the team. Cam appears to really resent Jacobi for it, too, and for the fact that Jacobi is open about his sexuality.
I find it a *little* hard to believe that someone, unless they are Jaromir Jagr or Chris Chellios or Martin Brodeur, being around for at least 16 years playing professional hockey at the top of their game, especially a goalie. (Martin Brodeur was a freak of nature.) I did enjoy the "I'm coming for you" competitive aspect, and the fact that neither of the guys were willing to let the other have anything easily.
Overall impressions: It's really nice to read stories about hockey written by someone who, if they don't watch and enjoy the sport themselves, at least does their research, and doesn't have defensemen playing on the same "line" as forwards, or coming back after 10 game minutes from a "game misconduct". A couple of the stories would have benefited from being longer and more developed, but overall, these were quick, easy reads.
July 15, 2017
Four short stories about hockey players - specifically goalies, thus the title - finding love. These were all very different to another and I liked them all differently.
Crashing the Crease
Isaac gets drafted to the Baltimore Badgers and finds his new teammate is none other than JD Bazin, the guy who caused Isaac's injury few months ago.
The two go from enemies to flirting to lovers, and I found myself enjoying this immensely. The pair is very adorable and the story had a sweet, hopeful ending.
Long Change
Boone plays in the goal for the hockey team at the very prestigious Rock Point College. He dreams of one more year of school, the draft and playing in the NHL where he could finally be himself. Then Preston appears as the team's mascot, he's everything Boone is not: twinky and petite, proud and string and happy. And openly gay.
Boone is burdened by his father's expectations, keeping up his grades and his game performance and slowly starts to unravel. With Preston's help he finds what's really important.
This was the one story that I struggled with, not because I didn't like it but because it affected me so much and I loved it. Boone is in a really dark place and while it is clear that Preston is the saving grace, it's Boone's own strength that ultimately gets him through.
Shutdown Pair
Heath works at the burger joint in small town Minnesota and spends all his free time playing in the local hockey team. They're down a man when Wyatt walks in and offers to spot in the goal. Turns out Wyatt is just passing through and doesn't have a place to stay so Heath takes him in - his growing infatuation with the guy nothing to do with he decision, no sir. Very slowly Wyatt starts to trust Heath and admits he's attracted to him in return but scared, being on the run from a bad relationship. When Wyatt's abusive ex-boyfriend comes calling though, the two come together and make things right.
This was very sweet. I really liked how Heath is practically in love with Wyatt from the first moment and his friends and teammates around him all tease him to either drop it or do something about it! And a happy ending with the pair moving to Florida just made me smile.
Heir Apparent
Jacobi Neal has watched Cam Evans tend the goal for Pittsburgh Pumas for seventeen years and now it's Cam's last season and Jacobi has been brought in as his backup. Hero worship turns into something more when Cam confesses he's gay but afraid to come out and on top of that, attracted to Jacobi.
Oh this was a treat, talk about saving the best for last! These two were just wonderful. Cam struggles with acknowledging long-buried feelings, tired of hiding but afraid of what coming out would mean. Jacobi is young and has never been in the closet so has a hard time with Cam not wanting to be in the open with them. But the best (and worst!) thing about this story is the very end, where Jacobi tells us how ten years on, he's the one watching his younger replacement in the net make it - and Cam teasing him about it mercilessly. This one I wouldn't mind seeing more of, it really would have the makings of a longer story in it.
Crashing the Crease
Isaac gets drafted to the Baltimore Badgers and finds his new teammate is none other than JD Bazin, the guy who caused Isaac's injury few months ago.
The two go from enemies to flirting to lovers, and I found myself enjoying this immensely. The pair is very adorable and the story had a sweet, hopeful ending.
Long Change
Boone plays in the goal for the hockey team at the very prestigious Rock Point College. He dreams of one more year of school, the draft and playing in the NHL where he could finally be himself. Then Preston appears as the team's mascot, he's everything Boone is not: twinky and petite, proud and string and happy. And openly gay.
Boone is burdened by his father's expectations, keeping up his grades and his game performance and slowly starts to unravel. With Preston's help he finds what's really important.
This was the one story that I struggled with, not because I didn't like it but because it affected me so much and I loved it. Boone is in a really dark place and while it is clear that Preston is the saving grace, it's Boone's own strength that ultimately gets him through.
Shutdown Pair
Heath works at the burger joint in small town Minnesota and spends all his free time playing in the local hockey team. They're down a man when Wyatt walks in and offers to spot in the goal. Turns out Wyatt is just passing through and doesn't have a place to stay so Heath takes him in - his growing infatuation with the guy nothing to do with he decision, no sir. Very slowly Wyatt starts to trust Heath and admits he's attracted to him in return but scared, being on the run from a bad relationship. When Wyatt's abusive ex-boyfriend comes calling though, the two come together and make things right.
This was very sweet. I really liked how Heath is practically in love with Wyatt from the first moment and his friends and teammates around him all tease him to either drop it or do something about it! And a happy ending with the pair moving to Florida just made me smile.
Heir Apparent
Jacobi Neal has watched Cam Evans tend the goal for Pittsburgh Pumas for seventeen years and now it's Cam's last season and Jacobi has been brought in as his backup. Hero worship turns into something more when Cam confesses he's gay but afraid to come out and on top of that, attracted to Jacobi.
Oh this was a treat, talk about saving the best for last! These two were just wonderful. Cam struggles with acknowledging long-buried feelings, tired of hiding but afraid of what coming out would mean. Jacobi is young and has never been in the closet so has a hard time with Cam not wanting to be in the open with them. But the best (and worst!) thing about this story is the very end, where Jacobi tells us how ten years on, he's the one watching his younger replacement in the net make it - and Cam teasing him about it mercilessly. This one I wouldn't mind seeing more of, it really would have the makings of a longer story in it.
April 15, 2018
Long Change
Boone is tortured college hockey player and this is a very angst look at internalized homophobia and self hate and how hard it can be to come out. It is sad but it is a tale of strength and love as well and I love the figure skater hero to pieces who stands by him and holds him up.
Crashing the Crease fun friends to lovers.
Shutdown Pair. Cute down on you luck awful ex romance with pick up hockey players and fast food job.
Heir Apparent. A nice age difference romance.
Boone is tortured college hockey player and this is a very angst look at internalized homophobia and self hate and how hard it can be to come out. It is sad but it is a tale of strength and love as well and I love the figure skater hero to pieces who stands by him and holds him up.
Crashing the Crease fun friends to lovers.
Shutdown Pair. Cute down on you luck awful ex romance with pick up hockey players and fast food job.
Heir Apparent. A nice age difference romance.
August 5, 2019
Crashing the Crease - 3.5 stars
Long Change - 3 stars
Shutdown Pair -2.5 stars
Heir Apparent - 4 stars
Long Change - 3 stars
Shutdown Pair -2.5 stars
Heir Apparent - 4 stars
February 23, 2019
10 Stars
As I started reading this collection, I thought , since I have read almost every book Ms. Locey has written, that I knew what I was in for. Wrong!
These stories had such amazing characters which is nothing unusual in her books. Their stories caused me to , in turns cringe, laugh, gasp , cry, get extremely angry , feel the love between the characters in each story and want to hug them all. Hard . Again nothing unusual. What was is that, while things have been dealt with in her previous books of the MM variety, these dealt me huge blows to my heart. Half of these characters just ripped my heart open with their levels of pain they were feeling. The partners they ending up finding, helped them deal with all of it, love them unconditionally and heal . I could go on but then I'd be telling you everything and I don't want anyone to miss out on experiencing these stories for themselves.
Always remember, sadly homophobic hatred is out there . Don't be blinded to it. Love is Love and that is ALL that matters!
As I started reading this collection, I thought , since I have read almost every book Ms. Locey has written, that I knew what I was in for. Wrong!
These stories had such amazing characters which is nothing unusual in her books. Their stories caused me to , in turns cringe, laugh, gasp , cry, get extremely angry , feel the love between the characters in each story and want to hug them all. Hard . Again nothing unusual. What was is that, while things have been dealt with in her previous books of the MM variety, these dealt me huge blows to my heart. Half of these characters just ripped my heart open with their levels of pain they were feeling. The partners they ending up finding, helped them deal with all of it, love them unconditionally and heal . I could go on but then I'd be telling you everything and I don't want anyone to miss out on experiencing these stories for themselves.
Always remember, sadly homophobic hatred is out there . Don't be blinded to it. Love is Love and that is ALL that matters!
April 16, 2020
VLL has done it again..!
I love hockey & mm romance genre & this book combines the two in a series of short stories. But it goes a few steps further.
Each short story addresses an aspect of a relationship that can be difficult to read: depression & acceptance, rape & abuse, as well as age difference & injury recovery. This is why tags & warnings are important.
Heir apparent was my least fave though..It dragged along & it was hard for me to wrap my head around. Im giving this 3 stars rather than my full endorsement because of no real tags on the stories...Not everyone is going to be ok with the subject matter.
I love hockey & mm romance genre & this book combines the two in a series of short stories. But it goes a few steps further.
Each short story addresses an aspect of a relationship that can be difficult to read: depression & acceptance, rape & abuse, as well as age difference & injury recovery. This is why tags & warnings are important.
Heir apparent was my least fave though..It dragged along & it was hard for me to wrap my head around. Im giving this 3 stars rather than my full endorsement because of no real tags on the stories...Not everyone is going to be ok with the subject matter.
July 16, 2018
4 short stories in one book!
Blue Line collection contains four M/M hockey romance novellas. In each book, one main character is a Goalie. No previous hockey knowledge required to enjoy these entertaining, steamy tales! The Blue Line Collection offers a bit of everything: enemies to lovers, bullying and loss of family relationships, friends to lovers, and May/December romance. With just enough conflict and heartache to feel those heart strings pull, each story is filled with sexy romance and a HEA. If you enjoy sports romance the Blue Line Collection is a must read!
Blue Line collection contains four M/M hockey romance novellas. In each book, one main character is a Goalie. No previous hockey knowledge required to enjoy these entertaining, steamy tales! The Blue Line Collection offers a bit of everything: enemies to lovers, bullying and loss of family relationships, friends to lovers, and May/December romance. With just enough conflict and heartache to feel those heart strings pull, each story is filled with sexy romance and a HEA. If you enjoy sports romance the Blue Line Collection is a must read!
March 4, 2019
Entertaining group of stories.
I’m not going to rehash each story separately but I found the majority much to my liking. A couple of the stories fit well as novellas, a couple needed to be either longer or paced better for the length. All examine different tropes. I just think V.L. Lovey is one of the very best writers of hockey romance.
I’m not going to rehash each story separately but I found the majority much to my liking. A couple of the stories fit well as novellas, a couple needed to be either longer or paced better for the length. All examine different tropes. I just think V.L. Lovey is one of the very best writers of hockey romance.
December 28, 2018
*5* I absolutely loved the story. It’s part of the Blue Line Collection #1
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