Hockey Season Off-Campus

Book reviews

21 Sept

“Elle Kennedy engages your senses from the very first sentence! Both deliciously steamy and heart-achingly tender, the Off-Campus Series is an absolute winner!”

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1. THE DEAL by Elle Kennedy

SYNOPSIS

She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy…

Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice…even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date…and it’s going to be oh so good.

All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.

BOOK REVIEW

The Deal was my very first encounter with talented Elle Kennedy and everything I need in a good romance. The book was heartwarming and unexpectedly profound, with lots of cute bickering and hilarious banter and sensual feelings that ended up rocking my world. To be completely honest, it took me by surprise, since I didn’t expect much from a typical love story about a jock falling for an ‘invisible girl’ within the existing framework of NA. How wrong was I! This was an unequivocal love story between two enormously strong and courageous people, possessing unique personality traits and passion for things dear to their hearts.

“I never expected her. Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived with them. How you went about your day and hung out with your friends and f*cked other people without having this one important person in your life.”

Hannah Wells wasn’t a cliche ‘invisible’ girl. She neither hid from the cruel world despite her traumatic past nor shied away from ‘unwanted‘ attention being her outspoken nerdy self, and she definitely wasn’t afraid to give her heart to someone worthy (and OMG I envy her so much in the end). Garrett Graham appeared to be a typical popular jock, a confident and cocky flirt used to women throwing themselves at him and never refusing him anything, but that was all a mask and armor to shield him from the remnants of the pain he experienced firsthand since a very young age. You know how people say that opposites attract? In the case of Hannah and Garrett, it wasn’t the differences but the way they empowered each other by sharing the warmth of their hearts still capable of love despite the painful and hurtful pasts.

“Living well and being happy is how we get over the shit in our past.”

2. THE MISTAKE by Elle Kennedy

SYNOPSIS

He's a player in more ways than one...

College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he'll be forced to walk after graduation. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he's worth a second chance.

Now he's going to need to up his game...

After a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player she nearly handed her V-card to. She's not a charity case, and she's not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. If Logan expects her to roll over and beg like all his other puck bunnies, he can think again. He wants her back? He'll have to work for it. This time around, she'll be the one in the driver's seat...and she plans on driving him wild.

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3. THE SCORE by Elle Kennedy

SYNOPSIS

He knows how to score, on and off the ice…

Allie Hayes is in crisis mode. With graduation looming, she still doesn't have the first clue about what she's going to do after college. To make matters worse, she's nursing a broken heart thanks to the end of her longtime relationship. Wild rebound sex is definitely not the solution to her problems, but gorgeous hockey star Dean Di Laurentis is impossible to resist. Just once, though, because even if her future is uncertain, it sure as heck won't include the king of one-night stands.

It'll take more than flashy moves to win her over…

Dean always gets what he wants. Girls, grades, girls, recognition, girls...he's a ladies man, all right, and he's yet to meet a woman who's immune to his charms. Until Allie. For one night, the feisty blonde rocked his entire world -- and now she wants to be friends? Nope. It's not over until he says it's over. Dean is in full-on pursuit, but when life-rocking changes strike, he starts to wonder if maybe it's time to stop focusing on scoring...and shoot for love.

4. THE GOAL by Elle Kennedy

SYNOPSIS

She’s good at achieving her goals…

College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker, but sometimes, one night is all it takes for your entire life to change.

But the game just got a whole lot more complicated…

Tucker believes being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twenty-two, he refuses to be a bench warmer. It doesn’t hurt that the soon-to-be mother of his child is beautiful, whip-smart, and keeps him on his toes. The problem is, Sabrina’s heart is locked uptight, and the fiery brunette is too stubborn to accept his help. If he wants a life with the woman of his dreams, he’ll have to convince her that some goals can only be made with an assist.