She’s reaching for a breakaway pass.
Dana Campbell has spent the past seven years in self-imposed isolation for a crime she didn’t commit. The danger is well in the past, but her panic attacks make it impossible to have a normal, healthy relationship with a man. Even her counselor has given up on her. She has to find someone she trusts to help her fight through the panic, or her seven-year ordeal will become a lifetime sentence. There’s only one man she feels safe enough to ask.
He got caught with his head down.
As the captain of the NHL’s once elite but now fading Portland Storm, Eric Zellinger knows a thing or two about keeping his focus on the job. Questions are flying about his ability to lead the team back to the playoffs. If they don’t make it, he might be shipped out of town. It’s the worst time possible for his best friend’s kid sister to divide his focus. How can he give her what she needs without jeopardizing both the Storm’s playoff hopes and his future with the team?
It’s her only chance, but it’s his last shot. (Blurb via Goodreads)
{Details} ebook, 264 pages. Published
December 11th 2013
by Night Shift Publishing
(first published December 10th 2013)
The storyline was engaging - I couldn't put it down - but it was also heartbreaking. What happened to Dana... Dana made me cry. To see the person she was before, to see who she is now, the daily struggles she faces, how far she has to go to live a 'normal' life. As difficult as it was to watch Dana's journey, I really enjoyed the story."Amani's Family-Style Italian Restaurant was nearly empty." (page 1, line 1)
Eric. Love him. He's the perfect mix of tender and fierce, of protective alpha male, of hot and sweet. I liked the hockey element, that while Eric's trying to help Dana and all the emotional repercussions of that he's also facing tremendous professional pressure; I really felt for his struggles.
I loved the dual POVs, the writing, the pacing, the love story, and the only problem I had was that I didn't buy Dana's obtuseness. I couldn't believe that she didn't see how much Eric loved her after what he did for her, what he was willing to go through for her. You don't do what Eric did unless you deeply, truly love someone.
I'm definitely going to be on the look out for more stories by Catherine Gayle and the next book in the Portland Storm series.
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