Center Ice (Corrigan Falls Raiders)
by Cate Cameron
Release Date: 05/19/15
Entangled Crush
Summary from Goodreads:
The hometown hockey hero won’t know what hit him…
Karen Webber is in small-town hell. After her mother’s death, she moved to Corrigan Falls to live with strangers—her dad and his perfect, shiny new family—and there doesn’t seem to be room for a city girl with a chip on her shoulder. The only person who makes her feel like a real human being is Tyler MacDonald.
But Karen isn’t interested in starting something with a player. And that’s all she keeps hearing about Tyler.
Corrigan Falls is a hockey town, and Tyler’s the star player. But the viselike pressure from his father and his agent are sending him dangerously close to the edge. All people see is hockey—except Karen. Now they’ve managed to find something in each other that they both desperately need. And for the first time, Tyler is playing for keeps…
Karen Webber is in small-town hell. After her mother’s death, she moved to Corrigan Falls to live with strangers—her dad and his perfect, shiny new family—and there doesn’t seem to be room for a city girl with a chip on her shoulder. The only person who makes her feel like a real human being is Tyler MacDonald.
But Karen isn’t interested in starting something with a player. And that’s all she keeps hearing about Tyler.
Corrigan Falls is a hockey town, and Tyler’s the star player. But the viselike pressure from his father and his agent are sending him dangerously close to the edge. All people see is hockey—except Karen. Now they’ve managed to find something in each other that they both desperately need. And for the first time, Tyler is playing for keeps…
About the Author
Cate Cameron grew up in the city but moved to the country in her mid-twenties and isn't looking back. Most of her writing deals with people living and loving in small towns or right out in the sticks - when there aren't entertainment options on every corner, other people get a lot more interesting!
She likes to write stories about real people struggling with real issues. YA, NA, or contemporary romance, her books are connected by their emphasis on subtle humor and characters who are trying to do the right thing, even when it would be a lot easier to do something wrong.
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Interview with Cate Cameron
What
one thing should readers know about your hero?
Hmmm… I think readers should know that Tyler is
an excellent hockey player! He’s insecure and has good reason
to be – he knows he could get injured before he makes the big league, he knows
how competitive it is, with people from all over the world coming to play
hockey in the NHL. And because half the book is from Tyler’s perspective and
he’s insecure, and the other half is from Karen’s perspective and she knows
nothing about hockey, it really might seem as if Tyler is a struggling
player.
But he gets drafted in the coming June, absolutely.
He goes first round – maybe even first pick. He’s a really good player!
What
one thing should readers know about your heroine?
I think readers should know that Karen at the start
of the book isn’t the Karen who existed a couple weeks earlier. She and her mom
were really close, and her mom’s death has left her angry and confused and
miserable. So she’s not super-sympathetic at the start of the book, but I think
there’s good reason for that!
What
authors and/or books have inspired you?
I’m a voracious reader and get inspired by
practically every book I pick up, but the stories I know have had lasting
impact are the ones I read when I was younger. The Outsiders, with
all those tragic boys on their own, trying to solve life’s problems without any
guidance… and A Separate Peace, with… all those tragic boys on
their own, without any guidance… huh. And now I’m writing about OHL players,
taken away from their families at sixteen and trying to make sense of life
without any guidance… I think I may be noticing a trend.
What
are you working on next?
I’m actually working on the sequel to Centre
Ice! This one’s called Playing Defense and it’s about
Chris Winslow falling for his tutor, Claudia. I really loved writing Chris
in Center Ice, so it’s been totally fun to get to spend a whole
book with him. Claudia is really uptight and serious, and Chris has been great
for getting her to relax a little and just have some fun.
Speed Round
Love Triangles…Love
‘em or Can’t stand ‘em? – they make me anxious. I
don’t like them
Peanut M&Ms or Plain? plain
Pizza or chocolate? PIZZA!
The Vampire Diaries or Game of Thrones? Game of
Thrones
Matthew Macfadyen Mr.
Darcy or Colin Firth Mr. Darcy? Colin Firth. I thought Macfadyen did
a good job, but Colin Firth IS Mr. Darcy.
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