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ππ₯πππ πͺπππ (Bainbridge Hockey #3) by Andi Burns releases January 9th!
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WHAT TO EXPECT:
π₯ New Adult/College
π Hockey Romance
π€« Secret Romance
πΌAccidental Pregnancy
Excerpt:
βYou having a good day?β he asks.
βYeah, actually. Itβs been good so far. You?β
He smiles, and it accentuates the fine layer of scruff on his jaw. βYep. Got a B on my stats test and I just finished up a presentation for tomorrow. Iβve got class in a bit, but Iβm free for a while. You want to sit?β
I nod, lifting my packet. βI have thirty pages of math problems to solve, so yeah, I can sit and study.β
βAm I crazy or do you actually sound excited about thirty pages of math problems?β
βMath gets such a bad rap!β I grumble, setting my packet on the table. βIt might be thirty pages, but I think there are only six problems in total. Besides, math is just a puzzle, really. And puzzles are fun, right?β
He laughs, pulling out a chair for me and moving his bag to an empty spot. Iβm about to congratulate myself on being smooth and flirty and not freaking out.
So, naturally, thatβs when I freak out.
But itβs not my fault. βWhy is there a BU Hockey hoodie on your chair?β I ask, my feet glued to the ground.
He looks at me like Iβm the crazy one. βBecause itβs mine,β he says plainly.
βYouβre a fan?β I ask, hoping that heβs just a fan of thrifting. I cannot handle another hockey freak in my life.
Instead of agreeing with me, he just laughs. βI play for the team, so yeah, I guess I kinda have to be a fan.β
His words donβt quite register at first. βYou play for the team? Here?β
βYeahβ¦Iβm the goalie.β
βOf the hockey team?β I ask. Iβm sure girls fawn all over him when he tells them that. But I donβt. βOh my god.β The words come out as a croak.
βWhat? Is that a bad thing?β he asks, but his words are playful, like there couldnβt be anything wrong with playing hockey at Bainbridge.
My fingers are clumsy as I yank at the zipper on my bag and shove my Calc packet into it. βI donβt date athletes. And I definitely donβt date hockey players. Not that weβre dating. I know that, butβ¦ of fucking courseβ¦β
Poor JT. I almost feel bad for the guy. He looks genuinely perplexed. βI am definitely missing something here. Did you used to date a hockey player? And he turned out to be an asshole? Did your uncle get run over by a Zamboni or something?β
My uncle.
I canβt answer him. All I can stammer out is, βIβ¦Iβve got to go.β
My feet carry me down the stairs and I refuse to let myself look back. A wave of dizziness washes over me, and I wish Iβd had more to eat today. The few sips of cocoa I had are sitting heavily in my stomach.
Determinedly, I make my way across campus, despite how dizzy and gross I feel. Itβs like thereβs a stone weighing me down and making me stumble. But itβs not a stone. Itβs guilt. And frustration. And oh my god, why does he have to be a hockey player? It fucking figuresβ¦ the one guy I was considering breaking my rules for is a guy whoβs completely off-limits. A bad idea, scratch that β the worst idea.
BLURB:
Brick Wall is a college hockey romance with a hero who falls hard and fast for the one girl he canβt have.
JT
Life hasnβt always been easy, but things are beginning to look up. Iβm the starting goalie for the BU Wolves, Coach Baylor has become the family I have always wanted as a kid, and my dream career is waiting for me. All I need to do is defend my net for the next few seasons so I can prove to the Boston Bruisers that they drafted me for a reason. Thatβs a pretty bright future for a man with a past like mine.
When I hit up a party with a bunch of my roommates, I never expected to fall hard. But from that night on, itβs out of my control. Maggie Baylor is the one for me, no matter how much she tries to deny it.
Just when I think weβre getting somewhere, she ghosts me. But thereβs one thing Maggie doesnβt understand: Iβm not letting anything or anyoneβnot even Coachβstand in our way.
Maggie
As a transfer student, I have one goal: finish my senior year without any drama. And, okβ¦I may have lost sight of that goal before the year officially started. But thatβs not my faultβHottie Gym Shorts Guy wasβ¦well, hot. And sweet. And so very talented. Thatβs why I bolted the next morning. I didnβt move back home to fall in lust or worse, love. I came back to Bainbridge to spend time with my Uncle Hudson and earn my degree.
Besides, there wonβt be any drama because Iβm never going to see him again.
Except I do. We just keep running into each other. Itβs fine, though. I can resist.
Until I canβt. JT is crumbling all my defenses. Iβm on the verge of letting myself fall in love, even if I know my uncle will disapprove, when two little pink lines appear. I brace myself for impact because the only thing I know about love is that it doesnβt last.
But JT doesnβt leave my side. He slays my dragons and rubs my feet and makes me reconsider everything I thought I knew.
Is this really something I can believe in, or will our world come crashing down just when we need each other the most?
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Brick Wall is the third book in the Bainbridge U hockey series, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If you love a stoic hero whoβll do anything to protect the woman he loves and the family theyβve created, no matter who tries to stop him, JT Norris will melt your kindle. If you canβt resist a jaded heroine who learns to trust again, Maggie Baylor is your kinda girl. If you want all the laughs, all the feels, and every single bit of steam, and no third act break-up, then settle in with your favorite snackβMaggie recommends dark chocolate peanut butter cupsβand dive into this forbidden love, surprise baby college hockey romance.
The Bainbridge Hockey Series: https://geni.us/BBHockey
Find more books by Andi Burns here: https://amzn.to/4bjWaKq
