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Pucking Wrong #5

The Pucking Wrong Rookie

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Making your way to the top is never easy, but being a sexy-as-hell hockey player certainly helps.

When a guy like Logan York knows what—or who—he wants, sometimes he has to do all the wrong things to get it. But can this rookie handle the heat...both on and off the ice?

The Pucking Wrong Rookie is the next installment in the sizzling hockey-romance series from USA Today–best-selling author C.R. Jane.

368 pages, Paperback

Published May 13, 2025

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C.R. Jane

97 books5,156 followers
I'm a wife, mother, and author! Writing has always been a passion for me, and publishing my first series is a dream come true. I drink too much caffeine, never sleep, and my imagination is always churning out ideas. Eva and her men have been in my head for awhile, and I'm so glad to finally take you with me on this journey!

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Profile Image for Youssra (semi ia).
718 reviews233 followers
August 13, 2025
I LOVE THIS NONSENSICAL SERIES WITH MY WHOLE DAMN HEART😭

Listen, did all the 5 books have almost the exact same plot? yes.
Were all the men completely unhinged but ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE and DOWN BAD for their girls? Yes.
Did they all fall in love at first sight? yes, yes they did.
Did I still enjoy myself? Heck yeah I did!😅

I don't know what it is about this series, but I really don't care about the repetitive plot, the insta-love and insta-lust because it is just so damn fun and funny! C.R. Jane really knows how to write such lovable and down-bad obsessed mmcs that you can't help but giggle at their unhinged antics😅 I will admit though, I consider these books as palate cleansers and comfort reads because I always know what to expect and they always provide entertainment when I am in the mood for something fun.

My absolute favorite part of this whole series is the found family and the guys' friendship, and I think I have mentioned this in every review for these books because it is THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH! I would unironically read a whole 700 page novel of JUST their hilarious text chains✋ Petition for Ms. Jane to start a novella series about the circle of trust 🙏🙏 I would read every single interaction between them no joke😭

And as always, Troy Duran, my absolute favorite narrator💋💋 His hypnotizing gravely voice can make me listen to a whole astrophysics book and I would understand every word 😅😅
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487 reviews1,806 followers
May 16, 2025
Oh Rookie, Oh Rookie ! What an absolute CUTIE you are 😍❤️

Listen this series is for me the same as the Nola Rebels MC series that I follow unconditionally, it’s a comfort series, it’s a series that no matter how repetitive it is I will probably always love it. I know I’m being the hypocrite bitch that I am here because I dislike Rina’s books for the exact same reasons, the reason being that every book is the same. But I can’t help it, you like what you like and that’s it, and in my humble opinion it works for C.R Jane so it is what it is. This series and the Nola despite being the same thing over and over, I love immensely.
Do they have the same traumatic situations involved the girl? Yes. Do they have the same immediate obsession from the guys ? Yes. Do they have the same funny as hell group text ? ALSO yes. And i absolutely eat this shit up for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In fact give me an entire book JUST with their Circle of Trust text messages and I’ll read it. 😂
Here we have Sloane who’s a girl coming from extreme poverty and the death of her mother, she was “rescue” by her uncle after being in the system for 2 years. So she goes to live with said uncle that is rich and powerful. She now is a high end very expensive escort. She is unhappy and trapped.
Than we have our beautiful Logan aka Rookie, who’s obviously a hockey player in the Dallas dream team, the team of THE GOD Lincoln Daniels, the Funniest guy Ari Lancaster, the Disney Prince Walker Davis and the Daddy Camden James. And those guys ARE EVERYTHING, they understand stalker obsessive behavior because they are all like that.
The found family in this group is the best. I love it. I was giggling and kicking my feet with all of them. Logan is the CUTEST and I love him. By the way there is a reason why LINCOLN MOTHERFUCKING DANIELS IS THE GOD AND MY FAVORITE!!!!! What a MAN he is ! His book will forever be my favorite in this series ! Done, I said it ! By the way I Live for how everyone simp over Lincoln, specially Disney and Rookie 😍
Now I just want to say something and it might be a little disconcerting to some people, but I was devastated reading so many reviews here bashing Sloane for her “choice” in a “career “ , first of all if you read the book you’ll understand that it wasn’t a choice it was a manipulation that made her think it was her choice, but regardless of that and even if it was her choice, why are we condemning and judging women and forgiving every despicable act men do? I don’t think bashing and judging women for whatever she does in life or with her body is the way to go, and that’s very sad to me. It feels so shady and slimy to forgive men for the same things we condemn women for. Anyway that just my 2 cents .
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801 reviews9,287 followers
May 17, 2025
Sloane Calloway has had a hard life. When her uncle arrives at her latest foster home, she’s guarded, but hopeful.

One look at his rival’s girl and rookie, Logan York, is all in. “I’ll love whatever you can give me, and it will be enough. Because, Sloane, even a single piece of you is worth more than anything anyone else could give me.”

Look, honestly, I didn’t connect fully with Logan or Sloane. I wanted to love them both, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I’m sure it’s a me problem because the duo seems well loved. As always, the way the guys have one another’s backs and, of course, the Circle of Trust text thread was the highlight of it all for me.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩😭🥹🥵😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Dark, New Adult, Sports

✨ Tropes: Athlete, Found Family, Instalove, Stalker Vibes
 
💫 Microtropes: Boy Obsessed, Fancy 🍆, MINE!, OTT Jealous/Possessive, Sex Worker, Tattooed, Touch-Her-and-💀, Tragic Past,

💋 Kinks: Handcuffs, Spanking, Squirting

⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.

🚩 Safety Squad: Abortion, Abuse (Not by MMC, On-Page), Animal Abuse (Not by MMC, On-Page), Violence, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📣 Type: The Pucking Wrong Rookie is part of the Pucking Wrong series of interconnected standalones. While no other books need to be read in order to follow the story, reading prior books may enhance the experience.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
Profile Image for Jen ♥.
1,749 reviews963 followers
on-hold
May 17, 2025
On hold @ 27%

Idk; I may sound so insensitive here, but I find it difficult to sympathize with Sloane. Sorry, but she's responsible for her current situation. She wasn't forced by her uncle; sure, he gaslighted her, but she had a choice not to take what he was offering. But she valued safety and not being homeless or broke more, so she agreed to the auction. Four years later, she's still working as an escort. I don't have anything against it, but she obviously didn't want this job. Tbh, I think she could've stopped and walked away at any point after making some money, but she chose not to. I don't think she had a binding contract with her uncle, but I haven't gotten very far yet, so I may be wrong.

Maybe I sound like an idiot because what do I know about her situation when I've never been in that one? But personally, I'd rather go broke and start from scratch than do something that makes my stomach turn every freaking time. Sloane managed to do that before she met her uncle, so she can definitely do it again. I get that it was tough for her, but hey, at least she’s managing just fine on her own. Skimming through her story made me feel uncomfortable as she relived some of the things she did and the clients she worked with. It gave the impression that she endured abuse (and not a job) for years, yet she insisted it was her decision. I'm not really sure how to feel about that.

I grasped onto that. Because they had looked powerful. Beautiful. Like they were enjoying every glamoured second. It was a far cry from my other option of having nothing. I couldn't go back to that. I just couldn't. So even though my heart was pounding so hard I was having trouble breathing, I knew what I needed to choose. [...]

“It’s all for you, Sloane. You should feel honored. This…this is power.” It didn’t feel like it. I felt like I was being torn apart, like everything inside me was breaking, unraveling with each new bid. This felt like something else. Like something dark and twisted that I couldn’t even begin to comprehend. But I wanted to be safe. I didn’t want to be homeless and penniless and alone. This was the only way. [...]

The person I used to be was gone, lost in the quiet where there had once been life.
Now, there was only the ghost of who I had been, the power Everett had mentioned, nowhere to be found.
Maybe I hadn’t taken matters into my own hands and saved myself.
Maybe I’d destroyed myself instead.
But I’d chosen this…and there was no going back now.


So I'm putting this on hold right now because the uneasiness is getting to me, and I don't think I will enjoy this story if I'm feeling like this way.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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623 reviews9 followers
May 13, 2025
3.5
oh how I love the circle of trust!! Also feel like we got more linc in this one and everyone knows he’s my favorite!!
I really enjoyed this one, but I just feel like it didn’t quite hit the way the others did…
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422 reviews869 followers
May 26, 2025
YEARNING & DESEPRATE for her!! Girl in need of rescuing & an obsessed hockey player that will do unhinged things to charm her…but it’s all for her own good so it’s okay

“Fuck. She was divine. My new religion. And I intended to worship her every day.”

Sloane is a girl in desperate need of some light in her life! She has been groomed & is forced to escort for a wannabe hockey player. The absolute last thing she expected is for a RIVAL hockey player to sweep her off her high heels & kiss her silly right there on the ice. 🏒♥️ Well…she thinks it’s just a kiss but Logan already has their wedding & kids names planned out.

Their romance was precarious balance of Sloane’s mistrust & vulnerability and Logan’s ’I will do absolutely EVERYTHING for you even if I have to cut off my arms’ OBSESSION 🌹 Logan definitely had to step his SMUT UP with Sloane having experience with just greasy awful men but honestly Logan hit all the physical, emotional AND spiritual boxes.

Memorable moments for me:
🏒 he breaks in & watches her sleep after refusing to come in on their first date…she doesn’t know so it’s okay

🌹 mmc is an ABSOLUTE CHARMER and she doesn’t even see it coming

🏒 he tattooed his D for her

🌹 all consuming devotion…he is SALIVATING but in a respectful way

🏒 he makes a semi-pornographic food commercial just so he can keep paying off her pimp

Full disclaimer that some parts of Sloane’s life were incredibly difficult to read. Her experience with grooming/escorting was absolutely foul & heartbreaking. There is NO OTHER MEN in the picture after she meets the mmc, which is the only way my fragile heart could endure the story.

I wish the story did cut back on some of the Circle of Trust commentary. It can get a bit cringy.

insta love
ott mmc
escort fmc
praise
touch her & 💀
female friendships
foster care
no OM
found family
HEA
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3,675 reviews2,426 followers
May 16, 2025
This one was a little darker in my eyes since Sloane's job was as a sex worker.
And how she got into that was her uncle because he sorta used her past against her making her think this was the only way to survive. And she sorta blamed herself for everything after. So every job she did she blamed herself. She was on a job when she met Logan she was paid to be an arm-candy/whore. And well she caught the eye of Logab and he made it his mission to get her. Heck he even took out the guy who was supposed to be her "client" Sloane tried to push Logan away but when she finds out he's her next client she's embarrassed he found out what she is. Besides that, he never treated her horribly. He treated her like she was a princess. Which I loved he was never disgusted by her past he always made sure to inform her that she was his and nothing was standing in his way.

He also has appearances and bromances with all the guys ❤️ and the girl squad who brought in Sloane. Everything was so perfect. And I loved how the guys had Logans back. So be warned it is funny lol. And little heartbreaking.

We got hints of the next guy and a new series with baseball!!!

Saftey-it was shown not in a lot of detail Sloane auction and mentions of her work as a sex worker. Nothing else. Her date Tyler never slept with her he was always drinking or Logan made sure nothing happened. There was a kiss but the date forced that on Sloane


Low angst, om drama/no ow, No cheating, Drama, Secondary characters, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶

Prologue
22h/I don't know
Slowinsta
Push away from h
Prior Sex worker fmc
Description of sex auction
Masturbation
Mentions of parents' death
Mentions of the death of an animal off-page
Infertility
Death
No condom
Praise kink
Abuse psychology and physically
Manipulation
Drama
Hea
Epilogue
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705 reviews3 followers
May 13, 2025
As someone who has had a hard life who left a crappy situation at 17 with no money to my name and started a whole other life from nothing I have no respect for Sloan. I know we are all supposed to feel like Sloan had no choice but heres the thing she did she was 18 its jot like she was forced into human trafficking which then yes id feel empathy for her and might have enjoyed the story. No she could have left and looked for a job and made a whole other life for herself at 18 she was just pathetic. Literally she had no good reason to choose the path she did it does not matter that hes her uncle as soon as she realized what he was offering she should have ran. Even if she had to start from scratch with no money it would have been better. She seemed weak pathetic and just dumb at 18 she could have left and changed her life but she chose to willingly put herself in that position and then keep doing it. She could have left escorting at any time but no she stays and continues to do it she is just dumb.
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39 reviews4 followers
May 14, 2025
Missed the goal for me 😭

I absolutely love C.R Jane and the Pucking wrong series. But unfortunately The pucking wrong rookie just didn't flow right for myself, sorry 😐

I don't know whether it was because I didn't really gel with Sloane (FMC) or something else. But I found myself skipping pages, even considering not finishing at one point 😬
Sloane is a high class escort, and though I have no beef with sex workers, I just couldn't relate to her at all. And this is where I struggled.


I think what kept me powering through to the end, was the Circle of trust. I love catching up with the guys and those text chats had me creasing up 😂😍
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163 reviews40 followers
May 15, 2025
4.5⭐️ 🌶️3.75

I JUST WANT TO DATE EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THE CIRCLE OF TRUST LIKE IM SAT BBY IM HERE FOR ALL THE PSYCHO AND CRAZINESS AND POSSESSIVENESS THESE MEN POSSESS LIKE YASSSS LAWD🤭🧎🏾‍♀️‍➡️

Now I felt immense sadness for Sloane’s story and even tho people want to say she had a choice in the end she truly didn’t because he who shall not be named would’ve kept her trapped one way or another.

No one topping Lincoln I fear but Logan ate up👏🏾👏🏾
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250 reviews6 followers
Read
October 22, 2024
Does anyone know when Maddie and Harley’s book comes out? I NEEED TO FIND OUT IF HE ACTUALLY CHEATED ITS KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT
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308 reviews
May 30, 2025
This is exactly what I wanted in the 2nd and 3rd book
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394 reviews27 followers
May 15, 2025
5⭐️

"Listen, Sloane. Baby. Love of my life. I have been trying to get ahold of these cookies since I first heard about them. They told me that I couldn’t have them until I had a lady. You are my lady. You have to get me one."

Who would have thought that the Rookie would become my number one of this series 🥹🥹

He was actually perfect. Loved everything about him and Sloane. They were so good together. Great chemistry. Not a ton of angst/longing but just enough to make me feel so much for these characters. Sloane was also fantastic! I think my favorite FMC in the series.

Logan is boy obsessed as soon as he sees Sloane for the very first time. He doesn't let anything or anyone get in his way of getting his girl. He was so sweet with her. The sweetest gestures, always thinking about her and always in her corner defending and protecting her. And SO POSSESSIVE!! Prime book boyfriend.

Literally love them so much.

And as always, I am obsessed with the circle of trust!!! The best banter ever. I am literally lol'ing at every interaction. And Lincoln really stepped up in this book!!! He was so protective of his found family 😭

This book had me laughing, giggling and swooning through the whole thing. I also did about 30ish percent on audio and the narrators were fantastic!

I swear CR Jane's books just get better and better!! Now we have a new unhinged boy obsessed hockey player coming who found his future wife during the parade lol, a baseball series coming and mafia series coming!! She is feeding us 🤗

-golden retriever/hockey player mmc
-escort fmc
-he falls first
-he saves her
-touch her and die
-protective/possessive mmc
-BOY OBSESSED big time
-banter
-found family
-ow-none
-om-ex clients I guess and her uncle that runs the escort service. But Logan takes care of them all
-both experienced. H doesn't come off as a manwhore. h's experience was essentially forced on her since she was manipulated into becoming an escort at 18.
-HEA
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593 reviews22 followers
October 27, 2025
2.5 stars- this one fell a bit flat to me. the first couple of books pulled me in and were a fun time, but this one got a bit too repetitive.

Ngl the first 50% was 🔥🔥🔥, but then it felt rushed / an ode to Lincoln 😂
Profile Image for Sarah.
555 reviews336 followers
September 26, 2025
*audiobook


a total, complete miss.

i especially hate the insecure heroines, as you all know.

quotes from this stupid fmc:

"do you know how many men have touched this body?"

"do you know how many mouths have been on this skin?"

"how many dicks have been inside my cunt..."

booorrrrriiing!!!

you write a story about an unwilling prostitute who lost her soul, and instead of having the mmc seduce her back to life...

you write this stupid, purity culture crap plot for the fmc, about feeling dirty and umworthy to the mmc, cause shes slept with a lot of ppl?

um, ok...

yeah, when she said those lines, i immediately knew there was no return, this was getting a low rating, for sure.

but anyway, moral of the story, dont trust your pimp uncle.
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57 reviews16 followers
May 16, 2025
Ugh, I LOVE the circle of trust sm
9 reviews
May 12, 2025
If you've read any one of C.R. Jane's books, you've basically read all of them.Literally!
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2,941 reviews2,674 followers
August 13, 2025
Emotional Depth Meets High-Stakes Hockey Heat



The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💜💚🩷
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😋😀😍☺️🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

🧍‍♀️ The Heroine – Sloane
Sloane’s childhood was a carousel of foster homes and grief after losing her mother. At sixteen, her wealthy uncle Everett swept in like a fairy godparent with limousines and private jets, moving her into a Dallas mansion. She hoped it was salvation—but feared the glitter masked a price.

📚 Plot Snapshot
On the cusp of eighteen, Everett told Sloane her time in his world had expired. He claimed he’d given her “tools to live”—but on her birthday, he offered a choice so coercive it felt like a trap. Haunted by memories of hunger and helplessness, she chose survival over autonomy. That night altered her path forever.

Fast forward four years: Sloane is a high-class escort with Everett pulling the strings. Her clients are wealthy, powerful, and fly her across the globe, yet the luxury feels like a cage. Her latest gig? A week-long date with a cocky hockey player during the Stanley Cup playoffs—a man she’s met before and never wanted to see again.

🏒 The Hero – Logan
Rookie phenom Logan plays for Dallas in the Stanley Cup Finals. Tough on the ice, emotionally bruised off it, he’s still nursing wounds from a college betrayal. Seeing Sloane—striking, mysterious, and on the arm of his nemesis—ignites a fire in him. He wants her, not for the conquest, but to rescue something precious he sees flickering behind her guarded eyes.

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🌟 What I Loved

• The Squad Goals: Logan’s teammates—Lincoln, Walker, Camden, and Ari—bring comic relief and camaraderie that anchor the story.
• Hero Falls First: Logan’s instant infatuation is heart-melting. Famous and emotionally sincere, he sees Sloane not as broken, but breathtaking. His unconditional admiration is a balm to her shame.
• Power Shift: I ached for Sloane to reclaim her agency and face off with Everett. The tension builds beautifully toward an overdue reckoning.

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💔 What Fell Flat for Me

• A Tired Trope: Sex work as a plot device is tricky. Sloane’s backstory makes it understandable, but I longed for more agency and less helplessness from her.
• Distractions on Ice: Logan’s romantic spiral derailing his playoff focus stretched believability at the beginning.
• Dirty Play: The drugging subplot—Logan orchestrating a low-blow scheme against Tyler—felt unnecessarily cruel and out of character.

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🎙️ Audiobook Performance
Dual POV, dual narration. Troy Duran delivers as always—his rich, velvety tone adds gravitas to Logan’s inner world. Alexis Paige matches him with expressive flair; her voice is grounded, emotive, and suits Sloane’s resilience perfectly.

Quotes

“I forgot an important lesson that I should have already learned. That sometimes, when everything feels too perfect, like a dream you’re afraid to wake from, it’s because the cracks were hidden just beneath the surface, waiting to remind you that nothing that good ever comes without a cost.”

“She was sitting there serenely, with no idea that I was out here losing my mind over her. It felt weird that I could be feeling so crazy and she didn’t even know I existed.”

“I know I’ll never stop looking at you like I’m in love, because every time I see you, it feels like the whole world is holding its breath, waiting for you to steal it over and over again.”


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252 reviews11 followers
August 12, 2025
The book was play. I felt like it was a rinse and repeat of the other books in the series. I did the audiobook and I enjoyed both narrators so it made it a bit better but the plot overall was lacking IMO.
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307 reviews85 followers
May 13, 2025
Tropes:
Dark Hockey Romance
Morally Grey MMC
He Falls First
OTT J/P MMC
Found Family
Group Banter

4.5 ⭐
3🌶️

If you love your men who wave their red flags freely, but are absolute simps over their woman which really equates to the red flags being green flags...This entire series is for you. They are so unhinged in all the funniest of ways. Logan was no exception.

This book had me hooked from the beginning & Sloane's tragic past. Sloane and her story is heartbreaking, but Logan quickly swoops in as her hero. The minute he sees her, he must have her regardless of the roadblocks in his way.

The group Banter in this book had me giggling so hard. These boys are truly another breed.

Sloane & Logan were just perfect...and Sloane truly deserves her crazy ever after with Logan in this one.

Thank you CR Jane & her team for an eARC in exchange for an honest review
Profile Image for Tina.
147 reviews5 followers
May 15, 2025
"Even a single piece of you is worth more than anything anyone else could give me."


Omggg this was so good, I loved every single second of this. I love the found family in this. The conversations and text messages between the COT had me dying laughing. When Lincoln said "don't touch my Rookie" omgggggg. And Ari trying to beg Geraldine for even a second of her attention lmao homeboy is dying over here. Also, I need to know what happened the night of the dogs with Logan and Geraldine. I need the details like rn, give it to me rachel plzzzz.

Even though Logan doesn't beat Camden for me, he may beat Disney. Look idk I can't decide. I'm still making up my mind.




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Pre read

I need this book like I need my next breath
Profile Image for Genesis.
455 reviews1 follower
May 14, 2025
Oh Logan is definitely CoT material, he was amazing. Loved as usual the chats and interactions with the boys and girls, the comedy relief on this series is priceless!
Unfortunately this FMC was hard to connect with, I mean yeah you had a rough life but you had other choices before and after, and even though the author tried (and failed) to presented her as a victim (which yeah, she was) it didn’t landed the way she expected but only because Sloane came across as vain and simply dumb, simply choosing “that life” because she didn’t wanted to be poor, girl take Monroe she had to do pretty shitty things in her life and had a rough childhood too but never not even once you get the feeling of her being self center or vain.
This last books are beginning to feel so repetitive and hard to connect with, maybe it’s time to stop and just keep the lovely feelings I have for this series.
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352 reviews127 followers
May 7, 2025
Absolutely loved it! How do these books just keep funnier? I’m living for the Circle of Trust texts. This book, really the whole series, is for the people who see the red flags and say yes please! Rookie is a certified crazy man just like the rest of the Circle, and I loved Sloane so much, her story was so heartbreaking. I definitely recommend this one!
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47 reviews
May 14, 2025
Well…

Another book, another lack of accountability (well, at least Sloane had a little)
I was lowkey excited for this book, but it wasn’t IT😭
I’m sorry but in what world an eighteen year old doesn’t know what an auction is and what it really means do sell your virginity???? Her uncle manipulated her, FACTS… but he never pointed a G_N over her head to choose that life.
The moment he told her he would threw her on the streets on her eighteenth bday should’ve been the BIGGEST red flag and a huge sign for her to run for her life out of that house.

A good example was Monroe, she was also poor, but never chose that life.
If I understood correctly, she was afraid to be poor again???? So she sell herself CONTINUOUSLY so she couldn’t be on the streets??? Rather work at a cafe or I don’t know cleaning something or even costumer services??

Sorry, maybe I’m cold but at 18 I was not THAT dumb, I knew perfectly that some decisions were NOT good.
And second of all, is Logan unfeeling or I don’t know super human??? Because I’m a woman and if I knew the love of my life was an escort i wasn’t going to accept everything fine like it’s just a stroll in the park,I would feel sad and maybe even grieve bc it’s not a really amazing thing to hear, sorry but let’s not pretend is easy (I would love him regardless but nor excuse his decisions, would talk him and bla bla bla but not make him a victim of circumstances unless he was s€x “tr@ff!cked”)… I know it’s a fiction but this MMC’s are just getting too robotic and a looot exaggerated! So the FMC’s is a goddess that does nothing wrong? Please, even I wouldn’t want to be treated like a non-human being.
I only get disappointed every book.

Is so sad that it’s been the same plot in this series and the other(the NFL one),for example, the last books are like a copy paste regarding to the FMC’s since Olivia’s book (excluding Ana and Casey but somehow olivia was r@pd but it was unclear in her book since it’s not clarified so I lowkey only got clarified this book so I’m confused): the girl makes wrong decisions regarding sex, is haunted by that past,but miraculously can have s€x (and trust) almost instantly with the MMC, then the guy (or clients in this case) that was part of that past haunts them and the MMC gets unhinged (even more) finds a way to move them together and “defeat” the bad guy…

I love love love dark Romances. My problem with this book or series are not about how unhinged the MMC was, but the lack of plot, the childish convos the COT has and how weak and victimising the last couple of FMC’s are… the best were Monroe,Ana and Casey that’s it.
Love spicy scenes, but in this series, it’s waay (and it’s never too much but in the last books are just a lot!) too much that the plot is forgotten,postponed and rushed it out in the end

i don’t know why I still hope for the best… I think is just the stubborn side of me that doesn’t like to leave an unfinished series.
2 stars I guess?

PS: absolutely NO hate towards the author, this is just my opinion.
i'm sure other people loved this book... that wasn't me unfortunately.
I've tried to be as gentle as possible with the review and if it seems that I wasn't, my sincere apologies to the author for the lack of kindness.
ONCE AGAIN I have absolutely not against the author.
Profile Image for Yevheniia Briulo.
95 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2025
It was much darker than previous but still awesome. I love those crazy stalkers with all my heart . Logan is obsessive sweetypie
Profile Image for Hailey Goshert.
340 reviews55 followers
May 19, 2025
thank you, CR Jane, for consistently feeding us morally grey hockey men who continue to be the downest of bad for their strong and badass FMCs 🙂‍↕️

i’ve said it before & ill say it again- CR Jane’s brand of crazy/unhinged is riiiiight up my alley. and i’m not ashamed in the least. these books might be dark and have characters with pretty traumatic backstories…. but they’re also SO. FUN. the Circle of Trust?? just gets better and better with every book! i mean so many totally hilarious and heartfelt moments between both the COT guys and our newly named Stanley Cupcakes🤭

i feel confident in saying that Sloane probably has the darkest history out of all our MC’s in this series, but that only made the fact that Logan never once judged her all the more endearing. he never held back, never held anything against her, and only ever fought to uplift her. true king behavior.

i will continue to read anything and everything this author gives to us. and now i’m honestly really interested in Asher’s story- especially after the snippets we got at the end there with the fan in the stands!
Profile Image for Sara J [saras kindle era].
434 reviews
August 19, 2025
Mkay, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about Logan, but he won me over REAL QUICK!

If you've read this series, you know all of the women have incredibly sad/twisted childhoods, but Sloane's may be the most twisted! My heart ached for her, and how resigned she was to how her life was.

All of the men are unhinged for their women, & love them in ways that only the COT can, but I adored how Logan loved Sloane! He would go to the ends of the Earth for her, and then some! He was hilarious as well, but he truly loved her so well!

PS: Geraldine better "live" forever! She is so frikkin hilarious and I love her almost as much as I love these men hahaha!

PPS: The audio is fantastic per usual! Troy Duran and Alexis Paige will always be one of the reasons I recommend this series!
Profile Image for Katie.
517 reviews157 followers
November 18, 2025
Another fun read from C.R Jane. Yes, it's very predictable and a lot of the scenes are rehashed versions from previous books but I still had a fun time.

Logan is just as obsessive and possessive as the other guys in the Circle of Trust. I love the found family with everyone and the group texts had me laughing so much.

I will read all the books this author writes, they're just such a wild time.
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