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Cajuns Hockey #2
Dillon - At A Glance
New Orleans just got a new trade who is as hot on the ice as he is in real life, but he's an expert at hiding his damaged heart.
Breaking up with the love of your life the same day you sign your first NHL contract would mess with anyone's head. Turning all that hurt and anger into magic on the ice is what the Irish immigrant, Dillon, does best.
He's played well for New York so is surprised to find out he was a last-minute trade to the new expansion team in New Orleans, the Cajuns. The hot humid South, he can't imagine anything worse. He grew up in Chicago and is comfortable with snow and cold.
What is he supposed to do in Louisiana?
In a weird twist of fate, he's forced to work with the woman who shattered his heart in order to rehab an injury. After all, she is the best. But it's not only her who walks into his life, it's also the son he never knew about.
Breaking up with the love of your life the same day you sign your first NHL contract would mess with anyone's head. Turning all that hurt and anger into magic on the ice is what the Irish immigrant, Dillon, does best.
He's played well for New York so is surprised to find out he was a last-minute trade to the new expansion team in New Orleans, the Cajuns. The hot humid South, he can't imagine anything worse. He grew up in Chicago and is comfortable with snow and cold.
What is he supposed to do in Louisiana?
In a weird twist of fate, he's forced to work with the woman who shattered his heart in order to rehab an injury. After all, she is the best. But it's not only her who walks into his life, it's also the son he never knew about.
- GenresHockey Romance
431 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 28, 2021
63 people are currently reading
17 people want to read
About the author
Jessica McBrayer
41 books96 followersJessica McBrayer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. She enjoys reading voraciously as well as writing and is often daydreaming about her next book. A die-hard San Jose Sharks fan, you can find her during hockey season wearing her favorite player’s name on the back of her jersey and yelling at the TV. She never wants to find out what the world would be like without hockey in it.
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Don’t miss Jessica’s next book, Jude Sweet Fire - the first book in her new series, Savannah Heat, a hockey romance series chock-full of hunky men, the women that steal their hearts, and all the best feels.
You can connect with Jessica by emailing jessica@jessicamcbrayer.com
***Join Jessica's Bookinistas Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/56862...
*Follow Jessica on Instagram @jessica.mcbrayer *
*Follow Jessica on Facebook @JessicaMcBrayerAuthor *
Be sure to visit www.jessicamcbrayer.com for info on new releases, bonus material and inside information on characters from Jessica’s books.
Don’t miss Jessica’s next book, Jude Sweet Fire - the first book in her new series, Savannah Heat, a hockey romance series chock-full of hunky men, the women that steal their hearts, and all the best feels.
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May 4, 2021
Loving the new hockey romance
I love this new series by Jessica McBrayer. I started with the Savannah Heat series and this spinoff series is just as amazing. I really loved this second book because the whole concept of star crossed lovers trying to get their happily ever after just makes me smile. I laughed and cried with them. I cheered when they had good moments and cried when they hurt. I cant wait for the next book!
I love this new series by Jessica McBrayer. I started with the Savannah Heat series and this spinoff series is just as amazing. I really loved this second book because the whole concept of star crossed lovers trying to get their happily ever after just makes me smile. I laughed and cried with them. I cheered when they had good moments and cried when they hurt. I cant wait for the next book!
February 7, 2023
Three years before:
Dillion had just been drafted, to New York, to play in the NHL. This eighteen-year-old, Irish boy from, Chicago, is so excited, to be going, and the girl he has loved since they were eight is, going with her. He even has the engagement ring in his pocket to make it official.
However, that is not what happens. Seeing him up on stage, makes it official, by holding up his jersey. Sarah saw such utter joy and a sense of accomplishment on his face. She knew at that moment that, she couldn't strap him down with, the news she had planned so excitedly, to give him after he got off the stage. Instead, she broke both their hearts ending their relationship. Saying they just wouldn’t work.
Dillon has a large, Irish Catholic family. His Ma and Da own a pub. Which means tons of family in town. His mom never cared for her even though Dillon and Sarah have been friends since they were eight. So, avoiding them is easy. It is a little harder, to avoid their old friends. She just had, to cut all ties. She couldn't risk him finding out. He would do the right thing. Skipping out on his dream, of playing professional hockey.
Present day:
Being the brainiest person ever she did the accelerated program in college, to be a physical therapist. Right out of school, where they shadowed her. Sarah far exceeded the average students. All with her raising, her now, three-and-a-half-year-old little boy. With thankful help, from her mom. It is no surprise when she is offered, a position in two different states one is, far more lucrative than the other. Not, to mention it doesn't have, a hockey team. That is until it does.
I enjoyed the characters. Lor was such a good character. Dillon to me is a wimp. You will find yourself extremely angry at his mother and Dillon himself.
Dillion had just been drafted, to New York, to play in the NHL. This eighteen-year-old, Irish boy from, Chicago, is so excited, to be going, and the girl he has loved since they were eight is, going with her. He even has the engagement ring in his pocket to make it official.
However, that is not what happens. Seeing him up on stage, makes it official, by holding up his jersey. Sarah saw such utter joy and a sense of accomplishment on his face. She knew at that moment that, she couldn't strap him down with, the news she had planned so excitedly, to give him after he got off the stage. Instead, she broke both their hearts ending their relationship. Saying they just wouldn’t work.
Dillon has a large, Irish Catholic family. His Ma and Da own a pub. Which means tons of family in town. His mom never cared for her even though Dillon and Sarah have been friends since they were eight. So, avoiding them is easy. It is a little harder, to avoid their old friends. She just had, to cut all ties. She couldn't risk him finding out. He would do the right thing. Skipping out on his dream, of playing professional hockey.
Present day:
Being the brainiest person ever she did the accelerated program in college, to be a physical therapist. Right out of school, where they shadowed her. Sarah far exceeded the average students. All with her raising, her now, three-and-a-half-year-old little boy. With thankful help, from her mom. It is no surprise when she is offered, a position in two different states one is, far more lucrative than the other. Not, to mention it doesn't have, a hockey team. That is until it does.
I enjoyed the characters. Lor was such a good character. Dillon to me is a wimp. You will find yourself extremely angry at his mother and Dillon himself.
May 12, 2023
This storyline has twists and turns that keep the drama going strong.
I'm not a fan of females who withhold knowledge of pregnancy from the dad, and I was plenty upset with Sarah for a good half of the book. Then, Dillon began to think rationally, and listened to both his cousin and Dad about Sarah making a hard decision and sticking to it for Dillon's as well as their son's sake. You know what? I saw that she actually put into motion a sequence of events and life changes that did work for the best where Dillon's career was concerned. He wouldn't have been nearly as focused, fueled by anger, or effectively motivated to becoming the amazing rightwinger he worked so hard to be without being solitary and singleminded.
I loved how the story worked out to its conclusion. However, I am not a fan of Jessica McBrayer's penchant for abruptly ending her books on a cliffhanger (the Savannah Heat series endings weren't quite as dismally up inn the air). I also think there are way too many errors (typos, lack of punctuation, missing or incorrectly used words). Still, nice story, great characters, main and secondary. Four stars.
I'm not a fan of females who withhold knowledge of pregnancy from the dad, and I was plenty upset with Sarah for a good half of the book. Then, Dillon began to think rationally, and listened to both his cousin and Dad about Sarah making a hard decision and sticking to it for Dillon's as well as their son's sake. You know what? I saw that she actually put into motion a sequence of events and life changes that did work for the best where Dillon's career was concerned. He wouldn't have been nearly as focused, fueled by anger, or effectively motivated to becoming the amazing rightwinger he worked so hard to be without being solitary and singleminded.
I loved how the story worked out to its conclusion. However, I am not a fan of Jessica McBrayer's penchant for abruptly ending her books on a cliffhanger (the Savannah Heat series endings weren't quite as dismally up inn the air). I also think there are way too many errors (typos, lack of punctuation, missing or incorrectly used words). Still, nice story, great characters, main and secondary. Four stars.
November 18, 2021
Loved this book and the wonderful characters. Couldn’t put it down💕
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