Hooked by Love by Toni Aleo

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Hooked by Love by Toni Aleo

This review is from 2016 and is kept here for reference. Titles, prices and availability may have changed.

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Stars
★★★★½
Heat
Molten
Series
Part of a Series, Standalone

Recommendation

I’m in love with a hockey player and his name is Jace Sinclair. He’s cocky, but in the cutest way. He’s loyal and loves fiercely. I loved the banter between him and Avery. I love that he made her feel special when no one else did. Their story deals with some serious issues, and it was handled beautifully. I’m sad to say that this is the first book I’ve read in the series, but I will definitely go back and read about the other Sinclair Brothers. [March 2016]

Publisher synopsis

Things are out of control for the Sinclair boys! With two already in the NHL, Jace Sinclair is ready to follow in his brothers’ HUGE skates in the last Bellevue Bullies novel…
Jace Sinclair here, and I’m amazing. There is no other way to describe me. I am the leading scorer for the Bellevue Bullies, I’m the captain, and people love me: my family, my teammates, my coach, and the NHL. This is my last year in college–I already have one foot in the draft. Hockey keeps me warm even when it’s freezing. It’s always there when nothing else is. And it pushes me to be the best I can be. It’s my one and only love.
That is, until I see her against a tree with a guitar.
Avery.
The last thing I wanted was to meet anyone. My heart is on the bench because of what happened with my parents, and I don’t want that for myself. I don’t want to be hurt by anyone. I can’t give them that power.
But my heart is begging for ice time, and I can’t control it around her.
* * *
I’ve always been in the background. No one has ever had time for me and that’s fine; I’ve learned to cope. Coming from a family where hockey is life, the last thing I want is some big, burly hockey player charging at me. I don’t have time for it, but Jace Sinclair isn’t one to be deked around.
I didn’t want to meet anyone. I didn’t want to end up freezing the puck with him. It’s not what I want.
I have demons.
I have issues.
Living in the shadows, no one even knew until it was too late. But Jace wants to know.
He wants me.
And that scares me the living hell out of me.

We were so worried about what would happen if we fell, but we never thought what could happen in the process of falling. We never saw it coming. But it’s here, and the repercussions are not pretty. We should have known that there is no way out of the zone when you are being Hooked by Love.

Review published March 13, 2016

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