Backhand

Gold Hockey, Book 2

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Backhand

By: Elise Faber

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel, Gregory Salinas

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Mike Stewart is a bad boy.

Sleeping around. Boozing. Fighting with teammates. Name a bad behavior and he’s done it - done it so well, in fact, that he almost tanked his career as a starting defense man for the NHL’s San Francisco Gold.

But Mike is done with all that. He’s starting with a fresh foot forward and putting his past behind him. That is, until his past quite literally reappears before his eyes.

Sara Jetty is just as beautiful as she was a decade before, but Mike hasn’t seen her since she left for the biggest winter international competition and scored a gold medal in women’s figure skating. Now something has put shadows in her eyes, a familiar type of hurt he is all too well versed in. This Sara wants nothing to do with him. Their easy friendship is gone and in its place is a hardened woman who’s nothing like the girl from his past.

Still, Mike hasn’t become a top defensemen in the NHL by being afraid of hard work, and he isn’t about to let Sara push him away. Come hell or high water, he’s going to crack her tough outer shell and find the sweet, innocent woman he’s lusted after and loved, in equal measure, for more than 10 years.

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i am loving this series! this story gave me all the feels!!! same narrators as book in which threw me at first as it was different characters but i got over it quickly!

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Oh man. I'm just enjoying this team of narrators. I don't know what it is, but they are really bringing the story to life for me... giving voice to these characters. Mike and Sara's story was done really well. I enjoyed the writing it's a good series so far. I love how different Mike has become in this story.

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Love Lacy Laurel and Gregory Salinas

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I’ve really enjoyed seeing how these characters grow with these books. They are so likeable. I’m not really into hockey but I get that part of the storyline as Elise has written it so well. Great narration.
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These characters are brilliant

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I think what really hooked me in this story is the realistic approach to sports that Elise Faber wrote. This story had a little feel of "The Cutting Edge". Mike is a troubled hockey player, but he is ready to get serious and turn things around. When his friend returns home from chasing her Olympic dreams, Mike takes notice. Sara has changed. Their friendship is not what it once was and Sara is colder. Mike has to fight to get Sara. This struggle is felt throughout the story. It was hard to imagine them ever getting together. Sara really was stone cold and hard to break, even hard to like. I felt pity for Mike and hoped he would get his girl, eventually. This struggle, kept me guessing and hooked on this story. I look forward to the next in the series.

Lacy Laurel and Gregory Salinas worked great together. They brought Mike and Sara to life. Lacy narrated Sara exactly as I imagined her. That coldness that Sara had, Lacy brought it out to the extreme. Gregory brought Mike to life. Gregory really made me feel for Mike through his narration. He was able to bring out all the emotions and make me feel them along with Mike.

second chance romance

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I really liked this story about Mike, the bad boy on the Gold hockey team. He was bad but did end up redeeming himself a bit at the end of the first book and in this book, I thought he was a great character, especially with how he treated Sara. Sara was a mystery too- she was a professional figure skater who was accused of cheating and lost her career. When they meet again, there is obviously a past and they need to remember the good and overcome the issues to find their HEA.

All the characters were really great, including the supporting cast. I'm loving the world that the author is building because the people are good and helpful towards each other and there are chuckles to be had. While in the first book, there was so much world building it was a little confusing (too many names), this book was just right. I look forward to the next book in the series.

The duo of Lacy and Gregory narrated the prior books and they are great. Good team, great narration, great pacing and overall, a strong performance to support the story.

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Fun sports romance about the bad boy

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