Gross Misconduct
The Comebacks, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Nick J. Russo
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Alexander Cendese
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By:
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A.J. Truman
About this listen
As a high school hockey star, I was on track for greatness. Until an opponent attacked me on the ice, leaving me half blind.
For the past twenty-seven years, I’ve avoided hockey and its painful memories. But when my old teammates get back together to play in a local recreational league, I realize it could be a chance to rewrite history. The only person standing in my way is Jack Gross.
Hockey isn’t complete without a rivalry, and ours comes courtesy of the Blades: they’re younger, faster, and fronted by Jack, a former professional hockey player who hates my guts after a rooftop hookup gone wrong.
His cockiness and penchant for pranks make me hate him right back. But Jack has a special way of getting under my skin that makes me want to get into his pants. And well, I only have so much willpower.
As our teams get closer to a showdown on the ice, Jack begins shedding his armor of confidence. Despite getting to live the life I dreamed of, maybe Jack is as messed up as me.
The championship game could redeem the past for us both. But there can only be one winner. Will victory taste as sweet if it costs me Jack?
Gross Misconduct is a rivals to lovers, age gap, single dad, gay romance with no cheating and an HEA. It is book 1 in The Comebacks, a series about a friend group of single dads who were hockey all-stars in high school and looking to recapture the magic in their forties. Whether they win or lose, there's always a post-game beer.
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If you haven’t listened to any other books by them, you can read this and it won’t spoil the story, but there are so many characters that add to this, that you would know and love if you read their stories first.
I loved both characters - both Griffin and Jack. I was over the moon to see AJ Truman writing about more single dads - he does it so well, but I was interested to read the new hockey angle. The balance of hockey to story to spice was done really well - I do like the spice scenes but I do also want a storyline - I don’t mind sports, but I am in no way knowledgeable about hockey, so it was written really well for someone like me - it covered the important info but didn’t overwhelm like some other hockey romances I’ve read where I just felt lost.
On the subject of being lost, I think this was the common shared theme between both characters - they both felt lost in their own way, both coming from hockey backgrounds but at different points in their lives - Jack feeling lost about his future career and Griffin feeling a little lost over his future relationships. I think this was my favourite part of the story - watching through each page as they moved from enemies to lovers and how they helped each other to move on in each of those aspects.
Such a great listen and the dual narration by Alexander Cendese and Nick J. Russo was just perfection.
Another new series starter that will leave you wanting more!
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