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Off the Ice

Hat Trick, Book 1

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Off the Ice

By: Avon Gale, Piper Vaughn
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
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Tristan Holt is nothing if not pragmatic. Despite a flourishing career as a defenseman for the Atlanta Venom, Tristan knows he can’t play hockey forever. One day he’ll retire - if an injury doesn’t force him to hang up his skates first. His backup plan? Finishing his business degree. But he doesn’t count on a very inappropriate attraction to his standoffish sociology professor, Sebastian Cruz.

Sebastian is on the bottom rung of the sociology department at Georgia State. He has his sights set on tenure, and he can’t afford to be distracted, especially not by a sexy student with a body straight out of Sebastian’s dreams. No matter how much Tristan tempts him, that’s one line Sebastian won’t cross. At least, not until summer classes end. After that, everything is fair game.

But Sebastian lives loud and proud, and Tristan is terrified of being the first out player in the NHL. Neither of them can afford to risk his heart when they can’t imagine a happily ever after. The problem is, unlike hockey, when it comes to love, there are no rules.

©2017 Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn (P)2018 Riptide Publishing Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt Sports Hockey

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I love hockey stories and I enjoyed this. I think I would call it very light BDSM which is fine for me. Good chemistry and the story moved along nicely. It did take me a while to get into the story and I felt Sebastian came across as a little cold. I’ll definitely be getting the next one.

Great Start to a Series

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This isn't anything new, but I'm a sucker for closeted jocks and their coming out stories. I liked even more we have a difference power balance here, were the big jock is actually submissive in bed. Of course, Sebastian was older and his teacher, the taboo aspect was also a plus for me. There is mild BDSM, no D/s (which I appreciate), just some spanking, a little power exchange but as I said it's not a D/s relationship. Also there is a little humiliation kink, which could have more, I love it Lol. The connection between them was amazing, they find one another attractive, but it didn't dictated their actions. Overall, I'm very please with the story.

Kirt graves, as usual, did an amazing job. Different voices for each character, good pacing and very emotional.

Taboo with a hint of BDSM

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