Title: Playing Defense
Series: (Dallas Demons, #5)
Author: Aven Ellis
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Date Published: September 27, 2017
After a string of bad set-ups and boring dates, Reese Brannon is done with men. She’s focused on her job as a fitness model and blogger. Her life in the city is fun. She’s young. There’s no need to look for a man because she doesn’t want one. Especially when relationships usually end in heartbreak.
Jean-Pierre Rochat—known as JP— is done with women. All this Swiss hockey player has ever wanted is to fall in love, but his relationships never end with a happily ever after. Believing he’s always going to be dealt the friend card, JP is over it. If he’s going to be stuck in the friend zone, he’ll keep things casual for his new endgame.
But will one hot Dallas summer night change everything for Reese and JP?
Because when the two meet again when JP returns for hockey season, Reese finds her attraction to him hasn’t waned since their first meeting. Charming and intelligent, JP is different in all the right ways, but Reese realizes letting him in will make her vulnerable, something that terrifies her. JP never forgot Reese from their initial introduction last winter, and the sparks fly for him even more so the second time. But with Reese, his thoughts are anything but casual . . .
Can JP and Reese let their guards down to take a chance on love? Or will this simply be a game of playing defense?
My Thoughts:
I get really excited when Aven Ellis releases a new hockey romance book! Her stories are very character driven and I always finish each one having learned something new. Usually it's about a new career, product, type of food/drink, or simply a hobby. It's fun discovering something that I want to try or experience.
Playing Defense was all about Reese and JP's story. I just loved these two! Now, I may have mentioned this one or two hundred times before, but I have a soft spot for hockey defensemen. They are my favorite players to root for and I find that they don't always get the respect or credit that they deserve. With that said, JP was an absolute delight. He had all of these talents and seemed so perfect, yet he embraced Reese's quirks. It was nice to see that even though she was a model she loved food and was messy.
Playing Defense was a pleasant read and once again I finished the last sentence with a smile on my face.
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