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Length: 50,000 words approx.
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
Owatonna U Series
Book #1 - Ryker - Amazon US | Amazon UK | Universal Link
Blurb
Scott is struggling. Grieving the loss of his brother, carrying the weight of his father’s expectations, and getting his ass kicked in the rink, he’s in a downward spiral. He needs a solution and fast, but when his steroid use is exposed, he’s close to losing his place at Owatonna and more importantly, on the Eagles Hockey team. Thrown out of his house, with nowhere to go and no future in sight, he only has one choice; agree to mandatory counseling, random drug tests, and get his act together. Only then will he have a chance at normal. Meeting Hayne, a senior connected to the world through his art, is a shock to the system. Moving in with him is his only option, but falling for the shy artist leaves Scott in an impossible situation, and one he can’t escape.
Hayne has always been that quiet, creative kid who sat in the back of class drawing instead of listening to the teacher. A talented artist, the shy and sensitive young man is struggling with the loss of his childhood friend. Seeing his sadness reflected in his usually colorful paintings, he decides to attend grief counseling and meets Scott, a lost soul in desperate need of light and color in his life. Taking in a homeless hockey player certainly was never part of his carefully orchestrated ten-year plan. But now that Scott is in his life, he’s discovering the joy of this man’s loving smile and tender touch is one of the most beautiful palettes on earth.
4 Stars
This book had so many great characters, and the heavy topics of death and addiction, but it was all done in a way that was eye-opening to dealing with grief and needing to get help.
Scotty had so much piled on his shoulders by his father that it’s not hard to see why he would turn to the things he did. I saw the way he was in Ryker’s book but I didn’t see this coming. It was heartbreaking and kinda like looking in the mirror (I don’t talk about my feelings very often, though I know I should).
Hayne is such a wonderful character, full of light and beauty. Even when he is filled with fear, I love how he gets lost in his art as if it’s an impulse that he absolutely cannot ignore.
Each book that I read by R.J. or V.L. makes me fall in love with the characters and the world and DANG IT, makes me wanna watch hockey and I really don’t like watching sports!
*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***
RJ Scott is the author of over one hundred romance books, writing emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
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V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.
When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.
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