Fake Shot by Julia Connors
Boston Rebels #2
Genre: Hockey Sports Romance
Audio Release: October 15, 2024
What to expect:
🏒Brother’s best friend
🏒Age Gap
🏒Forced proximity
🏒Fake Engagement
🏒Reformed playboy/virgin heroine
🏒 Slow Burn
After fifteen years of tending goal for the Boston Rebels, I’m known for two things: the highest save percentage in the league, and never spending more than one night with the same woman.
I’m definitely not the guy you should trust with your best friend’s little sister. Especially not when that sister, Jules, is eight years younger and my new roommate.
When I witness her on the verge of a panic attack while being intimidated by another man, I don’t think twice about calling her my fiancée and kissing her. Which brings me to the third thing I’m known for: reckless and impulsive decision-making.
After a video of that steamy kiss goes viral, the whole world is convinced we’re engaged. If we don’t play along, I risk losing my place as the starting goalie for the Rebels, and Jules’s reputation and career could tank.
Our engagement may be fake, but the memories of the way she tastes, and the feel of her body wrapped around mine, are all too real. And the more time we spend together, the less it feels like pretending.
None of the secrets from my past seem to matter as much when I’m with her. It turns out, Jules may have some secrets of her own – and uncovering them just might be what heals me…or what finally breaks me.
Listen here: https://www.audible.com/author/Julia-Connors/B09WB4KBRD
Fake Shot by Julia Connors
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
🎧🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧🎧
My second experience with a Julia Connors story and we are two for two highly recommend!
I love this story so much! It wasn’t a straightforward story. It had curves and some of those curves even had twist and I was honestly surprised at almost every one of them. These aren’t twist like plot twist but more like these nuggets of information that happened or were told to us that really enhanced the story and made me think on more than one occasion “ohhhhhhh”. That’s an outstanding feeling as a reader! I like being surprised even when it’s something small and innocent and not some huge revelation. I was just very happily surprised at many moments in this story and that, in and of itself, captivated me and kept me wanting more!
I’ve never really been a huge fan of the ”friend’s sibling” trope because it’s almost always used as a point of conflict for way longer than necessary. I’ve never even understood why it’s problematic in the first place lol so when it’s dragged on for what seems like forever in a book, I get twitchy. LOL Well, Julia Connors did not drag it out at all! She didn’t even make it a point of conflict. Instead, she kinda blended it into Colt’s growth as a character! I mean … see, surprising nuggets of information! This entire story was full on little examples such as this one and when you put them all together, it makes an exceptional story. I honestly can’t find even a little tiny thing to quibble about! *heart eyes*
🎧 About the narrators … swoooooooooonfest! Connor Crais together with Stella Bloom made me incredibly happy. You know, a story can be a 10 out of 10 but if narration runs amok, it can derail everything about a story and that also works the other way! Connor & Stella elevated an already outstanding story with their narration. They both have very good ranges with “other” voices they need to narrate other than the leads. They make an excellent team!
Thank you Wordsmith Publicity for the opportunity to listen to this ALC in exchange for an honest review
MEET THE AUTHOR:
I grew up in warm and sunny California, but my first decision as an adult was to trade my flip-flops for snow boots and move to Boston. I’ve been enjoying everything that New England has to offer for over two decades, and now that I’m acclimated to the snowy winters and have finally found all the places to get good sushi and tacos, I have zero regrets.
I live in the Boston-area with my husband and two daughters. I spend way too much time in front of my computer, weaving words into stories or wasting entirely too much time on social media.
But when I stop writing, I’m most likely to be found outdoors, preferably with a pair of skis or snowshoes strapped to my feet in winter or on a paddleboard in the summer.
Find out more ⇒ https://linktr.ee/juliaconnorsauthor
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