𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 (Bainbridge Hockey #3) by Andi Burns releases January 9th

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𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 (Bainbridge Hockey #3) by Andi Burns releases January 9th!

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

🥅 New Adult/College

🏒 Hockey Romance

🤫 Secret Romance

🍼Accidental Pregnancy

Excerpt: 

“You having a good day?” he asks.

“Yeah, actually. It’s been good so far. You?”

He smiles, and it accentuates the fine layer of scruff on his jaw. “Yep. Got a B on my stats test and I just finished up a presentation for tomorrow. I’ve got class in a bit, but I’m free for a while. You want to sit?”

I nod, lifting my packet. “I have thirty pages of math problems to solve, so yeah, I can sit and study.”

“Am I crazy or do you actually sound excited about thirty pages of math problems?”

“Math gets such a bad rap!” I grumble, setting my packet on the table. “It might be thirty pages, but I think there are only six problems in total. Besides, math is just a puzzle, really. And puzzles are fun, right?”

He laughs, pulling out a chair for me and moving his bag to an empty spot. I’m about to congratulate myself on being smooth and flirty and not freaking out.

So, naturally, that’s when I freak out.

But it’s not my fault. “Why is there a BU Hockey hoodie on your chair?” I ask, my feet glued to the ground.

He looks at me like I’m the crazy one. “Because it’s mine,” he says plainly.

“You’re a fan?” I ask, hoping that he’s just a fan of thrifting. I cannot handle another hockey freak in my life.

Instead of agreeing with me, he just laughs. “I play for the team, so yeah, I guess I kinda have to be a fan.”

His words don’t quite register at first. “You play for the team? Here?”

“Yeah…I’m the goalie.”

“Of the hockey team?” I ask. I’m sure girls fawn all over him when he tells them that. But I don’t. “Oh my god.” The words come out as a croak.

“What? Is that a bad thing?” he asks, but his words are playful, like there couldn’t be anything wrong with playing hockey at Bainbridge.

My fingers are clumsy as I yank at the zipper on my bag and shove my Calc packet into it. “I don’t date athletes. And I definitely don’t date hockey players. Not that we’re dating. I know that, but… of fucking course…”

Poor JT. I almost feel bad for the guy. He looks genuinely perplexed. “I am definitely missing something here. Did you used to date a hockey player? And he turned out to be an asshole? Did your uncle get run over by a Zamboni or something?”

My uncle.

I can’t answer him. All I can stammer out is, “I…I’ve got to go.”

My feet carry me down the stairs and I refuse to let myself look back. A wave of dizziness washes over me, and I wish I’d had more to eat today. The few sips of cocoa I had are sitting heavily in my stomach.

Determinedly, I make my way across campus, despite how dizzy and gross I feel. It’s like there’s a stone weighing me down and making me stumble. But it’s not a stone. It’s guilt. And frustration. And oh my god, why does he have to be a hockey player? It fucking figures… the one guy I was considering breaking my rules for is a guy who’s completely off-limits. A bad idea, scratch that — the worst idea.

BLURB:

Brick Wall is a college hockey romance with a hero who falls hard and fast for the one girl he can’t have.

JT

Life hasn’t always been easy, but things are beginning to look up. I’m the starting goalie for the BU Wolves, Coach Baylor has become the family I have always wanted as a kid, and my dream career is waiting for me. All I need to do is defend my net for the next few seasons so I can prove to the Boston Bruisers that they drafted me for a reason. That’s a pretty bright future for a man with a past like mine.

When I hit up a party with a bunch of my roommates, I never expected to fall hard. But from that night on, it’s out of my control. Maggie Baylor is the one for me, no matter how much she tries to deny it.

Just when I think we’re getting somewhere, she ghosts me. But there’s one thing Maggie doesn’t understand: I’m not letting anything or anyone—not even Coach—stand in our way.

Maggie

As a transfer student, I have one goal: finish my senior year without any drama. And, ok…I may have lost sight of that goal before the year officially started. But that’s not my fault—Hottie Gym Shorts Guy was…well, hot. And sweet. And so very talented. That’s why I bolted the next morning. I didn’t move back home to fall in lust or worse, love. I came back to Bainbridge to spend time with my Uncle Hudson and earn my degree.

Besides, there won’t be any drama because I’m never going to see him again.

Except I do. We just keep running into each other. It’s fine, though. I can resist.

Until I can’t. JT is crumbling all my defenses. I’m on the verge of letting myself fall in love, even if I know my uncle will disapprove, when two little pink lines appear. I brace myself for impact because the only thing I know about love is that it doesn’t last.

But JT doesn’t leave my side. He slays my dragons and rubs my feet and makes me reconsider everything I thought I knew.

Is this really something I can believe in, or will our world come crashing down just when we need each other the most?

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Brick Wall is the third book in the Bainbridge U hockey series, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If you love a stoic hero who’ll do anything to protect the woman he loves and the family they’ve created, no matter who tries to stop him, JT Norris will melt your kindle. If you can’t resist a jaded heroine who learns to trust again, Maggie Baylor is your kinda girl. If you want all the laughs, all the feels, and every single bit of steam, and no third act break-up, then settle in with your favorite snack—Maggie recommends dark chocolate peanut butter cups—and dive into this forbidden love, surprise baby college hockey romance. 

The Bainbridge Hockey Series: https://geni.us/BBHockey

Find more books by Andi Burns here: https://amzn.to/4bjWaKq