Last Defense
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4.6 • 27 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Two men afraid to feel, have to make choices that could end up breaking down their defenses and leading them back to love.
Every time Max Van Hellren steps on the ice he knows it could be his last time. At thirty he’s past his hockey prime but he’s also hiding a life-threatening injury that private doctors warn could kill him. This is his last season, and there’s a chance he could lift the Stanley Cup after fourteen years in the NHL. He just needs to stay safe and healthy; difficult when he’s known for his heavy hitting and with a propensity for dropping the gloves and putting his body in the way of pucks to keep his team safe.
A one night stand with a sexy man was just what he needed, dangerous and hot, but what if it turned into more? Would he actually have to share the secrets he so desperately tries to hide?
Ben Worthington had it all. A fulfilling job running the CrossRoads Shelter, his loving aunts, and a husband that understood his devotion to animals. Then, the love of his life left him, succumbing so quickly to an unexpected sickness that Ben never had time to say goodbye. The violent loss scarred him.
Unable to move past his fears, he moves from lonely encounter to lonely encounter, slaking a desperate need that is eating away at him, but never making a connection that could lead him back into love. One night with Max makes him want more, but will giving into the temptation open the door to feelings he can’t contain?
Can these two broken men ever find a way to be together?
Customer Reviews
Two hot hockey player plus cats and dogs. What could be better?
The Harrisburg Railers series just keeps getting better and better. Last Defense features Max Van Hellren, a defenseman playing his last season of hockey, and Widower Ben Worthington who runs a no-kill animal shelter, and Bucky a Malamute rescued from a shelter. Like the other books in this series, it's told in first person POV alternating between Ben and Max.
When Max and Ben first meet, in the arena where the Railers play, Max comes on strong to Ben; he wants him and isn't shy about expressing that. Once the two finally hook up it's hot!
This story has a little bit of everything – hot guys getting it on, mystery and suspense (who is vandalizing Ben's animal shelter?) and humor provided by Ben's two elderly aunts who participate in a lot of political protest marches.
It's always nice to revisit characters from the previous books and we get to see of few of them in Last Defense. Stan – the main character from the previous book, Poke Check – added a lot of humor with his repeated request for an ugly dog with long teeth.
After Ben and Max finally stop fighting their feelings the only thing that might tear them apart is the secret that Max is keeping from Ben. Once he finds out what that secret is it's not a good thing for Max at all.
Like most of the books in this series, Last Defense moved me to tears in places and in others I laughed out loud. The next book in this series can't come too soon for me.
An advanced copy of this book was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.
***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***