Offsides Book 4: From Coast to Coast by JJ Mulder

 

Offsides Book 4

NHL forward Remy Stone steps off the plane in Calgary a newly divorced man. While he doesn’t necessarily want to live in Canada, the trade offered a good excuse for a fresh start and he means to capitalize on it.

Defenseman Grayson Brody has played most of his career with Calgary, but has long fallen out of love with his team. After coming out, he has struggled with his teammates and management, and wishes he’d never done it at all. 

With the addition of Remy Stone shaking everything up—both on the ice and off—things start looking up for the first time in years. What starts as a friendship between them, turns into a casual, friends-with-benefits relationship.

Except a casual relationship with a teammate is fraught with complications; particularly when it starts to feel less casual to Grayson, and neither of them are sure what the future looks like for them.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217942282-from-coast-to-coast

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Ever since Grayson came out to his hockey team, things have been bad. He had hoped that the friends/teammates he has been with for so long would be supportive. But it is clear that they are anything but. Except for a one or two who have stuck by his side. So Grayson has kept his head down and hoped that a trade for him is on the way. But he never expects his newest teammate to catch his attention. Remy is still reeling from his divorce. But the more he comes to terms with it, the more he realizes just how wrong it was. And that maybe he has never been in love before. He has been trying to figure out who he is and is realizing quick that maybe he is built different when it comes to love and attraction. But then he meets Grayson and they build a friendship. And suddenly things are starting to shift between them and Remy is realizing maybe this is what he has been waiting for. Maybe this is how things are supposed to feel when you are truly into someone. But with his past, can he really trust his feelings? I adored these two. Grayson deserves some happiness after all the bad he has put up. He is far from those who he considers his family and all he wants is to play hockey and not be treated terrible. And meeting Remy, he knows he has to guard his heart if Remy isn’t looking for a relationship but the connection between them feels too big and important to let go of. And I love that Grayson, even with his fears of relationship, still let himself feel something so big and give himself a chance to fight for it. These two were just so sweet and I loved seeing so many favorite characters from the previous books! Another great addition to this series for sure! 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.