Love in Maplewood Book 3: A Touch of Maple by Amy Aislin

 

Love in Maplewood Book 3

After being traded numerous times over the course of his pro hockey career, all Bellamy Jordan wants is a place where he belongs. Burlington, Vermont, home of the Vermont Trailblazers, his newest team, might just be that place. The bonus: he’s within spitting distance of the grandparents who raised him. The drawback: his long-time rival’s gorgeous brother—who he can’t get out of his mind—also lives nearby.

And he hates Bellamy on sight.

Jason Zervudachi is busy enough trying to diversify his family’s maple syrup farm while completing his master’s degree. Adding in an attractive complication like Bellamy? Hard pass. Even so, there’s something more behind Bellamy’s eyes that draws Jason in, but Bellamy is his brother’s rival. There’s a sibling rule against that, right? There must be.

Except Bellamy isn’t at all what Jason expects—and neither is the connection between them.

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Bellamy has been traded so many times over the years in his pro hockey career. All he wants is to find a place where he belongs. Where he can build roots and feel wanted. He hopes the Vermont Trailblazers will be the place for him. It’s near his grandparents who raised him so that’s already a plus. He just hopes his team will like him. Then he meets Jason and just for a moment he wonders if he could have a friend and maybe something more than him. Until Jason reveals that he is Bellamy’s rival’s brother. Bellamy has had a rivalry with Ryland for a long time and Ryland is always the one to instigate or keep it going when all Bellamy wants to do is have it end. He doesn’t know what he has to do to make it stop. And he can’t help but feel that Jason is going to hate him on principle. But though they start off rocky, Jason starts to surprise him. Jason can’t believe that Bellamy is the guy his brother constantly chirps on about. Because the guy that Ryland keeps complaining about is nothing like the Bellamy Jason sees. And the more he gets to know him, the harder Jason falls. He knows he’ll have to tell his brother, and he can only hope that he’ll let it go because Bellamy may just be the guy he has been waiting for. I adored these two! I loved Bellamy. The poor guy has just been through enough. He wants friends and a place to belong and you can tell he is just so tired of not finding it. And it’s so sweet how Jason bit by bit opens Bellamy up and gives him hope for the future he has always wanted. And even Jason has been burned in the past and is wary of anyone’s motivations but he sees Bellamy for who he is and in return opens himself up right back. Loved their story! I want more from Bellamy’s team and even Jason’s brother! There were so many interesting characters and I would love books for them all!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.