Adrenalin Book 5: Shattered by Michele Lenard

 

Adrenalin Book 5

Some people meet cute. Theirs was court-ordered.

Ryder Vorhees was born to ride—until the day he stopped.

A tragic accident stole his brother, his will to compete, and any reason to step back on a snowboard. Now he’s stuck serving community service hours at the last place he wants to the mountain that haunts him. The only thing worse? The man in charge of babysitting him.

Hayden Chaulke lives for helping people rediscover what they’ve lost. Running a fledgling adaptive sports program is supposed to be his dream job—until his newest “instructor” shows up hungover, bitter, and infuriatingly gorgeous. Hayden doesn’t do lost causes… but Ryder isn’t just anyone.

Forced to work together on the slopes, sparks fly between the surly ex–pro and the rule-following manager. What starts as hostility turns into something neither expected—an attraction that feels as dangerous as it is undeniable. But Ryder’s ghosts are never far behind, and learning to let go might mean facing the one thing he’s fought hardest to forgiveness.

Because some mountains aren’t meant to be conquered—they’re meant to heal you.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243338729-shattered

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

It’s been no secret that Ryder has been struggling. The death of his brother months ago shattered him. Unable to stand the idea of getting on the mountain to snowboard and compete and just unable to live with the grief and guilt, he has pulled away from those who love him. And he drinks to numb it away. But his bad decisions has led him to a bad incident and now he has to do community service. But his friends are still there and in their attempt to help him, they push him to do his service at the resort to be an instructor for a new program they are developing. It’s the last place he wants to be. But he never expects Hayden. The icy guy who is now in charge of supervising him who doesn’t take Ryder’s attitude and surprisingly sparks something in Ryder. But is it enough to bring him out his grief and start to heal? Hayden doesn’t understand why Ryder is here. Not when he shows up hungover and looks it. He won’t jeopardize the students for anyone, so why is his boss insistent on helping Ryder? The pieces start to slowly form about exactly what Ryder is going through and there are moments where Hayden can see the good guy underneath the grieving man. And when they get a chance to explore this chemistry between them? It may just be the thing they both need and deserve. I’ve been looking forward to Ryder’s book! The poor guy has just been struggling and he really needed someone to pull him out. His friends give him the chance but it is Hayden who sparks the life back into him when he doesn’t treat him like broken glass. Ryder needs that kick to figure out how to heal and move on. I really loved their enemies to lovers vibes and Ryder’s healing journey. It’s not perfect but you can see when something clicks and he wants to figure himself out more. Another great book to this series!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.