Radford U Book 2: Crossing Lines by Mel McCabe

 

Radford U Book 2

Asher Reynolds–Dutch to his teammates–is the guy who always wants things to be fair. But there’s nothing fair about losing his sister in a car accident a few months ago, along with suffering an injury that’s going to derail his senior year with the Radford Renegades.

Wyatt Chase is used to handling whatever life throws at him. A former pro hockey player who lost his career to a brutal injury, he’s now a single dad to a precocious five-year-old—and Radford’s newest physical therapist. He’s no stranger to clawing his way forward in spite of the odds.

What he’s not expecting is for Asher–broody and sullen and injured–to be his first serious case so early in the season. Or his next door neighbor. And he’s definitely not expecting for Asher’s depth–and pain–to stir something in Chase that he’s spent years trying to push past.

He knows that Asher is one-hundred-percent off limits. He’s Chase’s patient, and it’s his responsibility to help rehab him and keep the line between them clear.

So, why do they keep finding themselves crossing it over and over again?

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My Review: 4/5 Stars

Asher is drowning. Him and his sister were in a car accident over the summer and while Asher may have had a serious injury, his sister didn’t make it. Since then, he has been drowning in his grief and trying to get by day by day. He was able to at least make the decision to go back to Radford U and finish his senior year. He is on scholarship to play hockey so he has to get back in shape for it. That means going to physical therapy. There is no chance he’ll play this semester but that doesn’t mean he can’t be ready for next if he follows his program. But motivation is hard to find completely. But that won’t happen under Chase’s watch. Chase knows what it is like to lose his hockey career and his job as a physical therapist is one he loves. Especially when it helps players get back to the game they love. But Asher stumps him. Because right now, he doesn’t see someone fighting to get back to playing, he sees someone struggling to just be there in the moment. Bit by bit though, Chase helps spark Asher back to life. Just in more ways than one. Because the connection between them becomes hard to ignore the more time they spend together. And when they are neighbors and Chase sees Asher treating his five year old daughter, it’s hard to resist. Starting anything between them beyond player and trainer is a terrible idea. But it’s only a matter of time until they cross a line they can’t take back. But love may just be worth the risk. Great story all around! Asher really was just not doing well in the beginning of the story and for good reasons. But I loved seeing the spark come back to him bit by bit as the story went on. And that Chase was someone who could be there for him and help him get through it and become so much more. These two were really great for one another in a lot of ways. And they well deserved their happy ending.