Melting Ice: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey ( by Jami Davenport Series: Game On in Seattle,
Publication Date: June 12, 2015
Also in this series: Crashing the Net, Skating on Thin Ice, Blindsided: Seattle Steelheads Football
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USA Today Bestselling author Jami Davenport presents another Seattle Sockeyes hockey romance and the fifth book in her Game On in Seattle sports romance series showcasing alpha male heroes of football, baseball, and hockey.
Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac "Ice" Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way--until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell. Avery is unlike any woman he's ever known. Her smile thaws his frozen heart. Being with her heals his broken places. She makes him feel, and for Isaac that's not always a good thing. Isaac has burned every bridge in his professional hockey career. When he's traded to the Seattle Sockeyes halfway through their inaugural season, he knows he won't get another chance. He's never been a team player, yet he needs to become one--and fast.
Avery has only wanted one thing in her life--to train and show horses. Her decision to drop out of college to pursue her riding career causes a rift with her big sister, but Avery is tired of following everyone else's dreams. Now she's following her own, and no one is going to distract her from her passion--until she meets a dark stranger and his cantankerous dog.
When Isaac is warned away from Avery by the team's captain, who happens to be Avery's future brother-in-law, Isaac sees the writing on the wall. It's Avery or his career. To Isaac, a life without hockey wouldn't be a life worth living. But what about a life without Avery?
Do Isaac and Avery sacrifice their mutual passion for each other in order to achieve their goals, or do they fight to have it all, even if by doing so, they might lose everything in the end?
While all books in this series can be read as standalones, you'll likely enjoy the other books in the Game On in Seattle sports romance series:
Book 1--Skating on Thin Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) Book 2--Crashing the Boards (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) Book 3--Crashing the Net (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) Book 4--Love at First Snow (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) Book 5--Melting Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) Book 6--Blindsided (Seattle Steelheads Football) AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER 2015
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This is a feel good hockey story that pulled at my heartstrings. Isaac Wolfe, a professional hockey player, doesn’t care what people think of him. He has a bad attitude, doesn’t have any friends and because of his behavior, he continually bounces from one team to another. After yet another team lets him go, Isaac starts to worry when he finds out the Seattle Sockeyes are the only team willing to sign him. He knows this is his last chance and if he messes up again, it will be the end of his hockey career. All Isaac cares about is playing hockey and he knows if he wants to continue playing hockey, he needs to make some changes. Isaac has many layers and beneath his surly exterior, is a nice guy suffering through a lot pain and he covers up his sensitive feeling with a cocky attitude.
Isaac pushes everyone away, until he meets Avery. Avery gives him hope and for once in his life, Isaac wants more from a woman. Isaac has learned not to trust anyone and to always expect the worst from people, but with Avery, everything is different. Avery is persistent and she sees the good in Isaac that most people miss. She can see Isaac’s pain and wants to help him. I admired Avery’s strength and her confidence; she is not afraid to go after what she wants. There is a lot of chemistry sizzling between Isaac and Avery.
MELTING ICE is the fifth book in the Seattle Sockeyes Hockey series and each book is a stand-alone, but all the characters are interconnected. There are a fun cast of secondary characters and I hope to read their stories in future books, they include Isaac’s brothers, Avery’s sisters and the guys on the hockey team. This entertaining, heartwarming story is fast paced, well written and has great character development and can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
About Jami Davenport
USA Today Bestselling Author Jami Davenport writes sexy contemporary and sports romances, including her two new indie endeavors: the Game On in Seattle Series and the Madrona Island Series. Jami’s new releases consistently rank in the top fifty on the sports romance and sports genre lists on Amazon, and she has hit the Amazon top hundred authors list in both contemporary romance and genre fiction multiple times.
Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her Green Beret-turned-plumber husband, a Newfoundland cross with a tennis ball fetish, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare.
Jami works in IT for her day job and is a former high school business teacher. She’s a lifetime Seahawks and Mariners fan and is waiting for the day professional hockey comes to Seattle. An avid boater, Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, a common setting in her books. In her opinion, it’s the most beautiful place on earth.
