Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Breakaway-Deirdre Martin

Breakaway


Deirdre Martin

Berkley, Feb 7 2012, $7.99

ISBN: 9780425243688



The New York Blades of the NHL offered Rory Brady a contract to play hockey for them. He left Ballycraig, Ireland as the town’s hero but promised his girlfriend Erin O’Brien he would send for her. However, the lights of Broadway distracted him as he never went back for her.



Erin works at her parents’ B&B while majoring online in art history. She vowed never again will she let her aspirations slide for that of a man. However, Rory is back in Ballycraig to help his grandmother and the football camp he started. However, his real agenda is Erin, but she has him stuck with a game misconduct in the penalty box.



The latest New York Blades contemporary hockey romance (see Just A Taste and Fair Play) returns the readers to Ballycraig (see Straight Up) for another O’Brien tale. The eccentric wagering townsfolk welcome back the conquering hero with one exception, the woman he wants a second chance at love with rejects him as the bets make her the favorite. Fast-paced, the skating on thin ice storyline stars two initially unlikable lead characters (though her frozen heart is understandable) who grow on the reader.



Harriet Klausner



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