Release Blitz: Power Forward : Jodi Oliver
When I attended my teammate’s wedding, I wasn’t expecting to come face to face with the man who broke my heart fourteen years ago.
He was my teammate. My first love.
But when I got traded, he threw what we had away.
Now he’s back in my life and he wants to give things another go.
If I agree to try again, and it all goes wrong, it’s not just my heart that’s at risk of breaking. It’ll be my kids' hearts too.
Hayden
I don’t have many regrets in life. Only one.
Hurting Jackson Wilde.
Since my career ending injury, my life has been on a downward spiral. I’ve projected to the world that everything’s fine, but deep down, I’m a broken man.
For the last six years I’ve been working on getting back pieces of the man I used to be. Not just to save me from myself, but for this moment.
A chance to win Jackson back.
I know it’s not going to be easy, but I’m going to give it my all.
Power Forward is a second chance sports romance featuring a hockey player and an ex-teammate turned sports agent. It includes mental health rep, adorable kids, unintentional matching Halloween costumes and all the Thunder found family vibes.
It is book four in the Chicago Thunder series and can be read as a standalone.
It is book four in the Chicago Thunder series and can be read as a standalone.
These guys really hit me in the feels. I’m a sucker for a second-chance love story anyway, but seeing how much it affected them really had me emotionally invested throughout.
Jackson Wilde was just traded to Chicago last year, but he’s found a home with the team. He now has sole custody of his two kids and it’s meant a lot to him to find a welcoming family-like team near his parents and to have a support system. He though he is a veteran he is still tearing it up on the ice, but sometimes he feels overwhelmed by all of his responsibilities and not knowing if he’s giving enough attention to his kids. And he has also lost a bit of himself along the way.
And then he starts running into Hayden Cassidy again due to their shared friend group. Hayden was his first love, secret romance, and the man who broke his heart when they were younger.
Hayden had a career ending hockey injury and he has worked for years on his mental health and physical health and building a new career and spent years trying to feel worthy. And now he feels like he’s at a place where he can at least talk to Jackson and hopefully become friends...and ultimately more which is what he’s always wanted but was afraid to ask for. He tries to project a facade of charm and competence, but it hides his pain, guilt, and intrusive thoughts.
Jackson was the one that got away and Hayden knows ruining it was the biggest regret of his life. I really felt for Hayden. His struggles were explained very well and he was really trying to do the work to deal with his issues, demons, guilt, and pain and try to be the best version of himself he can be. But it is a constant struggle and there is no easy fix.
Their connection was still so strong and I loved seeing them reconnect and start to find their way. Seeing their vulnerability and the way that they wanted to support each other really touched my heart. Neither are perfect, but they are willing to work to make things the best they can for each other.
Jackson‘s kids added depth to the story, as well as all their friends who were involved. This is a second chance, past first and secret loves, right person-wrong time, single dad, hockey romance with mental health rep and found family. I think this one has been my favorite of the series so far and I am looking forward to Elliot's book.
Jackson Wilde was just traded to Chicago last year, but he’s found a home with the team. He now has sole custody of his two kids and it’s meant a lot to him to find a welcoming family-like team near his parents and to have a support system. He though he is a veteran he is still tearing it up on the ice, but sometimes he feels overwhelmed by all of his responsibilities and not knowing if he’s giving enough attention to his kids. And he has also lost a bit of himself along the way.
And then he starts running into Hayden Cassidy again due to their shared friend group. Hayden was his first love, secret romance, and the man who broke his heart when they were younger.
Hayden had a career ending hockey injury and he has worked for years on his mental health and physical health and building a new career and spent years trying to feel worthy. And now he feels like he’s at a place where he can at least talk to Jackson and hopefully become friends...and ultimately more which is what he’s always wanted but was afraid to ask for. He tries to project a facade of charm and competence, but it hides his pain, guilt, and intrusive thoughts.
Jackson was the one that got away and Hayden knows ruining it was the biggest regret of his life. I really felt for Hayden. His struggles were explained very well and he was really trying to do the work to deal with his issues, demons, guilt, and pain and try to be the best version of himself he can be. But it is a constant struggle and there is no easy fix.
Their connection was still so strong and I loved seeing them reconnect and start to find their way. Seeing their vulnerability and the way that they wanted to support each other really touched my heart. Neither are perfect, but they are willing to work to make things the best they can for each other.
Jackson‘s kids added depth to the story, as well as all their friends who were involved. This is a second chance, past first and secret loves, right person-wrong time, single dad, hockey romance with mental health rep and found family. I think this one has been my favorite of the series so far and I am looking forward to Elliot's book.
Trade Deadline
Chicago Thunder #1
Amazon
Goodreads
Kim's 4 star review
Chicago Thunder #1
Amazon
Goodreads
Kim's 4 star review
Off Season
Chicago Thunder #2
Goodreads
Chicago Thunder #2
Goodreads
Amazon
Kim's 4.5 star review
Kim's 4.5 star review
Jodi Oliver is a British author who writes MM romance, happily ever after guaranteed. She loves donuts, dogs and ice hockey, and when she hasn’t got her head in a book or hiding in the writing cave, you can find her at an ice hockey game.
She lives in England but dreams of living in the Canadian countryside, with some highland cows and otters.
You can find her on Instagram @JodiOliverAuthor or in her Facebook reader group ‘Jodi Oliver’s Sin Bin’
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