Release Blitz: Around and Around We Go: Amy Aislin
Series: Vermont Trailblazers 2
Amy Aislin
Release date – wide: April 28
Buy links: https://geni.us/AroundWeGo
Or buy direct to get it a week early (on April 21) and with the bonus scene included: https://payhip.com/AmyAislinStore/collection/vermont-trailblazersGenre: contemporary m/m hockey romance
Tropes: second chance romance, forced proximity, found family
When you’re facing The End, it’s time to rewind to the beginning.
At thirty-eight years old, Sandro Zanetti is quickly aging out of hockey. But the Trailblazers are chasing a history-making third consecutive championship this season, so until his knees fail him, he plans on giving his all to the sport.
What he doesn’t need is the documentary film crew following the team’s every move. Because the director? Is Bennett Jackson.
Former college sweetheart.
Breaker of hearts.
Still unbearably handsome.
But their relationship is also history and has been for fifteen years.
Bennett Jackson is one project away from the credits rolling on his career after his last film flopped. This behind-the-scenes look at the hottest team in the league is his last chance at redemption…and possibly his last chance at redeeming himself with the one man who’s always held his heart.
Neither of them planned for old jokes to resurface or on the inconvenient fact that their chemistry is very much alive.
But as the action heats up on and off the ice—and on and off camera—their reunion looks less like a rerun of heartbreak and more like a revival of that first chemistry.
And Sandro and Bennett may discover that some stories deserve a sequel.
I’m a sucker for a second-chance story, and these guys had so many unresolved feelings. Sandro is now a 38-year-old hockey player heading towards the end of his career, but he’s not sure what he’s going to do next. He's tired and in pain most of the time, and he is starting to be more of a mentor. He does not do relationships and never really got over his first and only love, who left him broken-hearted.
Fifteen years later, that man is now making a film about his hockey team. Back then, Bennett was a college hockey player as well, but he disappeared from hockey and Sandro’s life without explanation. He had his reasons, but they were a mystery to Sandro.
And now they are back in close proximity with a whole bunch of misunderstandings and mixed-up emotions. And it took a long time for them to actually talk about it. At first, Sandro is just trying to avoid anything, and then when they do start to get on a better footing, it’s like they both try to avoid it so as not to mess anything up.
But I really liked them together. They had good chemistry. I liked that they still had an understanding and appreciation of each other based on their shared past. But they also understood that years had gone by, and that they had changed, and they were interested in seeing how.
Fifteen years later, that man is now making a film about his hockey team. Back then, Bennett was a college hockey player as well, but he disappeared from hockey and Sandro’s life without explanation. He had his reasons, but they were a mystery to Sandro.
And now they are back in close proximity with a whole bunch of misunderstandings and mixed-up emotions. And it took a long time for them to actually talk about it. At first, Sandro is just trying to avoid anything, and then when they do start to get on a better footing, it’s like they both try to avoid it so as not to mess anything up.
But I really liked them together. They had good chemistry. I liked that they still had an understanding and appreciation of each other based on their shared past. But they also understood that years had gone by, and that they had changed, and they were interested in seeing how.
But they both have a lot of fear about being hurt again and ending up in the same place where they become important to each other again, and then lose it. And now they’re both older and know what it’s like to live with that loss. And both have pressures and uncertainties about their careers and futures that they are dealing with. Bennett had a tendency to take on things alone and shuts down. Sandro shows up for others, but does not always look out for himself or accept help.
It's a sweet, second-chance romance with shared painful past, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, and found family vibes. This is my first book by this author, and I found her style easy to get into, and it kept my interest enough that I read it in one sitting. There are obvious cameos from other stories, but it was still easy to read as a standalone, and it made me interested in the first book in this series and the next book. I really liked the team culture of the Trailblazers and the way they were using mentoring and support to create a better team.
It's a sweet, second-chance romance with shared painful past, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, and found family vibes. This is my first book by this author, and I found her style easy to get into, and it kept my interest enough that I read it in one sitting. There are obvious cameos from other stories, but it was still easy to read as a standalone, and it made me interested in the first book in this series and the next book. I really liked the team culture of the Trailblazers and the way they were using mentoring and support to create a better team.
Sometimes the sweetest victories happen off the ice.
Ryland Zervudachi lives for the game of hockey—and for the chance to build the kind of team unity that will carry the Columbus Pilots all the way back to the playoffs after last season’s crushing defeat. Off the ice, though, there’s one goal he hasn’t managed to score—the heart of Kyle Dabbs, the Vermont Trailblazers’ team captain and his long-time crush.
Kyle Dabbs has built a life centered on quiet strength. After a childhood scarred by his father’s verbal abuse, Dabbs pours his energy into his career on the ice and the book series he’s written to help kids like the boy he once was. He doesn’t need someone flashy, loud, and spotlight-loving like Ryland turning his world upside down.
But when an untimely appendectomy leaves Dabbs stuck at home, Ryland—recovering from an injury—shows up to help. Between late-night Scrabble competitions, pumpkin-carving mishaps, and long talks that peel back layers they’ve both kept hidden, Dabbs begins to see past Ryland’s bold exterior.
With chemistry sparking and walls crumbling, both men must decide if they’re ready to risk their hearts for something even better than a championship: love.
Eli is trying to hold it together—his spot on the Vermont Trailblazers hockey team, the expectations off the ice, and a life that keeps demanding more than he can give. The last complication he needs is Nolan: his sister’s ex, his coach’s son, and the man he definitely shouldn’t be crushing on.
Nolan came to Vermont to breathe again, not to get pulled into unfinished history—or into Eli, who makes staying distant feel increasingly impossible. But when a set of unsent letters drags them into a mystery neither can walk away from, what starts as reluctant proximity begins to blur every line they were never supposed to cross.
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Amy Aislin
Amy's lived with her head in the clouds since she first picked up a book as a child, and being fluent in two languages means she's read a lot of books! She first picked up a pen on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class had to stay inside for recess. Tales of treasure hunts with her classmates eventually morphed into love stories between men, and she's been writing ever since. She writes evenings and weekends—or whenever she isn't at her full-time day job saving the planet at Canada's largest environmental non-profit.
An unapologetic introvert, Amy reads too much and socializes too little, with no regrets. She loves connecting with readers. Join her Facebook Group to stay up-to-date on upcoming releases and for access to early teasers, find her on Instagram and Twitter, or sign up for her infrequent newsletter.
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