Wallflower

Aster Springs, Book 1

De: Samantha Leigh

Narrado por: Gideon Frost, Angelina Rocca

He's the grumpy hotshot hockey player. She's too shy to look him in the eyes. He needs a live-in summer assistant, and she's perfect.

Chord Davenport is the hottest, surliest man to ever slap shot a puck. He's given up everything to be the best—family, friendship, love—but he's about to retire as a legend of the game, and that makes his sacrifices worth it.

Violet James wanted to be the next big name in bridal couture, not a junior marketing executive for the San Francisco Fury hockey team, but her salary pays her dad's therapy bills, and leaving him behind to chase a selfish dream would cost her too much.

When Chord hires Violet as his summer assistant, he's certain this pretty wallflower won't give him any trouble. But when she moves into the house he built on his family's California ranch, Chord can't take his eyes—or his hands—off her.

All he wants is to love her, protect her, satisfy her, and give her the courage to follow her heart. He didn't expect to feel a desperate need to become a better man.

In just one summer, Chord and Violet change each other forever, but will living their dreams be the very thing that tears them apart?

Wallflower is a grumpy/sunshine steamy small town romance with an HEA. It's the first book in the Aster Springs series and can be enjoyed as a standalone. Tropes include: pro hockey player with a ranch; forced proximity (boss/assistant and roommates); man obsessed; slow burn.

©2024 Samantha Leigh (P)2025 Podium Audio

swoony hockey hero x wallflower assistant

Chord is is nearing the end of his hockey career and needs an assistant. He chooses a wallflower, Violet. She accompanies him to his hometown where he falls first and harf for her.

Love the dynamics with his siblings. It will make the rest of the series more interesting.

Audiobook is narrated in dual.

Chord & Violet in audio was pure perfection!

Gideon Frost and Angelina Rocca were spectacular as my favorite Aster Springs couple. I loved it so much I’ve already listened to it twice! Wallflower was the perfect blend of sweet & spicy small town romance.

You know when you read a book and it's so good you want to immediately read everything that author wrote? That's what Wallflower and Samantha Leigh were for me. Wallflower was the first book I read by Samantha and instantly fell in love. When I saw that I was coming to audio my excitement couldn't be contained. I was not disappointed in the least. The audiobook let me experience Wallflower again like it was the first time and I fell even more in love with Chord & Violet.

Chord and Violet couldn’t have been more opposite, but if you look up the definition of opposites attract it’s them. They became the best versions of themselves together. I absolutely adored them.

The storyline was fantastic and the characters were real and relatable. I felt like I was getting to know my close friends and cheering them on for their HEA.