Julian

An Opposites Attract Hockey Romance (New York Vipers, Book 2)

By: Sawyer Bennett, Bill Keenan

Narrated by: Lee Samuels, Lucy Rivers

Julian Langley has everything a man could ever want—a sprawling Manhattan townhouse, a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, and ownership of the New York Vipers, one of the most coveted franchises in professional hockey. What he doesn't have, and will never allow himself, is anyone who matters too much. Carrying a devastating loss that completely reshaped him, Julian has since built his life around the certainty that nothing will ever cost him that dearly again.

Harper Hawthorne isn't looking for a billionaire. She's looking for a way to keep the lights on. Single-handedly holding her world together since she was a teenager, Harper works two jobs, lives in a rent-controlled apartment on the Lower East Side, and sacrifices everything for her younger brother. When an unexpected phone call lands her a chauffeur job behind the wheel of Julian’s car, she takes it for exactly what it is: a paycheck.

Julian notices everything about her. Harper tries not to notice anything about him. What begins as a professional arrangement starts to crack at the edges when Harper proves, repeatedly and effortlessly, that she’s unlike anyone Julian has ever encountered before. She’s too sharp to ignore, too genuine to keep at arm's length, and entirely unimpressed by his world in a way that makes it impossible for him to stop thinking about her.

Julian doesn't do commitment. Harper doesn't believe in fairy tales. But some collisions are inevitable and some people are worth every risk you swore you'd never take again.

Julian is a slow-burn hockey romance about a guarded billionaire, the woman who got under his skin without trying, and the long road back to trusting that a second shot at love is always worth the leap.

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Loving this series

We are getting the owner’s story & I love that.

Julian is the owner of the New York Vipers a new expansion team to the league and is trying to manage the team through a bit of a PR nightmare related to ticket sales.

Harper is a scrappy gal doing what she needs to do to get by for her and her teenage brother. That includes working two jobs to make ends meet. When she is let go from her primary job, she finds herself taking up more chauffeuring jobs. That lands her in a vehicle for Julian. After overhearing the conversation he is having about the ticket crisis, Harper offers a bit of advice on how to handle the situation. Julian is intrigued by this and puts her advice into action and it works.


Julian decides that Harper must be his permanent driver. Harper is blown away by this new job - the money, the access to the vehicles and a brief peek into Julian’s life.

They share me a couple of very sexually charged moments before crossing that line. Julian has never been happier than he is when he is with Harper. But his past comes back to haunt him and he needs to push through those feelings before committing fully to Harper.

The narrators did a phenomenal job bringing this story to life!