Goal Line

Boston Rebels, Book 4

De: Julia Connors

Narrado por: Sean Masters, Savannah Peachwood

As the youngest heir of the Hartmann fortune and the backup goalie for the Boston Rebels, the pro hockey team my family owns, I’ve spent my life being the peacemaker in my cutthroat family and the goalie that my teammates can depend on.

I have only one weakness: my coach’s daughter, Evangeline Wilcott.

Eva is a pairs figure skater, and my life-long best friend. I’ve always wanted more, but she friend zoned me back in high school and we’ve lived thousands of miles apart since.

Eight years later, a secret pregnancy is threatening her skating career. When she’s rushed to the hospital right before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, I panic. Now, my team’s loss lies solely on my shoulders and I could be traded.

When Eva needs help, suggesting we get married is the easiest split-second decision I’ve ever made. A grandchild could keep me in Boston playing for my family’s team, and I’d do anything to take care of Eva.

We agree to a marriage based on friendship, but once Eva and I are living together, all those artificial walls we’ve built start crumbling. Now, I’m making up for all the years I couldn’t call her mine.

But when her past reappears in our new life together, her happiness and my family’s reputation are both threatened. And maybe I’m not so different from my family after all, because I find there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to keep my wife safe and happy.

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Goal Line is book 4 in the Boston Rebel series, which features interconnected standalones about the players on a fictional professional hockey team.

Tropes:
* hockey player x figure skater
* childhood best friends to lovers
* marriage of convenience
* accidental pregnancy (not his baby)
* mutual pining

©2025 Julia Connors (P)2025 Julia Connors

Wow

This book is spectacular. Luke and Eva story is so sweet. Their bond is like no other. Their love is indescribable. The friendships/family in this series are amazing. I love how supportive they are of each other. They both definitely had obstacles to overcome come. Highly recommend

Pining Hero at its Finest

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Goal Line is the 4th book in the Boston Rebels series, but only my second book by Julia Connors. I read the previous book and immediately became obsessed with Julia's writing and how mature her sports romances are. This one also hooked me immediately with a beautiful friends to lovers romance with all the mutual pining I love.

Luke is a goalie in the NHL, and he is also close friends with his coach's daughter Eva. She is a figure skater training for the Olympics, but her world is turned upside down with an accidental pregnancy from a one-night stand. She is worried about her training, health insurance, and disappointing her parents, so Luke offers up a marriage of convenience.

There is nothing better than a pining hero, and Luke is top tier. He has been so in love with his childhood best friend forever, and now he finally gets the opportunity to move past the friend zone with this marriage. He completely steps up and is ready to raise this child as his own. The pregnant (not his baby) trope is one of my all-time favorites. I love watching a man take care of his woman while she is pregnant and love her baby as his.

This book had so much longing, and that is something I wish we had more of in romance books. Their connection was beautiful, and I loved how they stepped up for each other. I highly recommend this book!

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW

🎤Duet narration by Sean Masters & Savannah Peachwood

This audiobook had duet narration by Sean Masters and Savannah Peachwood. They did a great job bringing all the longing and mutual pining to life. The audio was so well done.

Powerhouse Duo!

Sean Masters and Savannah Peachwood is a legendary pair up and in a duet style narration for an amazing story?! This was the recipe for perfection! I love how nuanced Julia Connors writes her characters and pair that with the spectacularly dynamic performances just made me swoon even harder for these two. It all just worked for me! Can't wait to start the next one!

Goal Line

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🌶🌶🌶.5

"Maybe it’s because there’s one, and only one, perfect man in this world, and he’s standing right next to me—but he’s only ever wanted to be my best friend."

♡This entire interconnected stand alone series has been phenomenal but I think I have a new favorite couple! This book is one of the best childhood friends to lovers books I have read & Julia upped the game with a marriage of convenience trope as well. I'm still over here kicking my feet & swooning over this story! Luke & Eva are the definition of couple goals & their relationship truly shows the growth two people in love go through for the HEA of a lifetime.

The duet narration for this audiobook was a masterpiece! Sean did a phenomenal job bringing Luke our golden retriever goalie to life! Savannah did an impeccable job bringing Eva our newly pregnant pairs figure skater to life! Listening to this story come to life was like watching a movie in real time. Sean & Savannah truly became these characters & put on an amazing heart warming performance!

If you love a friends to lovers romance, banter, spice, & a love like no other look no further!♡

~As Always Happy Reading~

Luke & Eva will have you falling in LOVE!!

I listened to the audiobook for this book and OMG it was AMAZING!! After reading it first the audiobook makes this story even better in my opinion. I just got more of a connection with them in the audio. I fell in LOVE with Luke! He was he PERFECT book boyfriend.

The duet narrators Savannah Peachwood and Sean Masters were the PERFECT duo to tell this story! Their voices held my attention and kept me entertained through the entire audiobook. They have the kind of voices that make you feel a true connection with the characters. I love these narrators so much!

OMG I have fallen in LOVE with Julia Connor's writing. I was so excited to see she had a new book coming out and I'm so glad I got to read it. This is a slow burn but in the best way! I love a good friends to lovers story and she wrote this one perfectly! I was smiling and swooning so much in this book!

Luke and Eva have been friends since childhood and when Eva ends up pregnant after a one night stand, Luke steps up. They enter into a fake marriage based on their friendship but we all know how these fake marriages turn out. Luke will do anything to keep her safe and happy. Luke was the perfect book boyfriend.

Eva and Luke will navigate all the different changes in their lives together and in the end everything will happen the way it was always meant to happen.

This book will have you swooning, smiling like crazy, get a little emotional, and warm your heart! I can't wait for the next book in this series! I HIGHLY recommend this book. I also recommend this series!!