The Pucking Date

Defenders Diaries

De: A J Summers

Narrado por: Shane Martinez, Clinton Woodhams

Finn O’Reilly doesn’t follow rules.

But even he knows you don’t hook up with the coach’s daughter.

She was a one-night mistake he’d make a thousand times over.

He knew she’d bolt.

He just didn’t expect her to ghost him completely.

And he definitely didn’t expect her to show up again…pregnant.

Jessica Novak doesn’t lose control.

Not in the boardroom. Not on the ice. And definitely not with a grinning, cocky forward who specializes in bad decisions and worse timing.

But one night in Montreal, she let go—and let him in.

Now he’s back in her orbit.

And this time?

He’s not just playing to win.

He’s playing for keeps.

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She is a runner he will chase her 😍

This is an awesome story about Jess and Finn. They have a complicated relationship. He chases and she runs out of fear. This is their love story. It is sweet, sadly complicated with a HEA. I so enjoyed the push and pull they have with the hot chemistry. This is a great series. I love all the characters. I would give it more than 5 stars if possible. Loved the voice actors they really brought the story alive

Sweet, passionate, and entertaining!

This is the third book in the Defenders Diaries series, a Sports romance. Finn and Jessica's forbidden romance is sweet, passionate, and entertaining, filled with secrets, and push and pull. Shane Martinez and Clinton Woodhams did a good job bringing this story to life. Looking forward to listening to The Pucking Comeback, the next in the series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Finn FINALLY gets his girl!

4.5* - Rounded up to 5...

I was looking forward to Finn finally getting his shot at Jessica after watching him pine through the earlier books in the series. And The Pucking Date did NOT disappoint! I loved their banter, and I really enjoyed getting to know both Finn and Jessica better through their story.

Shane Martinez and Clinton Woodhams did an amazing job voicing these two characters, and really helped bring the story to life for me.

There are so many fun scenes through the book, and it felt like it was over too soon, and has a fabulous HEA. SO glad that Finn FINALLY got his girl!.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | A perfect mix of romance, hockey, and spice!

The Pucking Date by A J Summers is an interconnected standalone (Defenders Diaries Series); forced proximity, he falls first, sports romance. I listened to this in 24 hours and highly recommended it.

Finn’s a professional hockey player, charming, a man on a mission for one thing Jessica attention.

Jessica a strong independent, determined woman who isn’t ready to open her heart again. And even if a Jessica was interested in Finn theres one problem, she works for the Defenders organization and her dad’s the coach.

A slow burn with sweet heat

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The storyline did not take long to engage me as a reader and I appreciated the amount of time that Summers gave to building out the backstory of our make and female lead. While the storyline did was pretty long for an audiobook - definitely more difficult to chunk the reading time - the voice acting was part of a quality production.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.