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Cherrypicker (2012)

by Stephani Hecht(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1771112433 (ISBN13: 9781771112437)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

eXtasy Books

series

Blue Line Hockey

review 1: When I’m in the mood for a well-written romance that will leave me with a smile on my face, I’ll grab a book by Stephani Hecht. Her books never fail to entertain me and they always give me an hour or two of a nice escape from my everyday life. The Blue Line series is one of my favorites by her. I’ve enjoyed every one of these books and I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.Derry is not your usual hockey player. He’s smaller than most, and he’s had to overcome a lot of mental abuse from his older brother, Pat. Pat is a successful hockey player who likes to taunt and cruelly torment Derry, but the young hockey player’s sheer determination to do what he loves (which is to play hockey) and try to live his own life makes him a strong career driven man... more, even though Derry doesn’t always believe it himself.When Derry receives an offer to play for the Hawks he knows he’s got a hard road ahead of him. His brother is a key player for the Hawks main rivalry, the Cougars, and Pat is notorious at playing dirty on and off the field. This has tainted Derry’s own reputation. But almost as soon as Derry joins the team, the other teammates start seeing Derry is nothing like his older brother. He soon becomes close friends with other teammates, but try as he might, there is one player that Derry wants to be liked and respected by on and off the field. Fallon.Fallon has hated the Cougars and Derry’s brother, and he fully expected Derry would be as much of a jerk as his older brother. And although he immediately tries to see the worse in Derry, there is a sweet goodness about him that Fallon can’t ignore. Despite his best efforts, Fallon quickly starts to realize that behind Derry’s determination to be a key, respected player for the Hawks, there is also a heart of gold inside him. Soon, Fallon finds himself liking and falling for Derry and when he finds out how cruel Derry’s older brother really is, he becomes determined to do what he can to support Derry and to have the young man in his heart and arms forever.I really liked this book. It’s a great addition to this wonderful series and I enjoyed revisiting some of the main characters from the other books in the series. Both heroes are stubborn and strong-willed enough to work through the many obstacles that are thrown their way. Although I really liked both of them, Derry was my favorite hero. He has a lot of overcome, but manages to work through both those professional and personal barriers with a strength that I really came to admire. I also enjoyed watching Derry and Fallon become close and fall in love. All in all, this feel-good story really was what I needed today and I enjoyed every minute of it.Here are the Blue Line books in series order:Offside PassBetween the PipesCup CheckBlind PassChange on the FlyPlaying the PointCherrypicker
review 2: I used to be a huge fan of this author, all her books were a "must buy" for me.I'm afraid lately, I've been disappointed.UPDATEDI must be honest, I was wrong, this author still can write beautiful stories.And compared to the other stories I had read lately from this author, it was very good indeed. Another abused character, but lets forget about that, shall we?Great story full of potential, the ending IMO, was a little bit abrupt. less

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