Hi, I’m Olivia! I write spicy, sarcastic, and funny sports romances with transgender heroines who always get their happy ending. This is my first novel, so would love to build an ARC team.
I plan to send the ARC to readers on May 23rd, and I will release the book on June 3rd. Check out the details below. If you’re interested, I’d love to consider you for my team!
Title: Home Ice: A Next Door Neighbor Hockey Romance
Approximate Word Count: 145,000
Dual POV, First Person, Present Tense
Review Deadline: June 10, 2024
Book Release Date: June 3, 2024
ARCs will be distributed via BookSirens.
Tropes:
Pro Hockey Romance
Scarred, Transgender Female Main Character
Next Door Neighbors
Forced Proximity
Found Family
He Falls First
Slow Burn
Happily Ever After, of course
Content Warnings:
Transphobia, parental abandonment, non-detailed mention of past suicide attempt, off-page death of a parent, homeless/unhoused teens, one short flashback of child abuse.
Mental health is very important, so I want to make sure you're aware that these topics do come up in Home Ice. But I promise the overall tone is mostly light and humorous, and it ends with a happy ending for all the main characters.
Blurb:
It's just my bad luck to have the world's hottest next-door neighbor. A neighbor who happens to be the star goalie for the Salt Lake City Sting. Even worse? I'm stuck with him all season.
When I left for college ten years ago, I swore I would never come back. Why would I after everything that happened? But here I am, back in the same city and the same house. And it's filled with the same bad memories.
Now, I have to face them without the one person who promised they would always be there for me. The empty house is just a reminder that I'm on my own.
But I'm so much stronger than I was back then. And I only have to make it through one year. What's the worst that could happen?
Brant Morrison throwing himself in front of me like he's taking an assassin's bullet. That's what.
I have everything under control until he stomps into my life. With those eyebrows of his. And those abs. There's no way abs like that are legal in Utah.
Then, because every dark night can always get a little darker, I find out he's the goalie for the Sting. The same team that hired me as their new assistant athletic trainer. Now I'm stuck with him for the season.
It's just one year. Then I can go back to the life I've been building for myself. There's no room for Brant Morrison in that life. And there's certainly no room for the feelings he brings out in me. Feelings that make my skin so warm I'm staying away from dry brush, just in case.
Maybe this year is going to be more difficult than I thought.
Home Ice is a spicy, funny, sometimes angsty, standalone professional hockey romance featuring a transgender heroine and her way-too-hot, cinnamon roll, hockey goalie neighbor.
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