Across The Line (In The Zone #2) by Kate Willougby
Calder Griffin needs to get back in shape. Sidelined last season by a knee injury, he's determined to return to the San Diego Barracudas and play the best hockey of his career. This might even be the year he gets out of his talented older brother's shadow.
For months, Becca Chen has poured her energy into Cups, the restaurant she owns, desperate to prove to her parents that she can succeed in the career of herchoice, not theirs. But after she spends a five-hour plane ride flirting with charming, magic-on-the-ice Calder, she tells herself she needs a fling.
Becca and Calder can't keep their hands off each other, but they know the relationship can't last. They live on opposite coasts, and they're both too devoted to their careers. All they have to do is prevent their feelings from crossing the line from lust to love…
See how Calder's teammate Tim found love in On the Surface.
Release date: August 11th, 2014
For months, Becca Chen has poured her energy into Cups, the restaurant she owns, desperate to prove to her parents that she can succeed in the career of herchoice, not theirs. But after she spends a five-hour plane ride flirting with charming, magic-on-the-ice Calder, she tells herself she needs a fling.
Becca and Calder can't keep their hands off each other, but they know the relationship can't last. They live on opposite coasts, and they're both too devoted to their careers. All they have to do is prevent their feelings from crossing the line from lust to love…
See how Calder's teammate Tim found love in On the Surface.
Release date: August 11th, 2014
Steffi’s Review
4.5 stars!
On The Surface made me an instant fan of Kate Willoughby’s, but Across The Line pushed her to the top of my favourites list.
Across The Surface is Calder Griffin’s story, one of Tim’s teammates. When Calder visits his mother back home in Ithaca, New York, he meets Becca Chen on the plane, not knowing that they went to school together. Becca’s memories of Calder are not the best, especially because he used to tease her constantly in school, but Calder is trying his hardest to make up for his childhood mistakes.
Similar to the first book in the series, Kate Willoughby does not solely focus on the falling in love stage of a relationship. We accompany Calder and Becca through the excitement of falling in love, mastering a long distance relationship and the ups and downs that come up with any couple.
What I love most about Kate Willoughby’s characters is their realistic depiction. While there is mild drama included in the storyline to keep it interesting, Calder and Becca have real emotions, are reasonable, rational characters that are easily relatable and give readers the feeling they are hearing the story of how their best friends fell in love.
Across The Zone has everything that makes my romantic heart go pitter patter. It has funny banter, sexual tension, a beautiful, hunky professional athlete with a devastating smile, a funky, independent heroine with serious trust issues, a lot of humour and a beautiful love story.
I can’t wait for the next book in this series. As long as Kate Willoughby keeps writing, I will keep reading her wonderful books. Another great read from this talented author!
*A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley*
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