BLOG TOUR ~ HOME ICE ADVANTAGE BY JAYMEE JACOBS
Mark Klingensmith
just played the worst season of his career. He’s got one season left on his
contract with the Dallas Comets, and he’s worried that the team won’t re-sign
him. Mark doesn’t have time to think about his future, though, because he gets the
bad news that his mother is still sick with cancer and is undergoing a second
round of chemotherapy.
Iris Olson has
been taking care of Mark’s mother, Sandra, while Mark was off playing pro
hockey. Sandra had always been like a mother to Iris, and Iris gladly takes on
the duty of helping Sandra after her diagnosis.
When Mark returns to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the summer to
help with his mother, Iris’s life gets much more complicated. They have a
history: she and Mark were once engaged. The two former flames team up to help
Sandra through her treatment, and working together so closely reminds them of
why they were so in love—but they are also reminded of why they couldn’t make
it work.
Can they reconcile their love for
each other while pursuing their dream careers? Will they try to give their
relationship a second chance? And will Sandra beat her cancer?
***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - Naomi
/ Scandalous Book Blog***
I loved this book, It was a very emotional read that touched some
heartbreaking topics. But everyone deserves a second chance and this is what
this book is all about. How life can change in the blink of an eye and
sometimes when you are giving a second chance you just have to grab it with both
hands and never let go.
Iris is a social worker, she loves her job and loves making
a difference. For Iris to be successful she needs to place her roots and she is
more than determined to thrive at what she is good at.
Mark is a professional Ice Hockey Player, he travels for his
work but its his dream and he wont give it up until he has too.
Iris and Mark were engaged but life got in the way, both
having very different professions and not willing to give it up for the other.
Marks mother Sandra becomes very poorly and Iris finds
herself stepping in to support the woman who became her second mother. Kind and
compassionate Iris will do whatever is in her power to help but Sandra is
hiding the extent of her illness from Mark
When Mark finds out just how ad thing are he returns home to
help. Thrown back together they are still attracted to one another but their
shared past will always remain between them.
Can they be able to compromise and reconcile?
Will Sandra beat her illness?
One click to find out.
After five years,
she was surprised that she recognized his lips. She remembered every soft
contour, and the memories of their hot and heavy, high school make-out sessions
flooded back to her.
Mark was acting
on pure instinct. He’d had such a shitty day, and he just wanted to feel good.
And, despite his head telling him one thing, his body was screaming at him that
Iris would make him feel much, much better. He didn’t want to think. He didn’t
want to talk about his feelings—hell, he didn’t want to acknowledge that he
even had emotions. The feel of the warm body pressed against his and the
skin-to-skin contact made him forget about the bad news he’d heard earlier. As
long as he kept touching Iris and kissing her, then he didn’t have to think
about any of the bad stuff.
So he kept on
kissing her.
Mark held onto
Iris’s waist as he pulled her down onto the grass with him. His cabin was
pretty secluded from the other houses, and the dark night provided excellent
cover for them. Iris urged him on, grabbing at him and positioning herself
under him. She wrapped her legs around his thighs to hold him in place and to
keep their bodies pressed against one another.
He supported most
of his weight on his elbows, forearms, and knees as he hovered over Iris. Their
bodies still fit together, like they always had, but Mark noticed a few
differences. Iris’s body felt softer and a little rounder. He reached under her
shirt and cupped her breasts. They were fleshier and squishier, and he liked
that cushiony, pillowy feeling. Iris felt like a brand new woman.
His thumb swept
over her nipple, and her nipple responded instantly and stiffened. Iris reacted
too, arching her back and wordlessly urging him to touch her. She may have felt
like a brand new woman, but she moved and behaved in ways he would always
remember.
Jaymee
Jacobs is southwestern Pennsylvania born and raised. She graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh with a BA in English literature and a psychology
minor.
Jay has always
had an interest in people and their stories. After graduating, she turned that
interest into crafting her own stories featuring her own characters. With some
encouragement from friends and readers, Jay decided to take the plunge and
began to self-publish her novels. Play
the Man came first, published in March 2013. Shots on Net followed in October
2013. In 2014, Jay released Game
On and began developing her hockey romance series featuring
the Dallas Comets. "A Valuable Trade," the first novella of the
series, was released as a part of the Seduced by the Game cancer charity
anthology in 2014, and Home Ice Advantage will
follow suit in 2015.
Hockey plays a
major role in these stories because she's a die-hard fan of the sport. Jay
faithfully cheers for her hometown team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. She plays
fantasy hockey as one of two female owners in a male-dominated league and
routinely ranks in the top half of owners. For the 2015-16 season, she was
promoted to co-commissioner (Gary Bettman, eat your heart out!)
Thanks so much for having me, and for a great review!
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