Cross Checking

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Right person wrong time zone. </em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Luke</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Call me jaded but dating in Toronto is a nightmare. Erik Norberg doesn't just wake me up-he manages to make me forget. We didn't mean to share more than a quick moment after locking eyes in a bar but nothing about that quiet attractive hockey player is easy to shake.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I'm crushing hard in too deep and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunately every good thing I have eventually flies off a cliff or in Erik's case off to Sweden.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>He was a breath of fresh air. Now that he's gone I'm left gasping for more.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Erik</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The first time I wore skates I found my footing within seconds. I wish talking to new people came as easily. Guys tend to take what they want and let go but Luke Tremblay sticks around.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>He's cool confident and I'm hooked from day one-for the first time I'm not waiting for the other shoe to drop. But when my place in the AHL falls out from under me staying in Canada isn't an option.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>It turns out Luke isn't someone I can leave behind. Step one of moving on is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>wanting</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> to and that's where I'm stuck.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Cross Checking<em> is a cozy low-angst MM hockey romance with a quick spark. It is the second standalone novel in the </em>Off the Bench <em>series. Reading in order is not required.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>While situational challenges do arise this is not a conflict-driven or high-drama narrative which may not appeal to readers who enjoy angst and considerable internal tension. But for those who enjoy high-heat pining between guys who can't help falling for each other you'll find that here.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Tropes:</p><ul><li>Quick Spark (Instalove)</li><li>Slice of Life</li><li>Long Distance</li><li>Opposites Attract</li><li>Hockey</li><li>Pining</li></ul>