6/3/2025

This book surprised me. I kept seeing it in the bookstore and decided to check it out in the library. I think it perfectly joins two genres in m/m romance- sports and small town. 

It's second chance. It's middle aged men understanding their past actions, the consequences, and a path to healing and romance. I was honestly impressed with how it handled grief, forgiveness, resentment, and the feeling that things could have been different. 

My one issue with this book and it's a minor one, is that Ried will sometimes introduce a character at the beginning of the novel and never have that character interact with the leads again. You see this with the ex-wife of Adam. We see her interact with him at the beginning of the novel but again. It was a bit annoying. 

Overall though, this collides two fun genres in romance successfully and I would definitely re-read. It was sweet and lovely.