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WICKED SERVE – Grace Reilly
Beyond the Play , Book 4
Avon
ISBN: ‎ 978-0-063-38714-0
August 13, 2024
New Adult Romance

Moorbridge – Present Day

Nikolai Abney-Volkov loves playing hockey, but he’s caught between his Russian father and his mother’s father in New York City. He makes a deal with his grandfather: he will complete his final year of college and play for the hockey team, but when the year is up, he will come to work in his grandfather’s company. Of course, attending college in Moorbridge means that Nikolai will encounter Isabelle Callahan, the gorgeous sister of his fellow hockey teammate, Cooper. Nikolai and Isabelle had already had a blistering fling but he’s playing with fire if they get involved again. However, fate doesn’t care…

Isabelle plays for the college volleyball team and wants to win the coveted position of setter on the team. With Nikolai in town, she finds it hard to concentrate, especially when she can’t help but run into him. Soon, they can’t hide their attraction and passion erupts. Cooper will be unhappy to learn that his sister is involved with Nikolai. Will their affair prove to be distracting for both of them? Her coach is hard, while Nikolai is trying to make the best of his last season of hockey, even as his father, a man he hates, keeps calling him from Russia. 

Whew! WICKED SERVE is sizzling hot as there are lots of sexy, sensual scenes between Isabelle and Nikolai. While they tried to avoid each other at first, that proved to be hard. Meanwhile, this tale has lots of emotion as both are torn over their future, which includes what will happen to their relationship. Nikolai spent most of his childhood in Moscow, Russia, but after his father hit his mother, his parents divorced, and he moved to New York City with his mother. His maternal grandfather wants Nikolai to follow him into the business, while his father wants him to come to Russia to compete in ice hockey. He also has an offer from a United States hockey team. But hockey may be in the rear window if he goes along with his grandfather. 

Isabelle feels like she is qualified to be the setter on her volleyball team, but her coach is making it tough for her. She is falling for Nikolai even though she knows their being together will be tough. One thing Isabelle soon learns is that he is a complicated person. But he makes her feel good and they get along well sexually. Yet they feel like they are riding a ticking time bomb. Once the year is up, will their affair end? As Isabelle deals with Nikolai’s swinging emotions about his father and his future, she finally learns the reason for them. Can she help him deal with them? Will he do as he promised his grandfather and quit hockey once the season ends? Meanwhile, his father’s calls are becoming more persistent. Come to Russia is his father’s message. But can he get past what his father did?

Will Isabelle and Nikolai finally be together at the end of WICKED SERVE? They have a tough road to finding the right path. Discover how it all ends by picking up this intriguing tale. 

Patti Fischer

 
   
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