Playing Defense (Sin Bin Stories #6)
Lyssa Lemire
I’m a grumpy barista. He’s a sunshine-y hockey captain. I don’t even want friends, but he wants forever—with me.
Jamie O’Donnell: The face of a model and the body of a machine all wrapped in the personality of a golden retriever. He has the attention of every girl on campus, but there’s one thing he shockingly doesn’t have: experience in the bedroom.
Me: I’m taking a gap year, working at this small-town coffee shop while writing the novel I’ve always dreamed of. Jamie’s here almost every day, with a blushing smile and the yearning gaze of a hopeless romantic. No matter how often I give him the cold shoulder.
After a kiss that rearranges my brain, I make a proposal: I teach him what to do in bed, while he helps me work out some of the tension caused by my writer’s block.
I tell him not to expect affection. But for Jamie, showing that he cares is as natural as breathing.
He stays up all night talking with me when I have trouble sleeping.
He gets jealous when I tell him another guy bought me flowers.
He writes my name on the back of his shirt to show me how he feels when I wear his jersey.
Now Jamie’s playing for my heart. And I’m not sure how long I can keep playing defense.
Playing Defense is a full-length college hockey romance with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA ending!
Tropes:
- reverse grumpy/sunshine
- he falls first and HARD
- found family
- no 3rd act breakup
- dual POV
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- sports 2
- new adult 2
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- independent heroine 1
- sassy heroine 1
- early 20s fmc 1
- nerdy hero 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
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- sunny/happy hero 1
- virgin hero 1
- early 20s mmc 1
- athlete hero 1
- working class heroine 1
- funny 1
- friends to lovers 1
- slow burn 1
- praise kink 1
- small town 1
- competent heroine 1
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- geography
- north america 1
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