Overtime by Toni Aleo
Series: Assassins Series #7
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Down and out with an injury keeping him away from the game, Assassins’ defenseman Jordie Thomas lives for the blades of his skates on the ice and the feeling of oblivion off it. With no choice but to heal, he’s forced away from the sport that runs through his veins. With everything at stake and darkness setting in, he quickly finds himself spiraling even further out of control. As his life begins to come crashing down around him and his contract with the Nashville Assassins on the line, he’s given an ultimatum. Ready or not, Jordie is forced to face his past, the fears that consume him, and the one woman he let walk away.
Kacey King had her professional dreams come true, yet her heart was battered and broken. With an Olympic gold medal around her neck, she’s ready to look forward to the future but without the one man she wanted in it. She’s missing the key pieces of her heart she left months ago with the only person who was capable of destroying it, causing her to falter in all her plans to move on.
In the game of life, there are winners and losers, and neither Jordie nor Kacey want to be on the losing bench. If only Jordie could convince Kacey he’s a changed man and that he wants her right by his side as his MVP for the biggest and best parts of a life they build together. With emotions running high and the game on the line, can two proud people find happiness with each other, or will their hearts and souls be left in the cold? Will they see that sometimes having someone by your side who knows the good, bad, and broken is better than going it alone and losing everything through the back of the net? They are out of time on the game clock and fighting for the win of their lives.
But overtime was made for an Assassin like Jordie.
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Review
Overtime is definitely an emotional read, which makes perfect sense because there’s a lot of pain and scars to try to heal between Jordie and Kacey, and Toni Aleo’s writing makes readers feel EVERYTHING!
Overtime is seamlessly written…all of the struggles, on both sides, were completely realistic and written in a way that forces readers to fight through their own emotions while reading Jordie and Kacey’s story. There is a bit of outside interference that threatens to undo all of the work that Jordie and Kacey accomplish throughout the duration of the text, but for the most part, Jordie’s recovery and making amends as well as his and Kacey’s growth as people and as a couple are the driving force of the text.
Toni Aleo captures Jordie’s torment so well through her word choice and characterization. I sensed his anguish, his desperation, his desire to change. Readers can feel is struggle resonating from the pages, and the torment that threatens to seduce him back to his old ways of coping, but the one overpowering characteristic that illustrates Jordie besides all of the negative ones that have owned him for many years is his determination. Jordie doesn’t want to fail again; he doesn’t want to bring anyone down, especially Kacey. The new Jordie, the one he’s hellbent of becoming, owns up to his mistakes and makes good on his promises.
Kacey is just as conflicted as Jordie, but in a much different way; she loves Jordie with everything that she has, but she can’t forget how he treated her and casted her aside so easily. She also has her own demons to navigate through and those fears and doubts play a big role in Kacey’s hot and cold demeanor around Jordie. I can’t blame Kacey for her trepidation and hesitancy. Like Jordie, she has a lot to lose if they can’t make a go at a new relationship. Toni Aleo does a great job of illustrating all of the negative thoughts that overwhelm Kacey’s psyche, and for much of the story, she allows those ill feelings to consume her and to drive her to make decisions that are definitely not in her best interest. But just like Jordie, Kacey has to learn for herself what it’s going to take to move forward instead of holding on to the baggage of the past.
Jordie has a huge battle to win, for himself and for Kacey, and it’s not an easy journey, and it shouldn’t be because addiction is all consuming, and it dominates and destroys. But this is Jordie’s last shot with Kacey and in the final minutes of a game, that’s when Jordie’s the best at what he does, so he knows he’s got this because he refuses to allow his demons to once again obliterate what he needs to live!
I’ve read a lot of Toni Aleo’s books, and I think Overtime is her best book so far. I devoured Jordie and Kacey’s story, and as frustrated and angered as I was with Jordie’s actions in Wanting to Forget, in Overtime, I was in absolute awe of his determination and dedication at becoming someone he and his family could be proud of, and boy does he make his overtime minutes count!
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
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Toni Aleo is the author of the Nasvhille Assassins series: Taking Shots, Trying to Score, Empty Net, Falling for the Backup, and Blue Lines.
When not rooting for her beloved Nashville Predators, she’s probably going to her husband’s and son’s hockey games and her daughter’s dance competitions, taking pictures, scrapbooking, or reading the latest romance novel.
She lives in the Nashville area with her husband, two children, and a bulldog. Read more about Toni here.
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