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Review & Release Blitz: Spiked by Love (Bellevue Bullies #6) by Toni Aleo

Friends to lovers hockey romance!
Spiked by Love by Toni Aleo is available now!
Allison Titov and Asher Brooks have been best friends their whole lives. Brought up together as part of the Assassins family, they might as well be related. But… Ally has never felt anything sisterly toward Asher. In love with Asher since she was a teen, Ally has gone pro at keeping her feelings a secret. It’s been easy…as long as he’s stayed halfway across the country at college and she has a volleyball to slap her frustrations out on. But now, he’s home. And having his quick wit, heart-filling laugh, and adorkable smile so close is going to test her like never before.

After being dumped by his fiancée, Asher is at a loss what to do next. He craves stability, but with an unexpected kiss, Ally might as well have spiked Asher in the face with a volleyball. Now he’s faced with the dilemma of his life. Does he keep Ally in the friend zone, or does he take the ultimate risk for love?

If they’ve learned one thing growing up in the glow of hockey greatness, it’s that you can’t win it all if you don’t play the game. And by serving one hell of an ace into the middle of Asher’s safe little life, Ally is ready to claim victory.

STANDALONE!

Friends to LOVERS

Nashville Assassins: Next Generation folks at Bellevue Bullies

MY REVIEW
Ally & Asher have been inseparable nearly their whole lives, best friends forever. Since he's been away at college, it's been easier for her to breathe, to keep up the facade that she doesn't love him as more than a friend; but now that he's back home, she's finding it harder to keep up the pretense. And can it be that perhaps Ash might feel the same way? The attraction is definitely there, now if only he'd open up and tell her how he really feels, leave his heart open the way she's left hers. If only his feelings didn't scare the crap out of him.

Friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, and Toni Aleo has done it so well here. I love the easy familiarity in conjunction with the intense chemistry these two friends have that only the people who have been best friends for so long have. And as those feelings morphed into more, or at least, as they admitted the feelings each had long had - whew, talk about sparks flying! Of course, Ash had to be a stupid man for a minute there, but I gotta admit that the way they made up was so sweet. As sweet as these two are.

Toni Aleo writes some of my favorite sports romances. Why? Her characters are family. They love like family. They fight like family. And they are there for each other like family. And I feel like home when I read them. I'm not sure if Angie's story is next, but I sure hope so because she is a feisty, bright spot in this already amazing story.
About the Author
My name is Toni Aleo and I’m a total dork.

I am a wife, mother of two and a bulldog, and also a hopeless romantic.

I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena’s glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!

When my nose isn’t pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son’s hockey games, my daughter’s dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, scrapbooking, and reading the latest romance novel.

I have a slight Disney and Harry Potter obsession, I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, I might have been a Disney Princess in a past life… probably Belle.… and did I mention I love hockey?
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