One moment in time, one freak accident, and my entire hockey career was over.
Off-Ice Collision, an all-new grumpy-sunshine hockey romance from USA Today bestselling author Cali Melle is available now!
Off-Ice Collision, an all-new grumpy-sunshine hockey romance from USA Today bestselling author Cali Melle is available now!
Vaughn
One moment in time, one freak accident, and my entire hockey career was over.
Two years have passed since my injury and I am still mentally struggling with this loss.
Mad at the world and everyone in it, I sought solace at my parents' lake house for the summer.
It was supposed to be somewhere for me to be alone and heal.
But when London Hayes walks back into my life, the universe has different plans.
And I need to find a way to derail them because I refuse to drag her down with me.
London
It had been over two years since I'd last seen Vaughn Carter.
And he feels like a stranger.
Cold and distant, abrasive and angry.
He’s a shell of a person compared to the version I used to know, but I know he’s still in there.
Somewhere deep inside is the boy I used to love, but he needs help finding himself again.
And I won’t be the one to give up on him, even if it costs me my own heart in the end.
One moment in time, one freak accident, and my entire hockey career was over.
Two years have passed since my injury and I am still mentally struggling with this loss.
Mad at the world and everyone in it, I sought solace at my parents' lake house for the summer.
It was supposed to be somewhere for me to be alone and heal.
But when London Hayes walks back into my life, the universe has different plans.
And I need to find a way to derail them because I refuse to drag her down with me.
London
It had been over two years since I'd last seen Vaughn Carter.
And he feels like a stranger.
Cold and distant, abrasive and angry.
He’s a shell of a person compared to the version I used to know, but I know he’s still in there.
Somewhere deep inside is the boy I used to love, but he needs help finding himself again.
And I won’t be the one to give up on him, even if it costs me my own heart in the end.
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"London Hayes needs to learn to stay as far away from me as possible. Because I will only destroy her in the end."
“He really believes he's broken beyond repair. And I'm here to show him he's wrong."
"We all have scars, Vaughn... They become a part of us and mix with the beauty. There's nothing ugly about them at all."
“I want to fix you.”
—“I’m broken beyond repair, baby.”
"Who the hell am I anymore? I don't know who I am without hockey."
"You're Vaughn Carter. One of the funniest, sweetest people that I've ever met," she says softly as her fingertips trace invisible patterns along the back of my neck. "You just have to let me in so I can find you."
I swallow. "You belong in the light, not the darkness."
"I'm not afraid of it," she breaths, her breath fanning across her face. "I'll follow you into the dark."
“Maybe I don’t like talking to anyone but you.”
Strong and steady, like an anchor that holds a boat from drifting out to sea during the darkest storms.
London Hayes is my anchor...
As long as I don't fray the rope that holds us together.
Learn more about Cali Melle and her releases by visiting her website:
https://calimelle.com/
Amazon: https://amzn.to/officecollision
Amazon Worldwide: https://mybook.to/officecollision
"London Hayes needs to learn to stay as far away from me as possible. Because I will only destroy her in the end."
“He really believes he's broken beyond repair. And I'm here to show him he's wrong."
"We all have scars, Vaughn... They become a part of us and mix with the beauty. There's nothing ugly about them at all."
“I want to fix you.”
—“I’m broken beyond repair, baby.”
"Who the hell am I anymore? I don't know who I am without hockey."
"You're Vaughn Carter. One of the funniest, sweetest people that I've ever met," she says softly as her fingertips trace invisible patterns along the back of my neck. "You just have to let me in so I can find you."
I swallow. "You belong in the light, not the darkness."
"I'm not afraid of it," she breaths, her breath fanning across her face. "I'll follow you into the dark."
“Maybe I don’t like talking to anyone but you.”
Strong and steady, like an anchor that holds a boat from drifting out to sea during the darkest storms.
London Hayes is my anchor...
As long as I don't fray the rope that holds us together.
Learn more about Cali Melle and her releases by visiting her website:
https://calimelle.com/
MY REVIEW
Vaughn is a broken man, in spirit and in body. He's been shutting himself off for so long since his accident that his parents have to get him out of the house, so send him to the lakehouse for the summer. The idea is to work at their family store there, and start socializing again, being among others again. He didn't expect his childhood friend, London, to be there. He didn't expect her to want to heal him, to be the one he finally starts to open up to. But all his growth could be for naught if once glimpse of his past sends him back down into that darkness again, so far that London might not be able to reach him.
Vaughn and London's story is beautiful, full of emotions that span the spectrum from happiness and joy and love far down to depression and dark thoughts and pain. The way Vaughn finally heals is sad for sure at times, but the journey is worth any pain because London is there with her huge, compassionate heart reaching out for Vaughn. I think this is the perfect way to end this excellent hockey series.
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