Review / Release Blitz: Sweet Collide (Saints Of Redville #1) by Ava Harrison

I agree to be his fake girlfriend.
He doesn't realize I’m the girl he left behind ten years ago.

Sweet Collide, an all-new fake relationship, hockey romance from USA Today bestselling author Ava Harrison is now available!

Aiden Slate.
Pro hockey star. Captain of the Redville Saints. And the bane of my existence.

All it takes is a little liquid courage to storm his castle.
Or, in this case, a cushy five-star hotel suite.

I’m supposed to give him a piece of my mind.
To unleash a decade of pent-up anger.

What I’m not supposed to do is sign an NDA meant for another woman.

He thinks I’m here to relieve his stress.
Well, he’s in for a rude awakening.

Problem #1? The boy I grew up with doesn’t remember me.
Problem #2? I fall to my knees at his command. Literally.

Next thing I know, I agree to be his fake girlfriend.
He doesn't realize I’m the girl he left behind ten years ago.
The last thing I'll do is admit it.

Because Aiden might have abandoned me all those years ago.
But me? I’ll forever be his.

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MY REVIEW

Cassidy was left behind by the boy who meant everything to her. Aiden had been her friend, her protector, but he left and never came back even though he promised. Now as an adult, she finds out he's near, so she's set out to confront him. Unfortunately, it looks like the boy she's never forgotten is now a man who doesn't even remember her. Somehow though, they end up in a fake dating situation, and now Cass has to decide if she'll ever tell him who she even is, and the other BIG secret she's kept from everyone. She knows she risks losing him again if she reveals everything, but can a relationship survive if it's always based on an unrevealed secret?

Aiden left everything and everyone behind because he had to. Now his only focus is his hockey. He has a reputation that may or not be undeserved, and he keeps himself from others, hiding behind well constructed walls. Then a woman walks (back) into his life that though he doesn't recognize, there's an attraction. And it's that attraction that leads to now - a fake relationship that is quickly turning real. But it remains to be seen if this relationship can weather hidden secrets and their past.

Wow, I so was not expecting this. I should have, considering that Ava's writing tends to fall in the emotionally harrowing end of the romance genre, but hockey romance in my mind is usually fluffy and fun. Cassidy's heartbreaking past, Aiden's OCD, both things giving this couple a very emotional rollercoaster love story. Cassidy is such a great FMC, not broken but scarred for sure. And yet, she maintained a big, loving heart throughout, never judging, never giving up on Aiden. Aiden in turn, equally loving, but brooding and distant, but not so much with his true love. I cannot say enough how much I love Ava's take on a hockey romance, and I really hope she decides to write another one.