Review / Release Blitz: Resist (Stingrays Hockey #2) by Mari Carr

RESIST
Mari Carr
Release Date: February 25

Buy Link:
https://maricarr.com/resist/
Available in KU

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…
🏒Hockey
🔥Opposites Attract
🏒Alpha Hero
🔥Feisty Heroine
🏒Wrong Side of the Tracks
🔥He Falls First

Blurb
This one-night stand is going into overtime.

The Stingrays call goalie Coulton Moore their gentle giant. The tall, imposing man is the team’s rock, their steadying influence on and off the ice. However, that mild disposition disappears completely when the beautiful bartender he’s been lusting after from across a crowded bar is attacked. Then, it’s all bets off as he steps in to defend her, protect her, and claim her as his.

Ainsley doesn’t have time for any more men in her life. Between serving a rowdy bunch of guys in her family’s dive bar, caring for her ailing father, and dealing with her brother and his ever-growing pile of gambling debt, her cup overfloweth when it comes to the male population.

When her brother’s enemies track her down, looking for retribution, a sexy, dominant stranger steps forward to save her. At first, it’s simple enough to accept his help and his kisses and his tantalizing touches because, after a lifetime of crap, she figures she’s due a night of mind-blowing passion with Coulton, the hottest man she’s ever met.

The problem begins when morning comes and he informs her what they shared was never going to be just a one-night stand. Nope. Coulton, the stubborn, determined, possessive man is settling for nothing less than her.

MY REVIEW

Ainsley doesn't normally engage with men like she is with the gorgeous, clearly out of place, guy who just walked into her bar. A lifetime of mistreatment by men like her father and brother has made her build strong walls around her heart. But when Coulton not only helps her during an attack, and then declares himself her protector, those walls are starting to weaken with each day of feeling safe and happy with him. Now the only question is, will she give in completely and let herself accept his love?

Coulton has never been so instantly drawn to a woman like he is to Ainsley. He took one look at her and knew she was meant to be his. But he has his work cut out for him to get her to agree. Thanks to an abusive father and a loser brother, she doesn't trust easily, especially men. It's not like the hockey goalie backs down from a challenge, and this is one challenge that will get him what means more than any other - her heart, and them together forever.

Ainsley and Coulton are such an amazing couple. She's such a strong heroine, one who had learned to never lean on anyone but herself, until her very own golden retriever protector came along and gave her what she deserved - someone to trust, someone to love, someone to take care of her for once. Coulton is the sweetest, most protective man, instantly entranced by Ainsley, not realizing she was going to make him work harder than he'd ever before, to get past her defenses. Their journey, though not long, is sweet, deliciously hot, and made me impatient for more Stingray hockey love.

Meet Mari Carr
Virginia native Mari Carr is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller of contemporary sexy romance and romantic suspense novels. With over two million copies of her books sold, Mari was the winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Plume award for her novella, Erotic Research. She has over a hundred published works, including her popular Wild Irish and Compass books, along with the Trinity Masters series she writes with Lila Dubois.

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