Can a heartbreaking tragedy lead to the love of a lifetime?The death of his little brother turned Kurt Lundquist’s world upside down. He channeled his grief into skating his heart out–and ultimately leading his hockey team to win the championship. Now, all he wants to do is throw a party with the Cup in his brother’s honor. He’s got no clue where to start…until he runs into the gorgeous … gorgeous hospice nurse who took such great care of Jasper. She’s waaay off limits, but he’s desperate, and hires her to help him.
Lisette Broussard’s heart broke a little more every time a patient died. Losing the brave brother of a hockey star was the last straw. Learning a new specialty was supposed to change her life for the better, but it used up her savings. Then the slam dunk job with the New Orleans championship hockey team mysteriously disappears. So she jumps at Kurt’s offer of a job, no matter how temporary. No matter how…dangerous, given how much she’s always crushed on him. No matter how risky it is to fall for Kurt, since he’ll always associate her with the grief of losing his brother.
But the more time they spend together, the deeper they both fall. Kurt’s heart begins to thaw…and then heat. Lisette can’t resist him, and throws caution to the wind. She’ll take whatever time he gives her. Can they move beyond the pain of the past and focus on a future together?
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I loved this sweet, sad but hopeful story about a hockey player and a hospice nurse who are both looking for new beginnings after the cancer death of the player’s younger brother. Set in New Orleans after the local team wins the Stanley Cup, it’s full of local colour, hockey moments and even the Stanley Cup.
As a sports romance, it’s a big win, and I really enjoyed it.
Check My Heart by Christi Barth a five-star read that will set your heart a flutter. My goodness Kurt Lundquist will melt even the coldest of hearts, his love for his little brother just took my breath away, I had forgotten that I had this sitting on my kindle and when I realised I started it even though I had a ton of other reading to be done, and I am so glad I did as it really won me round. I enjoy a good sports romance but loved this one. Lisette reminded me of a friend of mine, who is also a hospice nurse, and she has also had her crisis of wondering if she could go on, she chose a different path to Lisette but when I told her what I was reading she was over the moon as its not a job role that comes up often in romance stories, and she was so happy it was, she was so happy that it may make people stop and think about this as a path and loved how the rewarding side was shown even if it is only rewarding for a certain time. Kurt and Lisette will warm your heart and keep it fresh like the ice beneath their boots. If you haven’t picked up this author before then do yourself a favour and do it, you won’t be disappointed and if you have still picked this story up as its worth reading every word.
Keep the tissues handy for this one. Kurt is kind, caring, charming, determined and cocky. And brokenhearted after losing his little brother to cancer. Lisette is strong, caring, generous and vulnerable. She was the hospice nurse for Kurt’s brother Jasper. And they are both witty and snarky. Almost a year after Jasper passes, Kurt runs into Lisette where his team plays. She’s there to interview for her first job in her new specialty, having left her hospice career. The first thing that Kurt thinks about when he runs into her, after a quick fantasy of kissing her, is that he needs help to plan a party, something she had done with Jasper, so he told his coach not to hire her, so that he could. Both are intensely attracted the other, but both realize that Jasper will always be between them. As they plan the party they get close, then physical, neither daring to hope for a future. I cried, I laughed, I cried again. It’s a sweet, romantic and heartbreaking story that grabs you and doesn’t let go.
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A quick story to read I found it to be well written and I was not putting it down until I finished reading it. Kurt Lundquist and Lisette Broussard’s meet under sad circumstances as she is the hospice nurse that is looking after Jasper his dying brother. There are so many things that Kurt does wrong but then when he finds out what he has done he tries to correct his mistakes. I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I absolutely love hockey romance and this one was great! Enjoyed the story! Will be checking out more by this author!
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