Chandler Moon’s career as a defensemen for the IceCats is on fire. However, his marriage has gone up in flames…literally. He’s resigned himself to the single life and being the best dog dad he can be, but he still holds out hope that one day he’ll find “The One.” So, imagine his surprise when he runs into “The One Who Got Away.”Amelia Justice.His best friend’s baby sister.AKA: “The One Who Is … One Who Is Totally Off-Limits”
Amelia is broken. The punches that life, and her ex-husband, have thrown at her have her down for the count. She’s cut herself off from her family and friends as she works to rebuild her self-esteem and her spirit. Hidden away in a small town, she never expects to reconnect with “The One She Should Have Chosen.”
Chandler is so much more than he was in college: more handsome, more muscular, more tattooed… It was supposed to be a casual fling while Amelia and Chandler worked to put the pieces of their lives back together.
But as every good hockey player knows, a rebound can turn into one hell of a goal.
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I cannot say enough good things about this book or the writing of Toni Aleo. If you haven’t read her work you are SERIOUSLY MISSING OUT!!! This might just be her best work yet!
Juicy Rebound is a stand alone book that will just make you want to read all the rest of her work! Amelia Justice has had a hard few years and is trying to get back to being herself on some level. She just wants to be happy but can’t figure out how. Likewise, Chandler Moon has also had a hard time with love and just wants to move on. The two used to know each other and through a chance meeting at Amelia’s new job they meet again.
Amelia is still the beauty she was when Chandler saw her those many years ago and Chandler is even more gorgeous than he was in college. Will they end up together? Or will Amelia’s and Chandler’s fears and hang ups keep them apart? You’re going to have to read it to find out!
Once you start this book you will NOT be able to put it down! I guarantee this is one story that will be worth the time!
Absolute Perfection! All the stars and Moon too! I was so excited to read the first in this Ice Cats series, where the next generation of The Assassins series families grace the pages. I can’t even begin to tell you how much this story and these amazing characters met and then far surpassed my expectations! This book has all the goods!! Everything you could want in a romance!
Amelia Justice and Chandler Moon met in college and that seemed like that was as far as it would go, she being his best friend Ryan Justice’s sister and all. They both move on and get married to other people and both those marriages fail for very different reasons, or maybe it was fate.
Years later, they happen to run into each other again and this time Chandler has no plans to let the chemistry that is clearly there slip away like he did back in college. But will their pasts define them, and stop what would clearly be the best thing ever from happening?
If you love The Assassins series, or even if you have never read it, just read this book! You will believe in the all consuming power of love again!
Juicy Rebound is the perfect story to start Toni Aleo’s new Ice Cats Hockey series!
It is a sweet hockey romance, a best friends little sister and a friends to lovers story all rolled into one!
Chandler is one of the good guys! He is sweet, kind and supportive. He loves his family and has held a place in his heart Amelia since college. She is the one that got away, but now she is back in his life and broken. Amelia has lost her confidence and herself and now she is working on healing all that was broken.
Fate is on their side and puts them in each other’s path again and with Chandler’s strength and confidence in her she finds her way back.
Now it is their time to rekindle the spark they both felt years ago.
Where do I even begin!? I knew Amelia’s story was going to be something special, I just wasn’t prepared for how amazing it was going to be. Toni wrote an amazing story that tugged at my heart strings. From the very beginning I was hooked and I wanted to know what happened. I’ve always been curious how bad Chandler really had it did Amelia, but oh my. I wasn’t prepared for how amazing Chandler was going to be.
From start the finish, I loved him. Every book of Toni’s I read has me head over heels for the leading male… but I’ve always gone back to Shea, Phillip and Benji. That was until Chandler Moon. Everything about him was exactly what Amelia needed. He knew what he wanted and he wasn’t about to lose her. He fought for her, for their relationship, but most importantly, he let her be herself.
I seriously couldn’t get over amazing Chandler was for Amelia. I knew he was cautious of wanting to start anything with Amelia because of his friendship with Ryan, but I LOVED how he handled it and handled her when she out Ryan knew. Chandler just flat out amazed me and I couldn’t help but love her.
Their story was so sweet and the perfect story.
ARC received for an honest review
I have been a huuuuge fan of Ms Aleo’s Assassins series, and she has not disappointed me with this first IceCats book (though in my head I am calling this Assassins: The Next Generation).
We have already had the story of Ryan Justice, and now we have the story of his sister and his best friend.
Oh how I love Amelia and Chandler. Right from the very first time we meet them in Juicy Rebound, I was hooked.
The Justice family is a strong one, however the past few years has seen them fracture. Amelia is so strong, yet has been emotionally broken. My heart hurts for her (and the rest of the Justice family) as they try to find their way back to each other.
Chandler – le sigh. After what he has been through, you can’t blame him for being gun shy when it comes to women – well, except for his Amelia.
Their story is one of loving when you don’t feel like you are worthy. Not just intimate love, but also familial love.
This book really pulled at my heartstrings, as I went from laughter to tears, sometimes in the space of just a chapter or two.
I did enjoy seeing a little of my first Assassins love, Shea. Oh that man
This was a fantastic start to this new series, and I am looking forward to where the IceCats take us next.
Toni Aleo has simultaneously addressed a heartbreaking reality for many women from an authentic and unswerving perspective while weaving together a beautiful second chance love story. From page one you’ll root for the unwavering tenacity of Chandler Moon as he woos the hesitant Amelia Justice. This is the perfect bookend to the Justice family’s legacy of love and loyalty, that Chandler and Amelia’s journey harkens back to the original Assassins pair makes this book especially sweet. Cousin Shelli and goalie Nico will make you roar with laughter in true Aleo style! Settle in for a swoon worthy read and get ready to fall in love with Chandler, Amelia, and the IceCats!
Take me to the Moon!!! Oh my stars, I just loved Juicy Rebound!!!!
Toni completely had me spellbound from the get go. Taking you on the journey from the original Assassins and now working you into the next generation is a wonderful rollercoaster of emotions.
Amelia Justice is working to find herself again. Completely shut off from everyone she’s ever known or loved, she’s working to find her way back. Little does she know…she’s gonna shoot straight to the Moon!
Chandler Moon is enjoying life as an IceCat and finally cleared his life of his psycho ex. What are the chances of running into your Best Friend’s baby sister after all these years?
Has fate stepped in? Are the stars aligned now?
Jump in and let Toni take you on an adventure that is sure to keep your heart racing!!!
*I was given an advanced copy for an honest review*
First things first if there was a way to give a book more than 5 Fives I would. Toni Aleo has started her new Ice Cats Series with a bang. The next generation of The Assassins Family is just Absolutely heartwarming, heartbreaking, angst filled, full of love & laughter but just overall Fantastic.
Amelia Justice is a young woman trying to get her life back on track after having the last few years be difficult with her own personal life and her families life. What she needs is just her own space to find her way back but what she never expects is to see the one person that might have been the one that got away.
Chandler Moon a star player with the South Carolina Ice Cats has gone through his own life’s ups and downs, getting out of a crazy marriage but with the love of a fantastic parents and great friends he’s in a good place but when a unexpected encounter with a woman who always was off limits appears you can’t help wonder if this was fate.
Chandler & Amelia have the chemistry that you can feel fall off the pages but they will have to overcome from ups and downs not only from there pasts but even some from there here and now. Their journey is incredible to watch and you will feel yourself cheering them on with each and every turn of the page but what you want in the end is for them to find that HEA.
What fun it is to be reading the stories of the second generation of the Assassins! We have already gotten the story of Ryan Justice, the nephew of Shea Adler, in End Game, and we get the story of his sister, Amelia, and Ryan’s best friend Chandler Moon in Juicy Rebound.
Amelia Justice has been trying to start her life over. After leaving home several years ago to marry her high school boyfriend, things did not go anything like she expected. When given an ultimatum, she had to make the agonizing decision between her family and the man she loved. She chose her man and in the end that was the wrong decision, however the only person she has confided in is her cousin Shelli. She’s now living in her Grandmother’s beach house, working at a coffee shop and trying to heal.
Chandler Moon is putting all of his focus into playing professional hockey for the IceCats after finally ending the toxic marriage he was in. He’s playing some of the best hockey of his life, and while he’s not sure he’s ready yet, his hope is that he eventually finds that one woman he’s meant to spend the rest of his life with.
Chandler is stunned when he goes to the local coffee joint near his house and sees the little sister of his best friend behind the counter. Amelia is as beautiful as he remembers and that awakens parts of Chandler that have lay dormant for some time. While the two knew one another in college, and shared one steamy kiss, he always knew that his best friend’s sister was off limits. Will that argument stand up so many years later or will he be able to get the one woman he’s never forgotten to go out on a date with him?
I couldn’t read this book fast enough. I loved both the main characters. Amelia, while she had been through so much, was strong, smart and driven even though she had a mountain of self doubt to work through. Chandler was just amazing. He’s the kind of guy that any woman would want to meet. I loved how patient he was and how he instinctively knew there were things that Amelia was holding back, but he didn’t push, knowing she’d tell him when she was ready.
This is my favorite book that Toni Aleo has written. It flowed so effortlessly, the plot was great and how can you not love a bearded, tattooed hockey player?! Make sure you pick up this book; it’s the start of another great