In TONI ALEO’s exhilarating Loveswept debut, the first in a series featuring the hockey hunks of the Nashville Assassins, a reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful woman face off against the demons of her past. No matter how hard she tries, Elleanor Fisher never thinks she’s good enough, from her job to her weight to her love life. After enduring years of abuse at the hands of an … of abuse at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, Elli has been drifting through life in a daze. Until, that is, she meets Shea Adler on a promotional shoot for the NHL’s Nashville Assassins. Before Elli knows what’s happening, the gorgeous Shea breaks the ice and shatters her world.
A brilliant athlete inside the rink, Shea Adler is tired of the life he’s living outside of it: the women, the money, the drinking. But everything changes when he meets Elli. After laying eyes on this feisty, witty, beautiful woman, he feels like he’s just taken the hardest hit of his life. No matter how skeptical she is, Shea knows they are meant to be together–if only he can convince Elli to put her insecurities aside before she misses out on a shot at love.
Praise for Toni Aleo’s Nashville Assassins romances
“Aleo melts the ice and hits it into the net with her Assassins series.”–Award-winning author Jami Davenport
“Taking Shots is really the whole package. You get romance, humor, steamy sex, drama, and then it all wraps up with a great conclusion. I am amazed that this is Toni’s first book. She has come out in a huge way. I can’t wait to read more from her. Don’t hesitate for a moment to grab this book.”–Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
“A little steamy, a little heartbreaking, and a whole lot of fanning yourself are in order this time around, readers. Are your cheeks feeling a little pink yet? Get used to the feeling.”–Dreaming in the Pages, on Trying to Score
“Empty Net is an honest, heartwarming, endearing story. . . . Toni Aleo doesn’t just write a story. She gives you the ability to experience the journey of her characters right along with them. Her stories are enveloped with passion, emotion, humor, love; and let me tell you, that girl knows how to write a sex scene that just makes you sweat!”–Guilty Pleasures Book Review
“Sexy and riveting . . . the perfect combination of love and lust.”—USA Today bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin, on Blue Lines
“Funny, charming, sweet, sexy . . . [Falling for the Backup] has everything you want in a story.”–Blushing Reader
Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Trying to Score and Empty Net.
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I got my first view of Toni’s writing thanks to a free ebook. I fell IN LOVE with the Nashville Assassins! She does a great job of mixing witty with romance. I got a few “What’s wrong with you?” glances from my husband when reading her books due to my outbursts of laughter.
The story of Elleanor and Shea is perhaps my favorite of all of them. …
Read with Rating in 2015. Written Review added 2021:
I read the beginning of the Assassins series in 2015 when I was providing a rating only and providing written reviews. If and when I re-read this series, I will provide a more formal review. However, the rating was accurate at the time and I totally love Aleo’s writing style and the entire …
Okay, I read this book ages ago and remembered loving it. A LOT. This time around, I was kind of driven crazy by both of our main characters enough to want to slap someone. Size 10 is not fat. She’s seriously, seriously, the MOST insecure woman ever about her weight and I’m shocked she doesn’t have an eating disorder with how absolutely …
Taking Shots by Toni Aleo has been on my TBR for a long time, and I finally made time to read/listen to the book. Unfortunately, this book only gets three stars from me. I’m not a fan of female characters that can be whiney and self-conscious about herself always. It drove me a little batty. It also drove me crazy with how her family (mother) …
Hockey star Shea Adler has a reputation as a playboy who runs through women quicker than changing his socks, although he has reformed his ways his reputation proceeds him making it hard for others to see past it. When he meets photographer Elli Fisher his emotions overwhelm him, the woman before him is unlike any he has dated and her eyes …
Who doesn’t love a hunky hockey player?
The whole series is terrific. I like the two person POV so you know how each one really feels.
Got this book as a freebie and Enjoyed it so much got the other 4 in the series and enjoyed them all. Strong characters and good storylines.
Love love love Toni Aleo’s books. I’ve read a few of The Nashville Assains Series. This one is the best.
OH EM GEEEEE I could NOT stop reading/listening to this book!!!! I love hockey books so much but this one was so fantastic!!! I LOVE that Elli was a girl who wasn’t confident and I love that Shea is an emotion man. These aren’t things you find to often in books, especially when it comes to sports books. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite …
I listen to this book on CD. First time ever. It was a good book just seemed long listening to the same voice. Loved the characters.
OMG!! I loved Elli and Shea’s story!! How will it affect their relationship when Ellis family tries to break them apart??
Before this story, I had never read anything by Toni, and I wasn’t really a fan of Hockey, but now that I’ve read it, I’d like to see a game!
Toni is a fantastic writer, her characters are so lovable and relatable!!! I really …
So bad. Bad fan fiction style writing. PF Changs is not fancy dining. Insta-love. Just bad.
‘Assassins’ series by Toni Aleo is one of my favorite series of all times I read all books written by Toni Aleo and really enjoyed all of them. But ‘Bellevue Bullies’ and ‘Assassins’ are my favorites. I first read ‘Bellevue Bullies’ and then start reading ‘Assassins’ and these series are the start of my hockey/sports romance journey ‘Taking …
Love Toni Aleos books, you get sucked in and the characters become your friends. Great read, for a quick lunch time check in to a long afternoon of reading in the hammock