Blurb
Fear and sadness mark Bryan’s life, can Gatlin show him that you have to trust before you can love?
Gatlin Pearce is creeping up on thirty-eight and is still single. It’s not that he wants to be alone, it’s just that he’s too damn old to be in clubs filled with glittery gay boys who can’t even tell him who the Rolling Stones are.
Better to just spend his evenings at Hard Score Ink - his tattoo and artwork shop - creating masterpieces on human flesh, listening to the Railers games, and nursing a cold beer.
His solitary life is about to end when Bryan Delaney, the new Railers backup goalie, shows up at his shop looking for new artwork for his helmet. There’s some sort of sad story in those beautiful eyes of Bryan’s, and Gatlin finds himself more than a little infatuated with the tender new goalie.
Bryan Delaney leaves home at fifteen to live with a billet family. He just wishes that he could have escaped his alcoholic father and strictly devout mother earlier. Drafted to the Arizona Raptors he finds a new family, and his first love affair even if that relationship is marked with violence.
Being traded to the Railers is a shock to the system but the team isn’t like any other he’s ever played on and they truly seem to care about him. It’s only when he meets artist Gatlin, with their shared love of music and hockey, that he realizes how hard it is to escape the past.
REVIEW
My Rating - 5 Stars!
Being a huge fan of RJ Scott and LC Locey's hockey books, I couldn't wait to read Goal Line, and it certainly held up to be everything I was hoping it would be.
When we meet Bryan, a backup goalie, he's in a relationship with Aarni, a fellow hockey player who we can immediately tell is abusive and controlling. I can't help but to feel bad for Bryan as he has no clue that he's being abused.
Luckily when Bryan arrives with the Railers, he isn't treated as Aarni warned him. Instead, he was welcomed and accepted to his new team.
And then he meets Gatlin, the tattoo artist for most of the Railers.
I love Gatlin. When he first meets Bryan, he is taken aback, confused by his feelings for this young kid. Bryan meanwhile, is attracted to Gatlin, but can't act on his feelings since he has a boyfriend.
The Harrisburg Railers series is truly a great hockey series. Goal Line is fantastic, as with the rest of this series by RJ Scott and VL Locey. I love the ongoing reappearance of beloved team members and the comradrie among the team. And Ten, oh my precious Ten, how I love thee... He has been one of my favorites of the series all along so I love seeing him again.
The story is well written, with some great hockey scenes, some great characters and a wonderful emotional journey. I laughed, I cried, I vented, and I wanted to punch Aarni, and I cried some more.
Thank you RJ Scott and VL Locey for Goal Line, which is a great addition to your series!
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