“I’m not sure what possessed me to do it. Maybe it was the impossible expectations I faced, maybe it was my own self-loathing. But I just knew I needed something different to happen. I needed someone…something…to derail me from my current path. Otherwise I would become lost…a hollowed-out shell of a man. So I did it. I approached her, then I pursued her, then I made her mine. And my life was saved….”
Ryan Burnham is the privileged son of a US congressman and captain of his university’s hockey team. While he is on the verge of fulfilling his dreams to play in the NHL, his parents want him on a different course. One he is expected to accept for the sake of his family’s public image.
Forced to abandon her music career after the heartbreaking death of her parents, Danny Cross exists on the opposite side of the tracks from Ryan. She is struggling to make her own way, working two jobs, attending college part time, and volunteering in a homeless shelter. She is on a mission to build her own success.
With a chance meeting, their vastly different worlds collide, causing each to evaluate whether they are truly on the correct path to self-fulfillment and happiness. Can their relationship survive? Particularly when others are against them every step of the way? A lot can happen in just 10 short days….
I would highly recommend this book to everyone! Before I started reading this book, I have to admit I was a little intimidated……I know absolutely NOTHING about hockey. So I was worried I wouldn’t be able to follow along. After finishing Off Sides, I have come to the conclusion…..I have found my new sport to watch and learn about, especially if they have hotties like Ryan Burnham (and his friends who sound just as equally hot) on the team!Â
Awful! No story! Insta-love This book was awful! Nothing happened. Insta-love. The end! There should be a warning: this book contains Insta-love and absolutely no storyline. I’m so glad it was free. I’d be so mad if I paid for it.
Where was the story? I kept thinking I had missed something. Perhaps skipped a chapter by mistake. The pace of this book goes way too fast and the author does not develop the characters or their relationship at all. One of the most disappointing reads I’ve read lately.