Hockey With Benefits

Hockey With Benefits

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Release date: March 7, 2023

Print pages: 428

Reader says this book is...: emotionally riveting (2) entertaining story (1) happily ever after (1) heartwarming (1) sex scenes (2) strong heroine (2) triggers (1) high heat (1) satisfying ending (1) strong chemistry (1) tearjerker (1) terrific writing (1) tragic (1) unputdownable (1)

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3.5 Stars

I honestly love Tijan’s writing style, and in Hockey With Benefits, she has once again demonstrated her word wizardry. The catch is I’m a new reader of the Crew Series, and although her latest standalone offering is one of my fave sub-genres, there were intervals when I was trying to place and remember the students’ names and their respective sports clubs.

That said, Tijan’s heroine is an unforgettable character. Learning how Mara Daniels ticks, the reason she’s not exactly a people person and doesn’t do serious relationships is heartbreaking stuff. The first impre...
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3.5 Stars

I honestly love Tijan’s writing style, and in Hockey With Benefits, she has once again demonstrated her word wizardry. The catch is I’m a new reader of the Crew Series, and although her latest standalone offering is one of my fave sub-genres, there were intervals when I was trying to place and remember the students’ names and their respective sports clubs.

That said, Tijan’s heroine is an unforgettable character. Learning how Mara Daniels ticks, the reason she’s not exactly a people person and doesn’t do serious relationships is heartbreaking stuff. The first impression she gave me was wow–we’ve got a tough one here! But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Tijan has delved into intense family issues and even wove disturbing happenings in the story, leaving me speechless.

Mara gives her few faithful friends a wide berth, yet they’re always on her side. And Cruz Styles? Words fail me. To say he is a patient and generous soul is putting it mildly. So, he has this thing going on with her, but I liked that he was mindful of her wishes. However, their no-strings-attached arrangement also got me thinking. How long would it be before they overstepped agreed boundaries? Observing their emotional vulnerabilities, his possessiveness and not just towards Mara, but his family too, made me tear up.

There never seemed to be a right time for peace in their story—yeah, drama abounds in every unimaginable corner, but Mara’s change of attitude towards getting between the sheets stumped me. Aah, like Cruz, I cottoned on to her concerns pretty quickly, and get this, his admiration for her is more noteworthy than I ever thought possible. Kudos galore to Tijan. She made them stronger to face their pasts and get ahold of the present. There’s no doubt about it. Cruz sold me in so many ways. And turn down your winter heating, folk! Their oh-so-hot chemistry isn’t just fanning material; it’s the bomb!

I did so want to give this college sports romance all the stars. Tijan’s unique dual point of view storytelling, her truncated sentence usage, which I am always in awe of, and her excellent character development, is unquestionably hers to own lock, stock and barrel. And the witty banter from all those involved was simply beyond my expectations. If it weren’t for the name fraternity/sorority confusion, rating Mara and Cruz’s story would have been a piece of cake. Having had my say, if you’re familiar with the Fallen Crest/Crew Series, you’ll have no difficulty putting this book down.



 on 5/2/23
emotionally riveting high heat satisfying ending sex scenes strong chemistry strong heroine tearjerker terrific writing tragic unputdownable
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4.5stars—HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS by Tijan is a stand alone, contemporary, new adult, erotic, college romance focusing on college hockey player Cruz Styles, and Mara Daniels. HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS is set in, and is interconnected with the author’s Fallen Crest series.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including mental illness and acquaintance r@pe, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cruz and Mara) HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS follows the unconventional relationship between college hockey star Cruz Styles, and Mara D...
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4.5stars—HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS by Tijan is a stand alone, contemporary, new adult, erotic, college romance focusing on college hockey player Cruz Styles, and Mara Daniels. HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS is set in, and is interconnected with the author’s Fallen Crest series.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including mental illness and acquaintance r@pe, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cruz and Mara) HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS follows the unconventional relationship between college hockey star Cruz Styles, and Mara Daniels. Mara and Cruz are not quite friends with benefits but have an understanding to be one another’s intimate, sexual partners. Keeping their relationship a secret means the unwelcome scrutiny of, and questions from so-called friends, roommates, other students and bullies. Cruz has caught the eye of every female puck bunny, and Mara must deal with the sl^t shaming and vitriol of the jealous fans but all is not well in the lives of our story line couple as issues of fractured family dynamics and mental illness are slowing destroying the psyche of two young people whose entire lives are still ahead. What ensues is the building but atypical romance and relationship between Mara and Cruz, and the potential fall-out as Mara’s life begins to spiral out of control, wreaking havoc on anyone who has crossed her path.

Mara Daniels has many friends and supporters within the college community but Mara’s secrets are known only by a few. It is these secrets that are about to destroy the strained relationship Mara has with those who have only surmised about the real Mara Daniels, and with it, the spiral that continues to affect her private and personal life. Cruz Styles doesn’t want a girlfriend, and his ‘arrangement’ with Mara is perfect such that no heart will be broken until the heart wants something more than the head is willing to accept. Life as a star; a member of the popular crowd means exposing both the good and bad for our story line couple but no one ever expected that Mara would be thrown to the wolves in the wake of protecting someone else.

The relationship between Mara and Cruz begins as a sexual agreement; a ‘friends with benefits’ type of relationship but a relationship that supposedly starts and ends in the bedroom. Mara never thought she would find someone that would accept the emotional scars that have affected her ability to trust, and Cruz knew his position on the hockey team meant he couldn’t always trust the people who wanted something more than he was willing to give. The $ex scenes are passionate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and wild secondary and supporting characters including several members of the hockey team, roommates, friends, frenemies, rivals and family.

The world building focuses on issues of mental health, and the resulting consequences and ramifications for those standing in the direct line of fire. Until one has lived or experienced the true depth of the pain and heart ache of such an illness, there is always someone waiting to tear you down.

HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS is a story of fractured family dynamics, friendships and relationships, betrayal and mental illness, acceptance and love. The premise is emotional, heart breaking and unique; the characters are broken, damaged yet brave; the romance is seductive and provocative.

 on 3/7/23
emotionally riveting entertaining story happily ever after heartwarming sex scenes strong heroine triggers
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