Hey lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Elizabeth
Hartey and her new book, “Cross Drop”!
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Cross Drop
by Elizabeth Hartey
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GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Nikki
I’m
not a saint. Never claimed to be. I’ve played the game and scored my fair
share—both on and off the field. This is why I should have known better than to
fall for a hockey player. But I did. I fell fast and hard.
Now
I’m left with the painful consequences, reminded every day of how reckless I
had been by giving him my heart so easily—so willingly. Dalt broke me in the cruelest
of ways, and because of him I’ll never be able to love again.
Dalt
Nikki
changed me. She made me want to be a better man. My days playing off the field
were over because she owned every little piece of my heart…until she left,
leaving behind a gnawing ache where my heart used to be.
Now
she’s back, and it’s painfully clear she hates me, ignoring me, pretending like
I’m nobody to her. But that’s just too damn bad. I want answers. I want a
goddamn explanation.
And most of all…I want her.
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EXCERPT ONE:
When
you’re in college things are measured by semesters, not days or months. I fell
in love fall semester of my freshman year. I was dumped spring semester of my
sophomore year. I received the greatest blessing of my life in the fall of what
should have been my junior year. It’s how I remember things, how I recall the
seasons which changed my life forever. Now I’m back, trying to complete my
junior fall semester more than a year later.
I
shouldn’t be here tonight, though. I swore I was off hockey for the rest of my
life. Sort of. Not the Bruins, or the Penguins, or the Stars. Okay, I swore I
was off any hockey involving the Bernard University team, and one particular
hockey whore.
I’m
not a stupid girl. Not usually. I’ve worked hard to get to where I am and to
keep checking off all the necessary boxes to get where I want to go. Get a
scholarship to an Ivy League college. Check. Manage to keep my GPA over 3.5 to
maintain said scholarship. Check. Become captain of the women’s soccer team and
lead them to a championship win of the America East Conference during my first
year as captain. Check. I’m not ashamed to admit I was doing pretty well at
this thing called life, despite a few colossal obstacles along the way. Until
about three years ago, when I checked off a few boxes which should not have
been checked.
The
special brand of stupid I began demonstrating back then and am continuing to
exhibit at this very moment is spelled D-a-l-t-o-n W-a-l-k-e-r. When it comes to that
irresistible specimen of whoredom, I become a mindless idiot.
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REVIEW:
This
book was such an exciting, fun, flirty, intriguing read!
This
book is about two college athletes, both at the top of their game. Dalt, a hot shot hockey player and Nikki, a
soccer star. Both have fallen hard for
each other and with their chemistry it’s not difficult to see why. However, after a misunderstanding the
relationship is ended on a sour note.
Two years later they both cross paths and it’s clear that the attraction
is still there. But can they get past
the secrets and betrayal and make it work this time?
I
really enjoyed reading this book! I
experienced so many emotions over the course of just 303 pages! From blushing over those hot and steamy moments; to anger and sadness
over the breakup; to excitement and suspense while cheering for them to get back together and so much more! I really felt like I was on the journey with
Dalt and Nikki.
I
liked the main characters, Dalt and Nikki.
They were totally relatable and realistic. I remember college life and college
loves. Having that intense connection
and it was always all or nothing. We
would have fights over the stupidest things and whatever we were fighting about
or even our breakup would be like the end of the world; life could not possibly
go on. Everything then – especially the
little things just seemed like such big deals.
Looking back, I feel like I wasted so much time over nothings lol. We were immature, like the main characters,
and after the two-year time jump you can definitely see how much the characters
grew. I felt the author did a great job conveying
the development and improvement in both the main characters that showed how
mature and grown-up they’d become over the time gap. They were finally able to communicate and own up to their mistakes.
I
loved that this book was a sports romance book!
Two of my favorite things in a book!
I loved all the sports excerpts which were fun and entertaining. Even if you’re not a hockey or soccer fan, it’s
not overwhelming or difficult to follow the sports references.
I
enjoyed that this book took place in Maine.
The author does a beautiful job describing the lovely picturesque landscape. I’ve never been to Maine, but it’s definitely
on my travel bucket list now!
This
book is the second book in the On the Edge Book Series. I had not read the first book before reading
this book. I did not get lost or
confused, so this book can be read as a standalone. However, there are many references to the
previous book and the characters seem to overlap. Therefore, since I truly liked this book,
I would suggest getting in from the beginning and starting with book one so you
don’t miss anything.
All
in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend this
book to all new adult, contemporary, sports romance readers!
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AUTHOR BIO:
As a
lover of the northeast US, Elizabeth moved
with her husband to the Poconos several years ago to open a Chiropractic
Clinic. Four children and a menagerie of animals later, she has finally found
time to fulfill her lifelong dream of writing novels. The wild ride of writing
books is one of the most difficult things she’s ever done in her life. But the
opportunity to get her stories out of her head and down on paper and send them
out into the world is also one of the most wonderful things she’s ever done. A
dreamer at heart, romance is the genre she spends most of her time writing and
reading into the wee hours of the morning. And having readers fall in love with
her characters as much as she does is almost as exciting as giving birth (just
not as painful!) When not juggling work responsibilities and writing, she
enjoys spending time with her family, hiking the beautiful hills and woods around
her home, swimming, knitting, watching old classic movies and travelling.
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Elizabeth ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! I really enjoyed reading and reviewing your book, thanks for providing the copy! :)
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