Audio Review Tour: Changing Lines by RJ Scott and V.L. Locey, performed by Sean Crisden

22 August of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Changing Lines By RJ Scott and V.L. Locey, Narrated By Sean Crisden

 

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance, Hockey, GLBTQ, M/M

Released: July 25, 2018

Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd.

Series: Harrisburg Railers, Book 1

Cover Design: Meredith Russell

Can Tennant show Jared that age is just a number, and that love is all that matters?

The Rowe Brothers are famous hockey hotshots, but as the youngest of the trio, Tennant has always had to play against his brothers’ reputations. To get out of their shadows, and against their advice, he accepts a trade to the Harrisburg Railers, where he runs into Jared Madsen. Mads is an old family friend and his brother’s one-time teammate. Mads is Tennant’s new coach. And Mads is the sexiest thing he’s ever laid eyes on.

Jared Madsen’s hockey career was cut short by a fault in his heart, but coaching keeps him close to the game. When Ten is traded to the team, his carefully organized world is thrown into chaos. Nine years his junior and his best friend’s brother, he knows Ten is strictly off-limits, but as soon as he sees Ten’s moves, on and off the ice, he knows that his heart could get him into trouble again.

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Great story, great audio performance.

I read this book back in July 2017 when it was first published; a copy of that review is shown below. The only thing I want to add here is how wonderful I thought that Sean Crisden’s audio performance was. He conveyed all of the right emotions and made the story come alive for me again. He had me sobbing in places (that means I loved a story and it affected me deeply). I will certainly be listening to the other books in this series as they become available.

I’ve read a lot of books by RJ Scott but this is the first one for me by V.L. Locey. Just what I need, another great author to follow – lol.

Age gap stories are not something I look for, but if a favorite author writes one I will certainly read it. Actually, Tennant (Ten) and Jared (Mads) are only 9 years apart; to me this isn’t really much of an age gap given that both MCs are over 21. One of the tropes I do love though, is falling for a sibling’s best friend; so, even if I didn’t already love RJ Scott’s work, this is a story I would totally go for. Jared is the best friend of Tennant’s oldest brother.

Tennant is the youngest of three brothers – all of them professional hockey players. He loves his brothers but he also has felt a bit stifled because of always being compared to them. He accepts a trade to an expansion team and his oldest brother thinks it’s a mistake.

Jared’s a coach on Tennant’s new team and he hasn’t seen Ten in years. The two of them quickly realize their attraction for each other but Ten isn’t out and their relationship could jeopardize his career.

This story is told from alternating points of view by Jared and Tennant; it was full of feels for me. Jared has a 17-year-old son and seeing him do all he can to protect him touched my heart. Ten has to deal with coming out to his team and his family and how all of that went down moved me to tears. I won’t tell you if they were happy or sad tears, you’ll have to read the story to find out for yourself.

Changing Lines is also full of hockey jargon and it was kind of a weird thing for me…. I’m not a fan of any sports but hockey would definitely be one that I know next to nothing about. But, none of that meant a thing to me when I read this story. To me the jargon was secondary to the story and the fact that I didn’t totally understand all of it didn’t make a bit of difference. I’m sure I’ll learn and understand a lot more about hockey before this series ends.

I loved the epilogue for Jared and Ten’s story. I just know that Railers Hockey is going to be a great series.

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

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RJ’s goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.

RJ is the author of the over one hundred novels and discovered romance in books at a very young age. She realized that if there wasn’t romance on the page, she could create it in her head, and is a lifelong writer.

She lives and works out of her home in the beautiful English countryside, spends her spare time reading, watching films, and enjoying time with her family.

The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit and has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.

She’s always thrilled to hear from readers, bloggers and other writers.

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V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, Dr. Who, Torchwood, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, two Jersey steers and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.

When not writing lusty tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand.

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