Review Tour and Giveaway: Shadow and Light by RJ Scott and V.L. Locey

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

My favorite book of the series!

Shadow and Light By RJ Scott

Genre: Contemporary, Sports, Romance, Hockey, GLBTQ, MM

Released: March 22, 2020

Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd.

Series: Arizona Raptors, Book 3

Length: 54,500 words approx.

Cover Design: Meredith Russell

Synopsis

Is it easier to fall into the shadows than hold onto the light?

Injured in a horrific car accident by a man who made him feel like nothing, Henry was left with life threatening injuries, crippling self doubt, and his career as a hockey player destroyed. He’s struggling to see, and as much as people tell him to have hope because he’s young and fit, his vision is compromised and he’s spiraling into despair. Estranged from his family, and his money all gone, there seems to be no hope. Hockey gave him freedom, and now it’s all been taken away.

Adler insists on letting Henry stay in a vast Lockhart-owned mansion in Tuscon, but it’s a big and lonely place. When Apollo arrives at the house with his sunny smile and infectious optimism, along with his no-nonsense rules, he slowly becomes an integral part of Henry’s life. But one day, when Henry is better, Apollo will leave, and what happens then? Has Henry really fallen for the dark eyed man, or is it all just smoke and mirrors?

If there is one thing that Apollo Vasquez knows all about it’s helping others and living with quirky athletes. After all, he’s spent most of his adult life tending to one of the richest hockey playing heirs in America. His days have been filled with friendship, laughter, and the knowledge that he’s needed. Or he used to be. Over the past year Apollo’s best friend, Adler Lockhart, has been slipping away, his time spent with his boyfriend, on the ice, or traveling the world with the man he loves. This leaves Apollo feeling like a clunky third wheel or all alone in a luxurious apartment with no one to fuss over.

Knowing that his life is at a crossroads, his loving nature leads him far away from his childhood friend to the dry desert town of Tucson where he signs on to care for Henry Greenaway as the young Raptor recovers both mentally and physically from a near fatal car crash. Henry is also facing a new life, one that might lead him from the sport he has loved for so long. Cooking, cleaning, and providing moral support is just what the doctor ordered for Apollo, and he soon finds himself not only rediscovering himself and a new life he adores, but falling for the sweet, lost, injured man who’s slowly capturing his heart one timid smile at a time.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

My favorite book of the series!

I have wanted to read Henry’s story ever since he was injured in book one, Coast to Coast. RJ and V.L. have written a wonderful story for him. The blurb is pretty long and detailed so I’ll try to avoid restating it here. While you might be able to read this book without reading books one and two first, I don’t really recommend it. Events from those books are integral to this one.

I loved everything about this book. It was great getting to visit with a few characters from the Harrisburg Railers series, in particular Adler Lockhart. He sends his assistant, Apollo, to help Henry after he is released from the hospital.

Apollo is a wonderfully “out there” character who loves his flamboyant clothes and makeup. Henry is dazzled by him. Apollo has been hurt by a past love so he can really sympathize with Henry. He helps Henry to come to terms with his limitations and encourages him to find ways to overcome them with the help of the sports therapist that the Raptors have provided for him.

I really can’t say enough good things about this story. It touched on all of my emotions and had me crying both sad and happy tears. Apollo and Henry are one of my favorite couples from the all of the collaborations by the fantastic writing team of RJ Scott and V.L. Locey.

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About Author

RJ Scott

USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott writes stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, a happily ever after.

RJ Scott is the author of over one hundred romance books, writing emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.

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

She’s always thrilled to hear from readers, bloggers and other writers. Please contact via the links below.
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V.L. Locey

USA Today bestselling author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, 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, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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