As expected, the hockey team rebuilds itself and soars with victories. And yet, there are moments of pure glory and triumph. There were also moments of unhinged vengeance that had me in tears over the damage and injury committed. This book even has a possible trigger warning that it includes themes of survivorship, and for there to be survivorship, there has to be the potential of self-harm. There is nothing sugar-coated in any of what he presents.
He eloquently expresses the thoughts in his primary players’ minds, or at the very least, has other characters verbally express the heartache they may be going through. Bauer has a marvelous talent for getting to the heart of some form of trauma or emotional distress. There is a romance of the type that only the amazing author Tal Bauer can deliver, but this is primarily a book about survival. While that synopsis may read like a Harlequin Romance novel, it is most certainly not. An unexpected romance transpires between Morgan and Shea, who is also gay. The VP of the team is brought in, and a major housecleaning has begun, starting with Morgan unofficially named as Captain (it does become official later) and a rookie named Shea as the Alternate Captain.
The next day he observes the Captain assaulting one rookie named Brody, and Morgan opens up a big can of whoop-a** on the Captain.
Morgan meets the team Captain and sees for himself how the rookies are being abused. There, he learns he was “requested” by his friend (one of the veteran members of the team) to help clean house. He reluctantly goes there and meets up with a friend who is also on the team. He’s prepared to retire, but his agent assures him that this is for one year only, after which he’ll be a free agent. He suddenly receives news that he’s being traded to probably the worst team in the NHL, the Rocky Mountain Outlaws. He’s a bit jaded with the sport and hasn’t been on a winning team for some time. Morgan Elsher is a slightly older professional ice hockey player.
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