![]() ![]() ![]() There is no sugarcoating of the fact that he is a perpetually grumpy bastard. Mike Bouwer is not the archetypal hard on the surface, soft to the core character familiar to romance readers. I would argue that word is Mike’s to own more so that Liam’s. Though, the interpretation of the word mistake is up for debate. When she wrote “for the rest of his life” in the blurb, she meant it in the literal, quantifiable sense, but it wasn’t until I’d reached the final chapter of the book that I realized I wasn’t being served up a tragic romance as much as I was reading a story about sports related traumatic brain injuries and the influence that those injuries would eventually have on Mike and his relationship with his ‘mistake’, Liam Fitzgerald. ![]() ![]() Review: Author Taylor Fitzpatrick makes no secret of how the long-term effects of the repetitive concussions Mike Bouwer has suffered as an enforcer in the NHL will influence the ending of her novel Thrown Off the Ice. He just didn’t know it’d be a mistake that would follow him for the rest of his life. This novel is a punch to the gut, a bona fide tearjerker, and earned every bit of my love.īlurb: Mike knew he was making a mistake when he let the rookie climb into bed with him. At a Glance: There are no miracles conjured in Thrown Off the Ice, nor does the author end the story before the inescapable outcome of Mike’s decline. ![]()
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