Blurb:

When you’re facing The End, it’s time to rewind to the beginning.

At thirty-eight years old, Sandro Zanetti is quickly aging out of hockey. But the Trailblazers are chasing a history-making third consecutive championship this season, so until his knees fail him, he plans on giving his all to the sport.

What he doesn’t need is the documentary film crew following the team’s every move. Because the director? Is Bennett Jackson.

Former college sweetheart.
Breaker of hearts.
Still unbearably handsome.

But their relationship is also history and has been for fifteen years.

Bennett Jackson is one project away from the credits rolling on his career after his last film flopped. This behind-the-scenes look at the hottest team in the league is his last chance at redemption…and possibly his last chance at redeeming himself with the one man who’s always held his heart.

Neither of them planned for old jokes to resurface or on the inconvenient fact that their chemistry is very much alive.

But as the action heats up on and off the ice—and on and off camera—their reunion looks less like a rerun of heartbreak and more like a revival of that first chemistry.

And Sandro and Bennett may discover that some stories deserve a sequel.

Tropes: second chance romance, forced proximity, found family

Buy links: https://geni.us/AroundWeGo

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Review:

I’ve only read one book by Aislin, years ago, which I remember enjoying and funny enough The Play of His Life has a lot of similarities to Around and Around We Go. I guess I have a type 🙂 Here we also get a second chance romance so a lot of the getting to know you moments have already happened. Granted they have been apart for over a decade but the connection & feelings are still there. Which means they might be able to more easily slide into another relationship. Once they address some of their regrets, hurts, and insecurities, of course.

I appreciate that while they have very understandable reactions to their situation, they handle this second chance with care. There’s not a ton of drama as they work thru their past but they also don’t immediately fall into each other’s arms. It takes a day or two 😉 OK, it does take a little longer, but Sandro really doesn’t hold on to any negativity from what happened before. So with time they grow closer again, realizing that maybe there could be more there.

While I loved these two together, I think my favorite part is the found family aspect of the Trailblazers. The relationships they’ve formed, the environment they’ve created, allowing them to support each other. To openly ask for what they need. I loved the chirping & teasing that goes hand in hand with the encouragement & help they get from their teammates. This kind of dynamic always makes me smile and this author does it well here.

Aislin hasn’t been on my radar much but I’m going to be changing that. This book was fun and funny, with a good dose of heart and a bit of heat. There’s plenty of appearances by characters from future and past stories, but not in any way that impacts how much I enjoyed this one. It just gave me enough to have me coming back, excited to read more and more 🙂