The Last Shot

Annie: As A Child I Was Unwanted And Unloved. Tossed Aside Until My Maternal Grandmother Came To Claim Me. Life Got Better After That, And It Got Better Still When I Met Ethan Michaels, The Boy Down The Street Who Was Determined To Make Me Feel Like I Mattered. At First He Was My Friend, But Then He Became Much More. But Love Isn’t Real. Not In My World. When Ethan Left To Pursue Professional Hockey I Had To Make A Clean Break. I Couldn’t Wait For Him To Find Someone Better, Couldn’t Wait For Him To Break My Heart. It’s Better To Leave Than Be Left. But Now He’s Back, And I Can't Run From Him Anymore. Worse…he Won't Let Me. Ethan: Annie Fraser Owned Me As A Kid. She Owns Me Still. When I Got My First Contract To Play Professional Hockey I Asked Her To Come With Me, But She Wouldn’t Leave Rawdon, Not While Her Grandmother Was Sick. I Understood. Still, I Wanted To Stay Together, Do Whatever I Could To Keep Her. But She Wanted To Run. I Loved Her Enough To Let Her. Now I’m Back In Town And I’m Still Pissed. I Think I Hate Her. I’m Sure Of It. Until I See Her… And Those Old Feelings Come Rushing Back. I Won’t Let Her Walk Away Again. I Don’t Care What It Takes. Keywords: Hockey, Nurse, Contemporary, Romance, New Adult, Second Chance, Psychological Annie: As a child I was unwanted and unloved. Tossed aside until my maternal grandmother came to claim me. Life got better after that, and it got better still when I met Ethan Michaels, the boy down the street who was determined to make me feel like I mattered. At first he was my friend, but then he became much more. But love isn't real. Not in my world. When Ethan left to pursue professional hockey I had to make a clean break. I couldn't wait for him to find someone better, couldn't wait for him to break my heart. It's better to leave than be left. But now he's back, and I can't run from him anymore. Worse ... he won't let me. Ethan: Annie Fraser owned me as a kid. She owns me still. When I got my first contract to play professional hockey I asked her to come with me, but she wouldn't leave Rawdon, not while her grandmother was sick. I understood. Still, I wanted to stay together, do whatever I could to keep her. But she wanted to run. I loved her enough to let her. Now I'm back in town and I'm pissed. I think I hate her. I'm sure of it. Until I see her ... and those old feelings come rushing back. I won't let her walk away again. I don't care what it takes.* The Last Shot is a contemporary, second chance at love novel between a professional hockey player and a nurse. Although sweet with tamer language, it contains sexual situations and adult language Annie: As a child I was unwanted and unloved. Tossed aside until my maternal grandmother came to claim me. Life got better after that, and it got better still when I met Ethan Michaels, the boy down the street who was determined to make me feel like I mattered. At first he was my friend, but then he became much more. But love isn't real. Not in my world. When Ethan left to pursue professional hockey I had to make a clean break. I couldn't wait for him to find someone better, couldn't wait for him to break my heart. It's better to leave than be left. But now he's back, and I can't run from him anymore. Worse...he won't let me. Ethan: Annie Fraser owned me as a kid. She owns me still. When I got my first contract to play professional hockey I asked her to come with me, but she wouldn't leave Rawdon, not while her grandmother was sick. I understood. Still, I wanted to stay together, do whatever I could to keep her. But she wanted to run. I loved her enough to let her. Now I'm back in town and I'm pissed. I think I hate her. I'm sure of it. Until I see her... and those old feelings come rushing back. I won't let her walk away again. I don't care what it takes. *The Last Shot is a standalone, contemporary, new adult novel.