One-Time Shot (Smithton Bears #1)

Here's Lane Hayes's "One-Time Shot." It's the first novel in her new series, the Smithton Bears.

["The jock, the geek, and the hockey project…

Jett
My pro hockey dreams are hanging by a thread. I need to have a great season and that means no partying, no distractions, no fun. The grad student pestering me for science-y help on his thesis is the definition of no fun, so…okay.
Pros and cons of agreeing to this:
Positive use of free time. (At least that’s what my agent says.)
Malcolm likes big words and his first language is math. He’s also bossy, clumsy, and he doesn’t know the first thing about hockey.
But he’s also cute and he’s got a great sense of humor and—oh no.
I cannot have a crush on the geek. No way. Not now.

Malcolm
Yes, I’m a serious student, but a hockey project is not serious. Who cares about big hunky hockey players zipping around a sheet of ice at warp speed? Not I.
According to my professor, however, the only way to attain the required data is to study the specimen in his natural habitat, AKA, the ice rink.
My thesis should lead to a bevy of job offers.
Jett. He’s impossible—too big, too handsome, too gruff and yet disarmingly charming and—
Okay, fine. I like the jock…a lot.
Lately, I find myself wondering if there’s such a thing as a one-time shot at forever."]

My, GOD, Malcom is adorable as hell. So thinks Jett. Jett's gooooone. Really fucking gone.

Then again, Malcom was equally as gone on Jett, just in a more dignified and scientific manner. 

These two were adorable as hell. Even if they made me roll my eyes (during the will-they-won't-they period) and almost sob (during the third-act business). Their friends didn't wholly understand them, but they didn't need to. Malcom and Jett understood each other, and that's all that matters. 

They were sweet and nerdy together, soft and warm, understanding and encouraging. 

I want all of the more.

Trigger Warnings: slight homophobia and more.

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