Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Big Apple Atonement by Carolyn Miller

Series: Original Six Hockey Romance # 5
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: May 26, 2022
364 pages
About the Book:

She’s the saint with a secret. He’s the sinner with a heart of gold.

For Emma Moritello, giving abandoned and rejected children a safe home is her life’s purpose, but pressures at work mean her dream may be coming to a close. And just when she thought life couldn’t get more challenging, along comes hockey’s bad boy, keen to make amends. God might want her to love her enemies, but it doesn’t mean she has to like them. Especially this hockey enforcer, who has the nerve to try to stir her heart.

TJ Woletsky has never tried to hide his sins—his exploits are tabloid fodder, and hockey teams love to hate him. Including his own. When a trade takes him to New York he’s confronted with the repercussions of his past, and time spent with the unfortunate helps ignite his desire to turn his life around. Until an incident in a nightclub makes everyone question whether this sinner can ever really change.

My Rating & Thoughts:    


I loved Emma and was fully invested in her storyline. Emma becomes interim director of a children's home and meets TJ through her best friends husband Tim. Tim is captain of the hockey team that TJ has just been transferred to and the team actively volunteers at the children's home. Emma has preconceived notions about TJ and wants to keep her distance. However Tim & his wife Lacey are trying to help TJ change and he is constantly making appearances. TJ was great with the kids in the home and this begins to soften Emma's heart toward him. We witness TJ begin to change and pursue a relationship with God. I was rooting for a relationship between these two and I loved the friendship interactions between Emma and Lacey; and Tim & TJ. It did feel like the last couple chapters were telling the rest of the story rather than us showing us what happened, like how did TJ and his father reconcile? I also enjoyed getting updates from past series characters.

Favourite Quote: 
“None of us are ever going to be good enough. Our best will never measure up. That's the point of grace.”
(I purchased my copy of this book; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

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