The Pucking Wrong Guy
It's hard to resist the past in this steamy, dark hockey romance—an Amazon Top 10 Bestseller from USA Today–bestselling author C.R. Jane.
Blake moved to L.A. for a fresh start and to make it big. Now she's waiting tables while her dreams of becoming a model hover just out of reach. She already has her hands full . . . and then her past walks into the room and changes everything.
"What's your name, sunshine?"
At first Blake doesn't recognize him, but the gorgeous six-foot-four, tattooed pro-hockey player is Ari Lancaster—her first ever crush, the one who got her through the worst time in her life. He's all grown up now, with an unshakeable confidence and the ability to turn her inside out with a single kiss. And he has no intention of letting her go again.
Blake knows she should resist, but each time Ari's overwhelming intensity is focused on her, all her best intentions go out the window. There's no denying they're playing in different leagues, but it's only a matter of time before Blake starts to wonder if the completely wrong guy she's falling for . . . is actually the right one.
- Pages
- 349
- Audiobook
- 9 hr 42 min
- First published
- 2023
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Audiobook
Shelved by 4 Litcadians
Reviews
Finished November 26, 2025
I liked this more than the 1st book in the series, mainly because Ari wasn't as deranged as Lincoln. Just as obsessed, but in a less psycho way. The one thing I did not like about Ari is that sometimes he acted too much like a teenage girl, with all the Taylor Swift references, pumpkin drinks, some of his texts to Lincoln, and the whole bffs thing. Ari was so sweet, caring, encouraging, obsessed, and devious (for all the right reasons). I loved his confident arrogance. Loved the part where he gave the illusion he was letting her go, but it was all pretend so she would realize how much she wanted to be with him. Hired an actor lawyer and paid someone of at the court in case papers were filed. He was very manipulative, but in the best of ways. “Looks like someone likes to be praised. “Lonely doesn’t exist for us anymore, baby,” he soothed. I’m obsessed with you, crazy over you in fact. I can’t stand to be apart from you for any length of time. “You obviously don’t understand that when I say you’re perfect…I mean you’re absolutely perfect for me. There isn’t anything I don’t like about you. There’s nothing I wish was different. Every morning I wake up and I can’t believe my fucking luck, because I get to wake up to you. I consider it a privilege to know you.” "I can’t watch you be so miserable. I can’t be the reason that all your light fades. I love you enough to let you go, to stop forcing you to be with me.” “I’m sorry I broke my promise to make you happy, sunshine. I’ll never be over you. You’ll always be the love of my life.” “I never want you to let me go,” I told him, staring into those grass green eyes, and seeing my whole future in their depths. “I kept telling you I couldn’t find anything wrong with you even as I fell apart over and over and you were there for me,” I whispered. “And then when I found out everything…I immediately wasn’t there for you. And it’s taken me all this time to realize…there’s still nothing wrong with you. I think you’re perfect just as you are, Ari Lancaster. Perfect for me.” “I couldn’t love you like you deserved when I hated myself so much,” I admitted.