Love and Hockey–Sudden Breakaway by Jessica Subject

I’m so excited to have my good friend and fellow 1Night Stand author, Jessica Subject, here on Jenna’s Journal talking about her fantastic book Sudden Breakaway.

My Love for Hockey

Thank you so much, Jenna, for hosting me on your blog for the Sudden Breakaway blog tour!!

The story Sudden Breakaway includes three of my favorite things; romance, science fiction, and hockey. Now, my love for hockey did not start out in the usual way. I only watched for the hot guys, not for the actual game. My father and brother are fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but I’ve never been a fan of them. Maybe the opposite. LOL The first hockey team I remember being a fan of was the Pittsburgh Penguins. Why? Because I thought Mario Lemieux was hot. I’m serious.

But now I’m a fan of the Ottawa Senators. The transition happened when I was in grade seven or eight. I read a newspaper article called “The two Alexes.” It was about two hockey players named Alex (Alexander Daigle and Alexi Yashin) who would be playing for a new NHL team called the Ottawa Senators. I didn’t read much of the article until later, but stared at the pics of these two young players for quite some time. Yes, this was my new favorite team, and I couldn’t wait to start cheering them on.

No, this may not be the best way to choose a favorite hockey team, but it worked for me. And in high school, I often when to see the local Stratford Cullitons play, just to see some of the guys I went to school with and had crushed on.

Well, I’ve grown up since then and married an amazing man. (Not a hockey player.) The two Alexes have left the Ottawa Senators, but I am still a fan of the team. Now, if only they were actually playing…

So, tell me… What is your favorite team from any sport, and how did they become your favorite?

Blurb for Sudden Breakaway:

Dressed in her black designer suit, Paige Brown recruits men and women for the Space Service. After the end of her marriage, and several failed recruiting missions, she yearns to find a way out of her lifelong contract to live a normal life. To find love again.

Jared Barnes’s life had been flipped upside down by two little kids. When his former Commander’s wife shows up to give him a reprieve, he jumps at the chance for a break, and to visit his former squad. But it is not his buddies he meets in the private suite at the Washington Capitals game, instead a woman who has been the star of all of his recent fantasies, fulfills his wildest dreams except the one that binds his heart.

Has Madame Eve made a mistake or can two lonely hearts overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles?

Sudden Breakaway is available at Decadent Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and  other e-tailers

Excerpt for Sudden Breakaway:

Jared shucked his towel and stroked his rigid cock. That woman made him hard every time she came to the door, trying to persuade him to sign up for the Space Service. Her claims had seemed far-fetched when she’d first approached him, yet his commander had confirmed her credentials, having been approached to join by another many years ago. While Jared would never add his thumbprint to the contract he’d read, he wouldn’t mind if she stopped by to try and convince him again.

Ms. Brown, with her black blazer revealing a hint of cleavage and a skirt that showed the perfect curvature of her ass. When he’d answered the door fresh out of the shower and seen her on his porch, he’d gripped the door handle to hold himself back from yanking her inside and tearing off her fine-pressed suit.

He squeezed his balls; no time to jack-off. Dylan and Madison would arrive in an hour, and he had to take one last run through his house to get rid of any lingering dust bunnies before Children’s Services appeared. No obvious dirt in the living room, he headed toward the kitchen, but his mind kept flying back to Ms. Brown.

She had the whole librarian thing going on, with her dark hair tied up in a bun and glasses resting on the end of her nose. Though, none of the women who worked at the local branch made his cock throb. Perhaps there was some truth to the naughty librarian tale. He wished.

Most women’s version of naughty did not come close to his. While the whole BDSM club scene didn’t appeal to him, he enjoyed a little bondage during foreplay. He’d spent months at a time deployed in the Middle East. While home, he appreciated the opportunity to date the pretty women who found a guy in uniform sexy. But once he fetched the cuffs, they bolted. They hadn’t even wanted to use them on him.

Ms. Brown was no girl, though. No more than a couple years his senior, she exuded experience with her seductive glances, her posture that plunged her cleavage into his line of sight, and that damn wiggle of her ass as she sashayed back to her car. She could teach him a thing or two. He yearned for the chance to find out.

No, his next lay could no longer be at the forefront of his mind. In less than an hour, he would become the father-figure to two impressionable young children. His sexual urges would have to take leave for the foreseeable future.

He’d been in his last month of deployment to Afghanistan when the call came in. And it took another day for his commander to reach him with the news. His brother-in-law had been killed in a car accident, leaving his niece and nephew orphans. And as much as he loved the Marine Corps—Semper Fi—he couldn’t let the kids be raised by strangers. They had no other family left.

So, after he returned to the States, he contacted his lawyer and spent a couple of weeks obtaining guardianship of the children. He’d received his discharge papers, found a civilian position working as a desk jockey for the CIA through his contacts with the Marines, and bought a house suitable to raise two growing youngsters. After months of preparation, they were coming to live with him.

He glanced at his watch. Ten minutes until they arrived.

Shit! He’d wasted precious time thinking about Ms. Brown and his new life.

Grabbing a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, he yanked them on. Screw the boxers; his niece and nephew wouldn’t notice. He peeked into their rooms to ensure they looked somewhat presentable. Would Children’s Services take them back to California if his new living space didn’t meet their standards?

He groaned. They weren’t even at his house yet, and he’d been distracted. No more. Nothing would come before them. The children would be his priority. Everything he did would be for them, for the rest of his life.

About the Author:

Jessica Subject started writing to encourage her daughter to read. Now she writes to keep herself grounded. Although she reads many genres, she enjoys writing Science Fiction
Romance the most and believes everyone in the universe deserves a happily ever after. She lives Southwestern Ontario, Canada with her husband and two kids and loves
to hear from anyone who has enjoyed her stories.

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