I am not okay.

Fifteen months ago, my life was turned upside down when the plane I was piloting went down. Injured and trapped in the wreckage, I had to watch my fiancée die a painfully slow death, which is something that can really mess with your head.

Since that day, I’ve had little desire to do much of anything. Except play hockey, that is. Because that is the one place where the bad memories are banished and I can escape my pain.

But off the ice, I’m spiraling out of control. Losing the grip on my life and putting myself and my career in danger. Now, thanks to a string of bad decisions, I’ve been ordered to complete therapy in order to stay on the team.

The problem? Nora Wayne, my beautiful and somewhat unconventional therapist. I can’t buy into the brand of happy clappy crap this woman is feeding me. What could she possibly understand about the type of loss that I’ve suffered? How does she know anything about finding happiness after losing the most important person in your life?

Turns out, I’ve got a lot to learn, and she’s just the person I need to break through those walls I’ve erected.

Tacker by Sawyer Bennett is a book I feel like I have been waiting forever for!

Tacker Hall has been spiraling downhill in the prior books in this series due to the tragic loss of his finance, a loss he witnessed and experienced first hard (yes brutal I know)

Kudos to the team owner Dominik Carlson for seeing Tacker’s struggling and pushing him to get help. That help comes with therapist Nora Wayne.

Nora’s backstory.. is well.. if you think Tacker’s is brutal hold into your kindle.

Bennett’s ability to weave these two heart-wrenching stories with banter and some bromance is pure literally genius. This story never feels heavy, it flowed beautifully and had me knowing this was the happy both were meant to live!

And yes, I am beyond excited for the team owner’s happy in Dominik!

This book that will really pull at your heart string… this book takes pain to healing with deep connection and true friendship!

Though this book could be read standalone I think it is likely best to read the Arizona Vengeance series in order because barring witness to the mystery of Tacker and his spiral adds to this reading experience.