*`Review Tour: Ruled Out by Ruth Stilling`*

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𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 (Seattle Scorpions Series Book 4) by Ruth Stilling is now LIVE!

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What to expect:

🏒Broken Boy x Good Girl

🏒Second Chance

🏒Forbidden Love

🏒GMs Daughter

🏒He Falls First

🏒He can't stay away

🏒Spicy Lessons

🏒Found Family

🏒Virgin FMC

🏒Mental health (PTSD) rep

Blurb:

They think my greatest gift is my ability on the ice. But they’re wrong.

I’ve been hailed as the guy who has it all when it comes to hockey. Powerful people have invested their time and money, determined to turn my potential into their reality.

The most influential of those people? Graham Jenkins—former NHL player and the General Manager of the Dallas Destroyers. The second he set eyes on me in the little leagues, he piled all his resources into my success. And when the Destroyers were awarded the first-round draft pick, he didn’t hesitate to snap me up.

He thought I was the golden boy, the star that would make his team as successful as his playing career. Only I wasn’t. Instead of unleashing my potential in front of the goal, he discovered my real talent—secrets.

And I have many that I will never share. One for every scar disguised beneath the tattoos painting my body, along with the childhood memories either buried deep inside my broken mind or drowned out by empty bottles lining my kitchen counter.

There’s only one secret I wish I didn’t have to keep. She’s also the addiction I know I’ll never kick. A detox my heart could never survive since it only beats for her. And even years after we were torn apart, my fixation hasn’t changed. Although neither have our circumstances—I’m still the broken boy, suffocated with trauma. And she’s still Mia Jenkins, the good girl, and daughter of the man who offered me everything except his blessing to date her.

But one thing about addiction? It never seeks permission.

TW include: Abusive parents, domestic violence, substance abuse, off page child loss (not involving the main characters) mental health rep namely PTSD, off page discussion of self harm.

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Review:

4 Stars

I can't believe this is the last book in the series. This group of hockey hunks sure stole my heart. This series went out on powerfully emotional ride. My heart just broke with Jessie's backstory. The struggle he steals has to endure even now, but the light in his life is Mia. Powers that be want to keep them apart, but when you have such a deep connection you can't. The powers that be may think they see the real Jessie, but they don't. Mia knows who he truly he is and he somebody worth everything. It made my heart happy to see Mia slide right into the friend group of Jessie so effortlessly. I'm not gonna lie it was tough reading the parts of their past, but especially every time Jessie went back to Dallas. My heart broke over and over for him. The way his teammate's children just love the guy should be enough for people to know Jessie's true character. Tears were shed because I know the inner struggle it is with the dark thoughts in your head and being so good at faking everything is alright to the outside world. It melted my heart to see the bond between Jessie and little Will. Those moments had a huge smile on my face. I couldn't have asked for a better ending for this series, but for Jessie and Mia. I'm glad it's not a complete goodbye to this crew because a second generation is coming.