Jaded (Day River Dingoes #1)
Lex Easton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 6 ratings · 445 pages · Published: 29 May 2025
Captain Olli James has one goal—make it to the NHL. His rocky mental health has thrown his otherwise promising career into question, but saving the sinking Dingoes could be his ticket to the big leagues. However, a certain moody, broody bad-boi Zamboni driver might prove distracting … Especially when Nat turns out to be the secret star of a gritty underground league called the Ice Out—the town's favorite new hockey phenomenon.
It’s no wonder the locals prefer the illicit fight-club hockey over their home team. The Dingoes are a rotating door of players passing through on their way to something better. Olli’s no different. An outsider won’t save the Dingoes, or Nat’s livelihood. But maybe together, Nat and Olli can unite the town and the team—make the Dingoes matter again. It might give Olli a reason to stay and Nat a new dream worth fighting for.
JADED is a gritty MM hockey romance and the first book in the Day River Dingoes series. Expect slow burn, grumpy x sunshine, friends to lovers, mental health rep, plenty of hurt/comfort, some funny banter, and lots of bonding over emo poetry and metal music.
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- romance 3
- sports 3
- friends to lovers 3
- lgbtq+ 3
- men loving men 3
- contemporary 3
- multiple pov 2
- grumpy & sunshine 2
- slow burn 2
- happy-go-lucky mc 2
- grump/ice queen 1
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- content warnings
- mental illness 2
- format - reader age
- book 1
- adult fiction 1