End Game: New York Stars

By: G.A. Mazurke, Serena Akeroyd

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Teddy Hamilton

I’m a curvy sports geek.

Liam’s a hockey god.

He’s way out of my league…

My brother’s best friend is acting really weird.

Flowers keep showing up. He sends me Cameos and concert tickets.

Then, there’s the job offer…

Well, first, there was the fact that he tracked me down to NYC.

It’s really complicated, okay? But so are my feelings for him. I’ve been ignoring them for so long that they became a wall I’m comfortable hiding behind.

Damn him and his sweet, hot, cute, dirty-talking self who has cherry-picked his way into every aspect of my life.

I’m not complaining… but there’s a problem.

Not that he’s my brother’s best friend. Oh, no. Liam Donnghal is a future Hall-of-Famer NHL star. He could have any girl he wants, so why would he want to make the wallflower his end game?

END GAME, book one in the New York Stars' series, is a standalone hockey romance.

She falls hard, he falls harder ~ Golden retriever hero, black cat heroine ~ Found family ~ Pining hero ~ Brother's best friend ~ Curvy heroine ~ Hockey god hero pierced for her pleasure ~ Band of brothers ~ Marriage pact.

©2023 Serena Akeroyd Publishing Ltd. (P)2024 Serena Akeroyd Publishing Ltd.

End Game is an outstanding audiobook!

End Game is an outstanding audiobook!
Between the amazing storyline and witty humor, the dynamic energy between Liam and Gracie is utterly perfection. Not to mention the over-the-top perfectional narration by Samantha Brentmoor, and Teddy Hamilton.

Hit it out of the park...

📚 Book Review 📚

Liam and Gracie have know each other for basically forever. After all, Liam billeted with Gracie’s family and become best friends with her brother. The problem? They are both in love with each other and the other does not even realize. This have driven Gracie away from her family, where she has moved from her home town in Canada to New York. Where she can blend in and no longer just be “the sister of the famous Bukowski brothers”. Yes, brothers as in plural. In a family of siblings where they all have made an impact on the world, Gracie feels like she is not good enough. Not good enough for her family, the world, and Liam. But when Liam moves to the New York Stars after his kidnapping, Gracie can no longer stay away. Liam has changed because of the kidnapping and he needs her more than before. She has no idea, though, what all he has planned. The important thing is to remember the number 35.

Goodness. This story is everything I needed and more. Gem is an amazing story teller and always puts her heart and soul into her stories and it shows. Even though this story was not as dark as her others, it was just as perfect. I cannot wait to see what all lies in store for the Bukowski brothers!

🎧 Audio Review 🎧

Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor really blew this out of the park. Excuse a pun for the wrong game. Teddy really can make anything sound good but pair it with amazing writing like we see here? And it is amaze-balls.

I loved how Gracie and Liam took care of each other.

Gracie’s family was focused mostly on their 3 hockey playing sons especially by her mother who never really respected Gracie the way her father did. Liam was fostered after losing his parents. As he learned to play hockey he was billeted with Gracie’s family.

Liam and Gracie were best friends turned lovers in spite of the derogatory comments that came from her mother and brothers. Liam had survived a scary traumatic incident. He and Gracie cared so much for each other after the trauma that affected Liam.

This is a lovely friends to lovers romance.

Good but a bit too long

The story was good, cute romance, but kind of drug on and not much to the end.

Liam and Gracie for the win!

The writing in this book is perfection. You laugh, you tear up and you swoon over these two and their journey to a HEA. Add in the duel narration bringing these characters to life and you have the trifecta!!

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Two of my favorite narrators brining to life one of my favorite books! What’s there not to love?? Liam and Gracie’s story is truly one of love and support between these characters. Gracie has always felt like the black sheep of her family. Being a girl and not playing hockey like her brothers and billet brothers she has been overlooked and under appreciated. Not anymore if Liam has anything to say about it!

After Liam was rescued from a kidnapping ransom plot he retreats into himself. The only thing that keeps him going are hockey and thoughts of Gracie. He uproots his life in Canada to move to New York to be closer to her. That’s when he starts to slowly come back to life. Gracie encourages him to meet his extended family he had no idea about yet seems to run the city. Doesn’t hurt that they own the hockey team he now plays for.

This is a love story all about making up for lost time, hockey and honestly true love. Absolutely perfect!

Fantastic start to a new series!

I am loving this new lighter series with this author! Liam and Gracie were such sweet characters, and honestly, Liam’s golden retriever energy gives me faith for men out there. He is so sweet and kind, and the way he years for Gracie but always fights for her will make you swoon. I love that we see their friendship develop throughout the years, and though it is a slow burn, you get to see a solid foundation of romance. I am so looking forward to the other books in the series!

The audio with Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor was fantastic! I loved seeing Gracie and Liam’s lighter side as they fall in love, but also as they deal with darker issues too. Highly recommend the audio and these narrators.

The End Game

Very good book!! Loved it all! I do want to know what happens to Ollie

So Good!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Excellent Story about childhood friends who later become a couple. Neither have forgotten each other but he is definitely more persistent in pursuing the relationship. He has a major traumatic event that she helps him survive in ways she is not even aware of until years later.
The narration is PERFECTION! I wish Teddy and Samantha were doing the whole series!

Fantastic Characters, Story, and Narration!

End Game is the first book and audiobook in the new series, New York Stars. It is a contemporary, hockey, brother’s best friend, friends to lovers romance with a curvy heroine, mafia connections, and steaminess galore.

These characters and their story are fantastic. Gracie and Liam’s chemistry is off the charts hot and I absolutely adore them together. I loved how their relationship developed and how they made it over the hurdles that were in their way. The Narrators, Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor, do a phenomenal job at bringing these characters, their chemistry, and their story to life.

I loved the banter and text chats between Gracie and her brothers. I loved the family aspect of the storyline as well. I loved how Gracie’s family is very much a “hockey family,” it really adds a lot to the story and is a big point of contention and hurt for Gracie. I also loved how we got a peek at Liam’s family as well, especially his dad.

As with all of this author’s books, the characters, storyline, writing, flow, storytelling, character development, and world building are all incredible, as is the audio for the audiobook. I would definitely recommend this book and audiobook and am very much looking forward to more stories from this series.