Brooklynaire (Brooklyn Bruisers, #4)

by Sarina Bowen

A sexy new standalone from USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen.

You’d think a billion dollars, a professional hockey team and a six-bedroom mansion on the Promenade would satisfy a guy. You’d be wrong.

For seven years Rebecca has brightened my office with her wit and her smile. She manages both my hockey team and my sanity. I don’t know when I started waking in the night, craving her. All I know is that one whiff of her perfume ruins my concentration. And her laugh makes me hard.

When Rebecca gets hurt, I step in to help. It’s what friends do. But what friends don’t do is rip off each others’ clothes for a single, wild night together.

Now she’s avoiding me. She says we’re too different, and it can never happen again. So why can’t we keep our hands off each other? 

• ISBN10: 1942444842
• ISBN13: 9781942444848
• Publish Date: 1 January 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 298
• Language: English

Reviews

[Nadz@Totally Addicted to Reading]

Brooklynaire is book one in Sarina Bowen’s Brooklyn Hockey series. It’s a spinoff of her Brooklyn Bruisers series, which I have yet to read.

Brooklynaire features a friends to lovers romance between billionaire Nate Kattenberger and Rebecca Rowley. From the beginning of the story, readers learn that Nate and Rebecca have had feelings for each other for the past seven years. Long before Nate become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company and owner of a Hockey team. However, because their relationship crossed over into the professional, romantic entanglements were forbidden. Then Rebecca suffered a head injury, which led to several weeks of sick leave and Nate stepping in to take care of her in his own way. Of course, Rebecca wasn’t too keen to accept his help, but with no other recourse, she grudgingly accepted.

The story provides flashbacks providing readers with Nate and Rebecca’s story. Readers see how their friendship developed and Rebecca’s contribution to his success. From the flashbacks, one can sense the attraction brewing between them. However, the fact she works for him placed a damper on the prospect of a HEA. But then, where there is a will, there is a way, and Nate and Becca would surely find their way.

Now, Nate is not your typical billionaire. He is a nerd who possesses a brilliant mind and potent sex appeal. Everyone who came in contact with Rebecca loved her. Her generous spirit, coupled with her fun and energetic personality, drew people to her. I loved these two together. Rebecca and Nate made the perfect couple as they had so much in common. They both care for their family and they gave their all for those whom they cared about. 

Their journey to their HEA faced many obstacles. So we see it’s not only their work relationship standing their way, but also Becca’s insecurities and fears. I didn’t like how she kept comparing herself to Nate and believing she came up short. Thank goodness she finally believed in her self worth.

The story in Brooklynaire will not only warm the hearts of readers but will also leave them smiling at the end. This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 4.5 Stars

I always wanted to know more about Nate, and I had gotten glimpses into what was brewing between him and Becca in Pipe Dreams, but Bowen went and filled my heart with so much joy, when she allowed me peeks into Becca and Nate's backstory.

It was sort of kismet and wonderful, that Becca had this long and lovely friendship with Nate. At a time, when she really needed a helping hand, he took a chance on her, and a rather great partnership was born. I got to see her, by his side, as his assistant, while his empire grew. And, though his net worth rose, he never lost his affection for Becca.

I loved how they supported each other, the palindromes, Bingley, the tequila and empanadas! These two were pretty solid together. It was also fantastic to see the playoffs from the other side of the ice. I loved reliving that time in the Bruiser's history, though, I really liked that final press release more.

It was just such a satisfying build to a fantastic HEA, which left me shedding the happy tears.

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[Cocktails and Books]

Full review to come.

[leelu92]

For those of us that have read the books in the Brooklyn Bruisers series, we've had the pleasure of seeing Nate and Becca's romance from the outside.

In Brooklynaire we get a front row seat to this sweet and ridiculously sexy romance.
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Sarina Bowen is a "happy place" author for me. Meaning when I read her books, I am in my happy place. Her words work for me. Bowen takes a friends to lovers story and infuses it with Nate and Becca's quirkiness. I absolutely ADORED Nate, he was so smitten with Becca and he was determined to turn their friendship into so much more. His love for her was just so stinkin' cute and sweet and when they hit the sheets? Holy Schnickies, it was HOT. Who knew our tech guy was going to burn up the sheets with the sexiest dominant edge? YIKES. So freaking hot.

Becca is simply awesome. She's been friends with and an assistant to Nate since before Nate hit it big in the tech business. For me, she was an easy to like character and I enjoyed the development of her character throughout the book.

All of the questions we had in the other books about Becca and Nate are answered and then some. But if you're completely new to the Brooklyn Bruisers world, you'll be totally fine picking this one up and going back to the other books. ( I LOVE those books, so I encourage you to read those.)

[Rowena]

Becca and Nate's book was everything I hoped it would be and everything I knew that I would love. I can't get enough of this series and want Sarina Bowen to write books for this series and her True North series forever. So, so good.

Full review to come soon.

[stacey_is_sassy]

The audio was SO BLOODY GOOD!!!

I had high hopes for the audio considering I loved reading Brooklynaire so much, but this one surpassed my expectations. It was so bloody good. The narrators brought Nate and Becca to life, sucked me into the Brooklyn Bruiser world, and made me desperate to listen to the rest of the series. I wish the rest of the Brooklyn Bruiser's had Bingley in them.

You remember Bingley, don't you?

Come on, who could forget Nate's very life-like security system? For any Pride and Prejudice fan, this one will put a smile on your face. Not quoting...because I am shockingly lazy and always forget to take note of quotes BUT, I loved Nate and Becca's conversation about choosing a voice for the system. At first, Nate suggests Darcy, and I'm nodding my head picturing Colin Firth's voice. But, as Becca explains, Darcy is not exactly a talkative kind of fellow. Bingley is definitely more suited to following directions. You know I'm right...

Anyways, Brooklynaire was awesome for the read and for the listen. Whichever form takes your fancy, you can't go wrong. Not changing my rating, just wish I could give extra stars for an awesome performance by the narrators.

I haven't bothered to read my previous review but I'm sure it's my usual ramblings, but, knock yourself out if you wish. If not, just do it!! You will not regret picking up this series.

This series is AWESOME!!
Sarina Bowen is AMAZING!!

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Bubbles of joy and heart flutters...

I broke one of my reading rules. I was never going to be one of THOSE readers that snuck a read in when out in public. I’m not talking about the times when you’re sitting at a baseball game and you listen to an audiobook as you watch. I do THAT a lot. I’m not even talking about those times when you take your Kindle out while waiting for an appointment. I do THAT too. I’m talking about the dodgy habit of casually taking out your phone, pretending to look at messages and reading instead…WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES!! I even did the nodding head, pretending to listen, thing.

I AM SO ASHAMED!!
(Well, maybe not ashamed, but I do feel marginally guilty...)

BUT, I HAD TO!!

It feels like I’ve been waiting for Nate and Becca’s story FOREVER!! But spare a thought for poor Nate and Becca, their love story has been brewing for SEVEN YEARS!! This is not one of those stories where you feel sad and morose because you watch them pine away for each other. These two are busy living their lives, working hard and getting ahead. Obviously, there’s an underlying hum of attraction but there are oodles of reasons why they can’t act on that attraction. The first mountain to climb…Nate is Becca’s boss.

I’m not normally a fan of jumping back and forth in time with my reads. It’s not an easy thing to get right without it feeling like *GET TO IT ALREADY* or *IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THE PAST*. Sarina Bowen has managed to do it with a little quirk and a touch of pizazz. I needed to live it to get a feeling for where these two started and how they got to be. It completely sucked me in and made me desperate to see it play out.

We meet a few of the women in Nate’s life and see him struggle with friendship, love, betrayal and heartbreak. These struggles made it obvious to me that Becca was the right woman for him. Nate is super protective, kind, generous and sweet. His attraction to her was obvious and once they connected, I never doubted his devotion to Becca.

I LOVED Brooklynaire (yes spellcheck, I know it’s not a word, please don’t take it upon yourself to change it EVERY BLOODY TIME). It was everything I hoped and waited for. There were plenty of ups and downs with a few spanners thrown in the works. I loved catching up with the gang and getting to know a few of the characters even better.

If you have loved the Brooklyn Bruisers series so far, you will LOVE Brooklynaire. Watching Becca and Nate’s story unfold was riveting. I was never bored or frustrated…OK, I was a little frustrated, but people in love do knucklehead things once in a while. I loved watching Nate hold Becca up when she was about to fall. I loved watching Becca give Nate comfort when things weren’t going to plan. Brooklynaire was funny, sweet, sexy and loving. It was perfect and I highly recommend.

Stacey is Sassy, received an advanced copy of this story. The copy provided is not the final copy and may be subject to edits and changes.

[Linda]

4.5 stars
Brooklynaire is finally Nate and Rebecca's story. Their slow chemistry was apparent before, and I loved reading about them up close ;)