The Warm Up

Name: The Warm Up
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Xio Axelrod
ISBN: 9798822627840

Author: Xio Axelrod

Narrator: Megan Tusing, Greg Tremblay

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Xio Axelrod LLC

Published: 05/23/2017

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

Subzero. That’s what folks around the league call Constantine Zimin, hockey’s best defenseman. He’s unflappable. Stoic, even. No cracks in all that ice, not until he meets Suji Meriwether. The pediatric nurse has no time for bad-boy jocks who want to use her patients as props. But as soon as they meet, temperatures rise and their defenses fall.Editorial Reviews:4.5 StarsFinally, a book...about a love that that is new and exciting. No long, lost love in The Warm Up but a love at first site for two people who deserve it in their lives. The Warm Up was explosive. I got to enjoy a little bit of my home state where hockey is as big as football and baseball. And, Xio Axelrod made it very easy to enjoy the relationship between these two, beautiful people. - Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
This was fun love story between Zim and Suji. I laughed out loud during the first few minutes of their meeting but that was soon replaced with some hot chemistry and then some more laughing. Definitely some romantic comedy going on here. I loved it. - Bea's Book Nook
The Warm Up by Xio Axelrod is fresh and exciting in the city of love, Philadelphia.I love it when the heroine is strong, determined and a force to be reckoned with. This spicy story is sexy, witty and hot. I look forward to reading more from this must read author. Everyone should have a sister like Suji and a man like Zim in their lives. - Books I Love a Latte

About Xio Axelrod

Xio Axelrod is a USA Today bestselling author of award-winning contemporary romance, romantic fiction, and what she likes to call strange, twisted tales. She grew up in the music industry and began recording at a young age. When she isn't writing stories, she can be found in the studio, writing songs, or performing on international stages (under a different, not-so-secret name). She lives in Philadelphia with one full-time husband and several part-time cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Madison on October 03, 2019

The Warm Up by Xio Axelrod Hockey romance novella. Sexy and heartwarming. Zim is a professional hockey player setting up a donation at a hospital. Suji doesn’t want her patients disturbed or exploited. The sparks between them can’t be ignored. I really liked this couple. Zim is generous, humble, empa......more

Goodreads review by Melanie (mells_view) on February 06, 2024

3.5* quick. simple. overall easy listen. hero plays hockey. heroine works as the head nurse in pediatrics. they are at odds because she thinks he’s donating his time to the hospital for clout and he’s attracted to her and has his reasons for donating to the hospital. It was too quick to get that atta......more

Goodreads review by Les on June 30, 2017

Audio review: I am a HUGE audio book fan. Like so huge. And my normal MO when listening is that I read the book first. I'm not sure why, but I do. Not so in this case, and I have to say, I might just change the way I do things from now on. Greg Tremblay is one of my all time, most favorite narrators......more

Goodreads review by Aurora on August 15, 2021

In the course of establishing a new charity in memories of the sister he lost at 17, a championship winning hockey player meets, romances and nearly loses the love of his life, the head nurse in the pediatric ward of the hospital where his charity is being set up in this sad, sweet story that was or......more

Goodreads review by Kim on June 15, 2017

Both Xio and I contributed stories to the bestselling, limited-run hockey romance anthology, Hot on Ice. Xio's short romance, The Warm Up, is now available as a standalone and it's definitely a must-read for her fans and a great intro to her writing for new readers. Hockey hunk Zim and Sujarta have......more