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Secondary saves the day

Benched by Colleen Chambers

April 8, 2021 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

Benched by Colleen Charles takes place in Duluth, Minnesota, which is evidently black and white Pleasantville, but with hockey. Everyone is clean cut, successful, and preoccupied with whether or not they’re in good with the Chamber of Commerce. Honestly, I didn’t realize local Chambers have as much power in the community as they seem to in Benched. But I digress. Let me circle around back to the beginning. He’s a star hockey player for the Minnesota Caribou. He has major trust issues having just found his fiancée […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Benched, Colleen Chambers, hockey, katie71483

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Benched, Colleen Chambers, hockey, katie71483 ·
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