Terra Weiss: Send Off

 Beaver County Prequel 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241103502-send-off

This story starts out with a heartbreaking loss Sawyer McDavid is a NHL star and in the middle of a game when he gets some of the worst news he could ever get from his twin sister's best friend who was at the game waiting for her arrival... she isn't coming she passed away suddenly while at ballet practice and now neither of them will ever be the same she was the light in their world.

While everyone deals with grief their own way Sawyer has been going through the motions he played out the end of his contract but now that it's ended what's next?  He really feels that nothing has had much meaning since losing his twin sister all she wanted was for him to come home for Christmas and he told her he couldn't make it and now she's gone, feeling it might be time to hang up his skates everyone wants to know what he's doing and he just wants to shut himself away at his parents house and forget everything else exists.

Dylan has been grieving in her own way as well putting more and more of herself into her work as a corporate lawyer and feeling really unfulfilled with a boss that could rival Scrooge she sees news that Sawyer has disappeared from the hockey world while he's still at the top of his game, feeling that she owed it to her best friend to not let her brother fall so deep into grief she does something unexpected in the middle of a big case she tells her boss she has a family emergency and goes to her bestie's childhood home to get Sawyer out of his funk.

Dylan has never been super close with her own strict family but she has always felt welcome with Eleanor's family and now that she is staying with them getting closer to her college nemesis (Sawyer) she is really seeing that he might not be as bad as she used to think... especially after their rocky past.

Next thing you know they are doing things they never in a million years thought to be doing when they find Eleanor's present to both of them that they were supposed to receive the year prior, wanting to honor her memory they find themselves going along with the scavenger hunt that she planned for them where every day they are given a new task that pushes them out of their comfort zone and closer together when they complete a task they get a code to unlock a lock to the next days task.  

Both are very competitive and not one to back down from a challenge even when it involves wearing tights for several tasks they want to find out what Eleanor had planned for them and doing what she planned for them to do last year helps them both feel like she's still with them in a way.

I loved how Sawyer and Dylan while working together on their hunt, discussing their grief and seeing each other in a new way (or perhaps just realizing deeply buried feelings that they have always had) are able to help each other see what is truly important in life.  It's time for both of them to make important career decisions but what will they do when one choice could change everything.    

Could they really be together outside of this magical holiday vacation?  Or does their time together have an expiration date and this will just be a cherished memory to think back on?  

This is a really sweet cozy holiday read that will have you rooting for them to realize that they were made for each other.  I love how Dylan helps heal Sawyer and his parents too she was just what their family needed and she needed them just as much.  

This book will give you all the feels 💓.  While it is a hockey book there is minimal hockey involved (more at the beginning and end with brief discussions about what Sawyer's future plans are) but that didn't take away from the story which focused more on a great loss and how to move forward in a healthy way while still dealing with grief. 

*Hockey Romance  *Best friends twin brother *holiday romance  *dealing with grief 

*hallmark meets spice  *Book Sirens ARC read  *Forced Proximity  *Grumpy/Sunshine  

*frienemies to more *banter  *small town

Fake off (next book in series):  https://elbyslibrary.blogspot.com/2025/09/terra-weiss-fake-off.html

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