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sports romance

Rio DeLuca

Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde

Windy City series

the boy next door who never stopped loving her.

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the line that explains him

“Spoken or unspoken, I’ve always loved you.”
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spice level: 🌶🌶🌶

the book behind him

Rewind It Back

by Liz Tomforde

  • forced proximity
  • hockey romance
  • second chance romance
Tropeforced proximity / hockey romance
Love languageacts of service
Would he text backhe never stopped waiting for your text.

who he is

rio deluca has loved one girl for almost his entire life.

long before the nhl, before chicago, before adulthood complicated everything, there was hallie. the girl next door. his first crush. his first love.

and the only woman he’s ever truly wanted. even after they broke each other’s hearts, even after years apart, rio never really moved on.

he isn’t looking for the next great love story.

he already had it.

he just has to figure out how to get it back.

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Rio DeLuca quotes

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“Spoken or unspoken, I’ve always loved you.”

— Rewind It Back
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