Title: Whistle
Series: Westbrook Elite #8
Author: Cambria Hebert
Genre: MM College Sports Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Coach/Swimmer, Forbidden
Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Angst
Release Date: September 13, 2024
BLURB
Ever since my twin sister was murdered and I blamed my best friend,
my life has been nothing but an epic downward spiral.
Once a swimmer for the most prestigious West Coast college,
I never in a million years thought I'd end up here.
Abandoned. Locked up. Alone.
In a moment of weakness, I call the guy who was more of a brother to me than anything,
the guy I betrayed.
Shockingly, he flies cross country to bail me out. But he isn't alone.
In tow is his new swim coach. A whistle-blowing tyrant who makes me crave to push every button he's ever had and toss his list of rules into the bottom of the pool he loves so much.
But I can't because now he's my coach too.
It's Coach Resch and the team who hates me or a four-by-four cell.
So off to Westbrook I go to do my sentence like the good boy I'll never be.
Coach thinks he can handle me, but he’s never met my particular brand of wild.
Whistle is a Westbrook Elite standalone novel, a college sports romance
featuring a coach/athlete relationship and an age gap.
REVIEW
Reviewer: Christi
Rating: 5 Groupie Stars
Whistle is the final installment in the Westbrook Elite series. This is book 8 in the series that has me on pins and needles waiting for the next book for 2 years straight! Side note: While each couple has their own book and can be read separately, the plotlines build on each other and create more depth in each book as you go through the series - since this is the last book, you might not want to start here.
This story follows Emmett, our favorite whistle-blowing head coach and Bodhi, Rush's former best friend and apparently Elite's newest swimmer. Whistle is an emotional and slightly angsty story which does result in featuring at least a few trauma lattes. The ever present loyalty of the swim team is alive and well, even with their coach being the main focus.
They dynamic here is most definitely how I hoped this story would flow based - it's almost like Hebert was reading my mind. Butthen again, she built Emmett's character, I guess she is just that skilled as a wordsmith.
The storyline is well thought out, and not cringy like some age gap novels can be. I loved this "ending" to the series, though I would love to see more about this awesome group of characters.
I can't wait to see where Hebert takes us next....
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AUTHOR BIO
Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won’t stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).
Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.
Awards Cambria has received include:
Author of the Year 2016 (UtopiaCon2016)
The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)
#Nerd: Best Contemporary Book Cover of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)
Romeo from the Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Lead (UtopiaCon 2015)
#Nerd: Top 50 Summer Reads (Buzzfeed.com 2015)
The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)
#NERD Book Trailer: Best Book Trailer of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)
#Nerd Book Trailer: Top 50 Most Cinematic Book Trailers of All Time (film-14.com)
#Nerd: Book Most Wanted to be Adapted to Screen: (2018)
Amnesia: Mystery Book of the Year (2018)
Cambria Hebert owns and operates Cambria Hebert Books, LLC.
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