Review – This Guy

17 Friday Apr 2026

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This Guy

Wood Hollow Stories #1

by Lane Hayes

Genre: Contemporary, Small-Town, Bisexual

Designer: Sleepy Fox Studio

Blurb:

The football star, the lumberjack, and a small-town love story…

SILAS

Not to sound dramatic, but I can’t decide if I’m a hot mess, a has-been…or both.

There’s nothing quite like being in the spotlight at my lowest point. I could use a break from LA and my agent—just for a little while.

But Vermont in the middle of a blizzard? Probably not a great idea. However, the sexy lumberjack who lives next door is a sweet surprise. And so are his kids and the town.

I like this place. I could be happy here…at least till my new season begins.

COOPER

My time is split between work and fatherhood. That’s it. Boss and Dad. Maybe that’s why the football star is a breath of fresh air. Silas is funny, charismatic, and cool.

My kids love having a celebrity living next door. And me? I can’t remember the last time I felt quite so alive.

Yes, I’m well aware this isn’t going anywhere. Our worlds are just too different. 

Too bad, ’cause this guy feels like the real thing.

This Guy is an MM bisexual, single dad, small-town romance featuring a football hero, a sexy lumberjack, and some neighbor-friendly shenanigans.

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Tropes: Single Dad, Sports, Lumberjack, Hurt/Comfort

*****

Excerpt:

Ignore it, ignore it. Nothing happening here. Just a case of post-nap wood. Totally normal. 

Silas unabashedly stuck his hand inside his briefs and pushed his hard-on out of the way like a man wrangling a snake into submission. 

“That’s embarrassing,” he said, clearly not embarrassed. 

I didn’t move. I couldn’t. 

The danger of the situation had passed, leaving me with a half-naked warrior with golden skin and glistening muscles, who just happened to have a fucking semi…in my living room. I was a strong man with nerves of steel and more willpower than the average joe, but something was wrong with my reflexes ’cause now I was the one who was frozen still.

“We should…omelet,” I whispered.

“Omelet. Yeah.” Silas’s nostrils flared as his gaze flitted from my eyes to my mouth. 

Neither of us moved.

*****

Review:

Silas comes to Wood Hollow for a quick vacation and meets his neighbor Cooper. Thanks to some … questionable choices amid a blizzard, the two find themselves spending time together. And giving in to the potent attraction between them. But what starts off as just sex slowly becomes more.

It’s definitely not going to be for everyone tho. There really isn’t any drama between them, just the slow deepening of feelings as they spend more & more time together. With both of them facing (potential) changes in their lives, they have to decide what they want their futures to look like. What are they willing to do and are they willing to take the chance on doing it together.

But I am there for every moment of it. For me Hayes has a certain feel to her stories and I love the way they are all about the slow burn, with tons of feel good moments and steam. These are the kinds of books you read when you just want to settle in and enjoy a mostly chill, feel good ride to a HEA.

*****

Author Info:

Lane Hayes  lives in sunny Southern California with her amazing husband, who thankfully doesn’t mind cooking, and their fabulous fox red Labrador, George, who’s pure mischief. Both provide oodles of inspiration for the low-angst, humorous books Lane loves to write.

She’s been telling stories about sexy, funny, sometimes geeky and quirky men who find love for a dozen years now and loving every minute. In her previous life, she sat at a desk and dealt with numbers, so yes…romance is much more satisfying!

Lane loves tea, travel, and chocolate…in any order. Add a book and she’s set!

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Website: www.lane-hayes.com

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*****

Review – The Ultimate Save

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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The Ultimate Save

Brooklyn Blades #2

by Felice Stevens

Blurb:

Denis

I’m the best goalie in the league.

Just ask me.

Yes, I have an ego the size of NYC. Maybe that’s why I’ve crashed and burned all my relationships. Love, like a hockey game, is a competition. And once I win, I’m ready for the next game, the next man.

Until I meet him. Sterling Forest. The arrogant, obnoxious news anchor who calls hockey players thugs on ice. He tempts me…intrigues me. Makes me want to kiss that scowl off his lips. I want him to burn for me.

Instead Sterling is the one to set my heart on fire.

Sterling

I know nothing about hockey, and I’m happy to keep it that way. I’ve apologized for my remarks, but the insufferable Denis Bouvier isn’t satisfied. I even do the unthinkable and attend a hockey game. Okay, maybe it is more than brute force. But I can’t tell him he’s right.

Now he’s everywhere I go, and I hate that he fascinates me. 

I can’t escape his larger-than-life presence, and that sexy French accent. The more I push him away, the closer he pulls me in.

And I’m afraid to admit I don’t want to let him go.

We’ve spent years running away from broken families and broken promises. But when life explodes around us, we’re running toward each other. And now that the unthinkable has happened, we need to find trust in each other and what our hearts are saying: love is the one thing that ultimately can save us.

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/TheUltimateSave

Available in KU 

*****

Review:

Even tho he was all sorts of problematic in The Ultimate Goal, I was really hoping to get more of Denis in book 2 so I couldn’t have been more excited to get my hands on The Ultimate Save. And oh my heart! It just broke for him and what he had to go thru, making him the man we met in Rip’s story. Then there’s Sterling with his own messed up childhood – my heart again! They are both carrying a lot of baggage and it makes them prickly when they first meet. But I gotta say, I love Denis’s tenacity and his straightforward communication. That man is not willing to let Sterling run & hide from his feelings and I’m here for it. Together they learn to open up, letting someone else in, and to lean on one another when they need it. Little bit angsty, little bit sassy, and a whole lot steamy, Stevens really brought it for me with Denis’s story.

*****

Author Info:

Felice Stevens writes romance because what is better than people falling in love? Her favorite part of a romance novel is that first kiss…sigh. She loves creating stories of hopes and dreams and happily ever afters. Her stories are character-driven, rich with the sights, sounds and flavors of New York City and filled with men who are sometimes deeply flawed but always real.

Felice writes M/M romance because she believes that everyone deserves a happily ever after. Having traveled all over the world, she can safely say that the universal language that unites people is love. Felice has written in a variety of sub-genres, including contemporary, paranormal and has a mystery series as well.

Felice is a two time Lambda Literary Award nominee and the Lambda Literary Award winner for Best Gay Romance for her book, The Ghost and Charlie Muir.

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Review – Unplanned Play

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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Unplanned Play

Nashville Players series

by Chelle Sloan

Blurb:

The itinerary for girls’ weekend in Las Vegas was simple. Gamble. Get drunk. Wear a little black dress that screamed “newly single and ready to make bad decisions.”

That bad—yet oh so very good decision—came when Maddox Gallagher walked into the bar.

In my defense, it was hard to resist the younger football player. Between the dimple in his cheek and the way he held me when we danced, I was a goner. Add in the fact that he was celebrating a championship trophy and I was toasting to no longer being married, we were a match made in one-night-of-fun heaven.

But what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right?

Whoever said that was a liar.

Because tell me why my one-night stand is now walking into my bakery, bound and determined to turn our one night into something more.

And why did I bring home a souvenir that won’t get here for nine months and also not have a return policy?

This isn’t how the new chapter of my life was supposed to start. I wanted to be my own person.

Own the bakery I’ve always dreamed of.

Travel.

Date and see what the world had to offer.

Not fight off feelings for the football player who’s turning my world upside down and painting a nursery in the process, wondering if he’s really my forever.

Because he, and this baby, might’ve been unplanned, but I’m now wondering if this is exactly what the itinerary was supposed to be all along.

*****

Review:

I loved these two. Maddox is all sorts of golden retriever goodness. He may be young but he’s smart, caring, and supportive. He is so attentive and observant, doing everything he can to help Gabi in whatever way she needs it. And Gabi needs it because she has spent years in a relationship with an absolutely awful man, one who has done a number on her self-esteem. She’s working to find who she is again and she could not have found a better partner to help her than Maddox. There’s little to no angst between them but lots of sweet moments mixed with a bit of steam. This is my first Chelle Sloan book and for sure I did not know what I was missing.

(Being the first in a new series we get a glimpse of possible MCs from future stories – and apparently some glimpses of characters from past series for returning readers. It’s a good group and has a lot of promise for what comes next.)

Review – Ryder

13 Monday Apr 2026

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Ryder

Lucky River Ranch #5

by Jessica Peterson

Blurb:

One hard fall in the rodeo ring.
One maddeningly gorgeous cowboy.
One chance at love she swore she’d never take.

Billie Wallace has spent her whole life trying to prove she’s more than the Wallace Ranch’s “wild” only daughter. All she wants is a shot at barrel racing—and a purpose beyond crunching numbers in her daddy’s office. But when her very first run ends in disaster, Billie lands flat on her back with Ryder Rivers—her childhood crush, her brother’s best friend, and the town’s notorious heartbreaker—hovering over her.

In all the years she’s known him, Ryder has never entertained Billie’s shameless flirting. But after her fall, he’s suddenly everywhere—showing up to help her when she’s hurt, staring at her across the honky-tonk when she’s trying to move on with a bronc rider, and encouraging her to explore her dream career.

Before either can really register what’s happening, their partnership sparks into much more than just dust and arguments.
Late nights turn into stolen kisses. Stolen kisses turn into something that feels dangerously like forever. Ryder swears he’s not the staying kind, but the way he looks at Billie like she’s the only woman in the world makes everyone start to wonder if he’s ready to stop running…

RYDER is an interconnected standalone book in the Lucky River Ranch Series.

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Narrated by: Lila Winters & Stephen Dexter

*****

Review:

Poor Ryder has been suppressing so much of himself, living basically numb since the death of their parents. The prospect of losing Billie has him reexamining his life, realizing that maybe life isn’t worth living without emotions. He fights it because it’s hard giving up his coping mechanism after so many years but once he lets himself go for it he is ALL in. Not just with Billie, but with his family and getting help for his issues. (I saw where some people thought it was a bit much, but the man has a lot of years to make up for 🙂 )

Billie is sassy but also a pleaser when it comes to her family. She’s slowly losing herself as the family ranch’s accountant but is struggling with figuring out what to do and how to tell her parents. But being seen by Ryder, spending time with him, with his attention and support, she finds herself gaining the courage to go after all the things that she wants. With him and for herself.

Ryder is pretty low angst, with a few moments of trouble getting the two to their happy ending, but it definitely doesn’t scrimp on the heat. I felt like it was doing a lot of work tho – giving Ryder & Billie their HEA, finishing up the Lucky River Ranch series, and setting up the next series with Billie’s family. It helps that Ryder & Billie already have a history so we don’t have to spend a lot of time setting up their relationship. And I do love them together, they are a great complement to each other. It was a treat to see the Rivers family all together and getting to know Billie’s family, seeing the two families intermingle, and getting updates on what’s happened & a preview of what’s to come.

Review – Test of Time

10 Friday Apr 2026

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Test of Time

Blossom Peak #3

by Harlow James

Blurb:

Falling for the single dad next door wasn’t part of my plan when I moved to Blossom Peak.

I accepted the teaching job for a fresh start, far away from the controlling ex I left behind.

But Rhonan Hart is everything you could ask for in a man. Strong, dependable, helpful, an amazing father to his daughter, Ellis… and looks beyond sinful in his sheriff’s uniform.

Except his daughter is my student, and he’s determined to pretend like our connection doesn’t exist.

(I’m determined to pretend he didn’t see me naked when my shower blew up, and he tried to save me.)

But soon, he’s sneaking over to my house at night—warming my bed, tearing down his walls, and making me want something I knew I couldn’t have.

My life is a mess, one I’m still trying to clean up. 

But this man and his child give me a glimpse of a future I want, no matter what the cost.

Just when I think I’m on the path to moving on, fate decides to give us the test of time.

I just hope this is a test we both survive.

Buy Link: 

https://mybook.to/testoftime

Available in KU 

*****

Review:

Vienna and Rhonan have both been hurt in the past and are guarded about getting involved again. From their very first (adorable) meet-cute tho, there was something there between them. And the little dance they do, so hesitant to listen to their hearts, is fun and I enjoyed their back & forth as they (quickly) lose the battle to keep their distance.

While James’s spicy scenes aren’t always my favorite, I can definitely see why it would work for readers. They are definitely hot and steamy. But it’s her characters that are the draw for me – the way the whole group is there for each other, at times supportive and loving and teasing. I haven’t read the other two stories but I get the idea that there were some things that needed to be worked out among the guys. Based on this tho it just brought them closer. And I love the little family they’ve managed to make together.

While I enjoyed the story, the audiobook really made this one for me. The way the narrators (especially Aiden Snow) brought the characters to life, delivering lines in a way that made me laugh out loud and then later choke up a little … absolutely wonderfully done. I am definitely adding some star fragments to this one for them.

Just a heads up: The prologue would have you thinking there is a bit more of a suspense element than there is. It’s pretty much just the very end. While the story is good on its own, it won’t meet that need if you go into it expecting more.

*****

Author Info:

Steamy Romance Author

Harlow James is a pen name I use to protect my identity as a high school teacher. Keeping those two roles in my life separate is necessary, but also fun! It’s like a live two lives, and anonymity gives me the opportunity to be bold and take risks in my stories.

I stumbled upon romance novels in 2018 when I picked up Driven by Kristy Bromberg, and I was obsessed. I had just lost my grandmother too, so reading offered me an escape from reality and a chance to grieve on my own terms.

About a year later, I got an idea for my own book and started writing. I researched self-publishing and jumped in with both feet. I had no idea what I was doing!

But now I’ve built a business and hobby that I LOVE! I have an outlet that’s just for me. When I write, I’m not a mom, a wife, or a teacher…I’m a woman who gets to tell stories that no one else can.

My books are the perfect blend of heartwarming moments, full-bellied laughs, and PLENTY of steam to melt your Kindles 😉 And there are always elements of me sprinkled in to every character and story that I write.

When I’m not writing you can find me reading or spending time in my kitchen. I love to cook and feed my family and friends. Otherwise, you can find me watching comedy specials with my husband, camping with our kids, or taking naps. I live for naps 😉

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Review – All for Love

09 Thursday Apr 2026

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All for Love

Windy Harbor #3

by Willow Aster

Blurb:

A spicy Small Town, Single Mom, Forbidden romance from USA Today bestselling author Willow Aster

Waking up in a gorgeous man’s lap definitely wasn’t on this year’s bingo card, that’s for sure.

Flying halfway across the country, exhausted and on an empty stomach, is a lot. Having to do all that while realizing I’ll be away from my little girl while she’s at her dad’s is an even worse feeling.

Enter Dylan. The irresistibly gorgeous man whose lap I collapsed in on my flight home. He is handsome, charming, and manages to sweet-talk me right into bed with his beautiful smile and twinkling hazel eyes. This is sooo unlike me, but I couldn’t help myself.

Dylan and I don’t really know each other. Plus, I live in Minnesota, and he lives in California, and anything long-term would never work. Yet the chemistry between us can’t be denied.

But then the real problem between us comes to light, and it’s a big one. A forbidden one. There’s no way we can ever be together…but how do we give up on each other when our fiery connection feels like a once-in-a-lifetime love?

All for Love is book three in the interconnected, standalone Windy Harbor series.

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Narrated by: Isabelle Ruther & Austin Stone

*****

Review:

Just like the rest of Aster’s stories, All for Love delivers charm with a dash of steam. I love Dylan, with his enthusiasm, big heart, and sense of humor, and he’s absolutely adorable with Dahlia’s daughter, Chloe. Not a surprise considering how close the Whitman’s are with each other.

Dahlia is understandably concerned about the forbidden part of their romance, but finds the connection with Dylan irresistible. I mean, the man is not only good to her, but also amazing with her daughter. Something none of the men in her life have been so far. How could she resist this man?

There’s drama in their story, but unlike the first couple of books it’s external instead of internal to their relationship, which works well here. It relates to some issues that have been running thru the series and not completely resolved by the end. So while it isn’t necessary to have read the others, I feel like this is one of those cases where it helps to read the books in order.

Dylan and Dahlia and Chloe are adorable together. From their first meet cute moment to their happy ever after, I was delighted. Aster has created a large, loving, welcoming family with the Whitmans and I’m always so excited to get a new story.

Spotlight – Ryder

07 Tuesday Apr 2026

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Ryder

Lucky River Ranch series

by Jessica Peterson

Blurb:

One hard fall in the rodeo ring.
One maddeningly gorgeous cowboy.
One chance at love she swore she’d never take.

Billie Wallace has spent her whole life trying to prove she’s more than the Wallace Ranch’s “wild” only daughter. All she wants is a shot at barrel racing—and a purpose beyond crunching numbers in her daddy’s office. But when her very first run ends in disaster, Billie lands flat on her back with Ryder Rivers—her childhood crush, her brother’s best friend, and the town’s notorious heartbreaker—hovering over her.

In all the years she’s known him, Ryder has never entertained Billie’s shameless flirting. But after her fall, he’s suddenly everywhere—showing up to help her when she’s hurt, staring at her across the honky-tonk when she’s trying to move on with a bronc rider, and encouraging her to explore her dream career.

Before either can really register what’s happening, their partnership sparks into much more than just dust and arguments.
Late nights turn into stolen kisses. Stolen kisses turn into something that feels dangerously like forever. Ryder swears he’s not the staying kind, but the way he looks at Billie like she’s the only woman in the world makes everyone start to wonder if he’s ready to stop running…

RYDER is an interconnected standalone book in the Lucky River Ranch Series.

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/489QyDr

Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited
https://bit.ly/4oCMSQo

Purchase the deluxe edition paperback!
https://bit.ly/4v0GrdE
The Deluxe Edition is available in North America with designed edges and spot gloss!

Amazon Audiobook: https://bit.ly/4bWoEwE
Audible: https://bit.ly/47fLIUu
Narrated by: Lila Winters & Stephen Dexter

Spotlight – Kace

07 Tuesday Apr 2026

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Kace

Pittsburgh Titans series

by Sawyer Bennett

Blurb:

Kace Elliott is the hockey player with a genius IQ and a secret side hustle in applied physics. He’s falling for his research partner, but she doesn’t know who he is outside of the lab. Now, the closer they get, the harder it becomes for him to keep his two worlds from colliding.

On the ice, I’m Kace Elliott—starting goalie for the Pittsburgh Titans, fighting to prove myself in the playoffs. Off it, I’m William—a scientific researcher, quietly holding on to the academic world I’ll return to when hockey is over. Both versions are real, they just aren’t meant to overlap.

Until Dr. Laurel Kent.

Laurel is brilliant, principled, and deeply rooted in a world where transparency matters. She knows me online as William, her intellectual equal, the man who shares her passion for data, late-night collaboration, and easy, unexpected chemistry. William is very much her type whereas athletes are not.

I need her to like the bigger part of me—the hockey player. When she meets me in person, as Kace, I make the choice to let her see the type of man she’s sworn off from ever dating. She gets the Titans goalie and all the craziness that comes with the playoffs. But here’s where it gets complicated: I make the dangerous decision not to tell her Kace and William are the same person.

By some stroke of luck, Laurel agrees to give Kace a shot, and our time together is more than I ever hoped for. The closer together we grow, the less she talks about William, and I convince myself I’ll tell her the truth when the timing is better, once I’m able to prove I’m more than the label she’s written off. But timing has a way of unraveling even the best intentions.

As the pressure of the playoffs intensifies, the boundary I’ve relied on becomes impossible to maintain. When Laurel discovers how closely intertwined my worlds really are, I’m faced with the cost of asking someone to love only part of me.

And winning on the ice means nothing if I lose the woman who made me want to stop dividing my life in two.

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/SB_Kace

*****

Author Info:

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.

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Review – Redeeming Rogue

06 Monday Apr 2026

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Redeeming Rogue

Fox & Falcon Securities #1

by Gia Cobie

Blurb:

I never wanted to see him again.

It was painful to even think about the man who’d broken my heart when I was seventeen—the man I’d thought I’d spend my life with until he tossed me aside as if I meant nothing.

But when I wake up in the hospital eighteen years later, hurting and confused, Nico’s there to protect me.

He says I was attacked on my way to see him. He wants to know why, after years of silence, I showed up again. But I can’t answer his questions because I can’t remember. Not why I was back in Manhattan. Not why I supposedly wanted to see him. And I have no idea who tried to kill me.

The last thing I expected to see on my way home from work was my ex-girlfriend being loaded into an ambulance, unconscious and injured.

Just as instinct demanded I go to her, logic said to leave the past buried. After all, we were nothing to each other anymore. Dredging up old hurts and betrayals would accomplish nothing. 

But it was Sofia. My Sofia. Who was attacked on the street on her way to see me.

So I go to see her in the hospital, unsure of what to expect. And when I get there, I arrive just in time to stop another attack. 

As I hold a vulnerable Sofia in my arms, I know there’s no way I can leave her. And I’ll do everything in my power to protect her.

Buy Link:

https://a.co/d/0fWJo8Be

Available in KU 

*****

Review:

I always enjoy Cobie’s stories. She does a good job of mixing the suspense & action elements with the more emotional ones. Here we get a couple with a very believable second chance at love, as long as they can keep Sophie alive 🙂

The danger that she’s in gives Nico & Sophie the necessary reason to spend time together. And Cobie does a good job of giving us bits and pieces of Sophie & Nico’s history, as well as how it affects their interactions today, resolving it in a satisfying way that gives them an opportunity to develop a new relationship. That danger is also resolved in a satisfying way (although there is a little gray area toward the end that I’m not sure how I feel about, tho I’m betting it’ll play out in the series), with a mystery that kept me going and in my feels.

It’s the first story in a new series and really only focuses on Nico & Sophie, with a little bit of an intro to his friends and F&F Securities. Based on it & the ending, we can probably expect similar stories to what we’ve seen from other series set in this world. And I’m here for it because every book I’ve read so far has kept me coming back for more.

*****

Author Info:

Gia Cobie is an award winning author living in upstate New York with her husband and small zoo of animals. She loves writing about protective heroes and the strong women they fall in love with.

In her spare time (when she has any!), Gia enjoys reading and spending time in the Adirondacks, and also has a weakness for reality romance shows, wine, and buying way too many books!

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Review – Mr. Trick Play

03 Friday Apr 2026

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Mr. Trick Play

The Playmakers #1

by Becca Jackson

Blurb:

LUKA

I’ve dreamed of being in the NHL since I was a kid, and even though I wasn’t drafted to the same team as my best friend, Cosmo, I’m determined to prove I belong here.

But when I meet my new no-nonsense captain, veteran defenseman Reid Raines, there is just one problem. Reid isn’t impressed by my flashy moves. In fact, he’s determined to rein in risk-takers like me and teach me to play it safe.

What he doesn’t know is that I have a plan of my own, one that has less to do with holding back my killer instincts and more to do with knocking him off balance with my wit and charm.

Basically, it’s time to Luka-love-bomb the captain.

But the more time we spend together, on and off the ice, the harder it is to ignore a shift between us.

My infectious energy has chipped away at Reid’s cool exterior, and every heated exchange feels charged with something new. Now I’m even more excited to see what will happen when the captain finally lets himself lose control.

Buy Link: https://getbook.at/ThePlaymakers1

*****

Review:

Reid had adulthood thrust on him at an early age when he got guardianship of his brothers after his parents died. Juggling his family with his career, and now being captain of his team, has made him a little more … staid and straight laced. He tends to be a bit of a rule follower.

Kinda the opposite of the team’s new rookie who tends to put on a bit of a show, giving the crowd something extra to cheer about. Their differences definitely don’t do much to damper their attraction to each other tho. An attraction that they maybe shouldn’t indulge in … but can’t ignore.

There’s not a lot of angst to their story, despite their situation. We spend some time with them early on as they get to know each other and Luka tries to find his place on his new team. Once they decide to explore their feelings they just have to figure out how that will work.

I’ve read a few of Jackson’s books and all of them have been kinda fluffy & feel good. Low angst with lots of sweetness & feels and Mr. Trick Play definitely fits in that category. Perfect for when you want to snuggle in and get a word based hug 🙂