Tag: HOCKEY ROMANCE
The Good Girl Exception by Maren Moore
(ARC Read) I need a moment because I am unwell after this book. Maren Moore really said “let’s take a preacher’s daughter, give her a rebellion arc, and pair her with a broken, emotionally unavailable ex-NHL man” and absolutely delivered. From the very first chapter, this book hooks you. Maisie deciding she’s done being the…
Only for Him by Natasha Madison
(ARC Read) First off, I hate Josephine. That is all. Now that we’ve cleared that up… Only for Him is book three in Natasha Madison’s Only For series, and it delivers an emotional, character-driven hockey romance full of heartbreak, healing, and the kind of love that grows slowly when two guarded people finally decide to…
Endgame by Willa Gray
“Love is such a small word for something so big.” How the heck is this a debut novel? Because Endgame just became one of my favorite hockey romances, and I genuinely cannot believe this is Willa Gray’s first book. From the moment I picked it up, I was completely locked in. I finished it in…
Cocky Mother Pucker by Sarah Smith
(ARC Review) Sarah Smith truly never misses, and Cocky Mother Pucker is the perfect kickoff to the Hollis U series. What starts as a cocky college hockey romcom quickly turns into something surprisingly heartfelt, layered, and genuinely emotional. Nick St. George is known for three things: he’s captain of the hockey team, he’s ridiculously hot,…
The Hockey Situation by Lyra Parish
(ARC Read) I am 100% in my feelings after this one. Wow. Lyra Parish—ma’am. Just when I think you can’t outdo yourself, you go and drop this emotional, spicy, chaotic masterpiece. Kendall and Patterson’s tension is hands-down some of the most scorching, raw, and emotionally charged I’ve ever read. These two don’t just dislike each…
If You Keep Me by Helena Hunting
(ARC Read) If You Keep Me was everything I wanted for Flip Madden… and somehow even more. I’ve been impatiently waiting for Flip’s book since the beginning of this series. We’ve watched him play the role of the charming, reformed playboy for years, never fully knowing what was beneath the surface. And wow…this story finally…
Safe Haven by Kristen Proby
(ARC Review) I’m not even going to pretend I was emotionally prepared for this book because I wasn’t. Safe Haven opens with Willow doing what she’s always done, putting everyone else first. After her sister abandons her son, Aiden, Willow steps in without hesitation and becomes his sole guardian. She isn’t just his aunt—she’s his…
Goal Line Hearts by Nikki Lawson
A grumpy, emotionally closed-off goalie who’s soft, ruinously soft, for another man’s kid? I was gone from that moment forward. Grant Parker is a machine in the way only elite athletes are. Hockey is his whole world—what he eats, sleeps, and breathes—because it feels like the only way to honor the parents who sacrificed everything…
Penalty Play by Julia Connors
(ARC Review) Penalty Play was the book I have been waiting for all series long, and somehow, it still exceeded every expectation I had. Morgan Kaplan is me. I am her. A woman who has spent far too much of her life being reduced to her body instead of celebrated for her intelligence, talent, and…
Within Range by Ruth Stilling
(ARC Review) I don’t even know how to properly explain how this book made me feel, only that it felt like everything. Emmett Richards is yearning, restraint, and quiet devotion wrapped up in one devastatingly good man. You can feel his internal battle on every page: the pull toward Billie, the guilt, the fear of…