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Ice Dragons Hockey #1

Faking it with the Billionaire
Willow Fox , Allison West

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699 ratings · 98 reviews

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The agency sends you an adorable 5 foot 2 brunette that barely looks
capable of protecting herself, let alone anyone else. Turns out "Ryan" is
Emerson Ryan, former FBI. She drop-kicks your butt to the ground to
prove her point. She’s more than capable of protecting Bristol, your
little girl… But you shouldn’t be turned on by her fierceness. Everyone
thinks she’s your daughter’s nanny, including Bristol. Emerson looks the
part and goes along with it at your insistence until she's forced to be
your daughter's babysitter. With a professional hockey career on the
line, you need Emerson by your side. But questions will arise the
moment you hire a "second" nanny for Bristol, and you don't want to
worry your daughter about the threat to her safety. The next best thing?
Hire Emerson as your fake girlfriend. She can protect Bristol, and you
get a little extra publicity when the news learns about your new spicy
romance. But how long can you pretend everything is fake when the
sparks are real? This steamy hockey romance book features a grumpy
single dad, a sizzling romance with plenty of drama. No cheating.
Standalone. HEA.
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276 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 15, 2023

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Dani (Daniiireads)
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1,337 reviews · 144 followers

Read June 18, 2023

TOD: 13%

The illustrated cover sucked me, as did the premise, but this just didn't
hold my attention. Plus there's waaaayyy too many tropes--single dad,
hockey, billionaire, mafia, bodyguard, fake dating, forced proximity...
No...

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Meagan Whitmer
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35 reviews · 1 follower

June 17, 2023

Too many troupes with very little substance. I’m not a fan at breaking
down someone’s work but man, I wish the authors
friends/editor/publisher or whomever read this book before it was
published could have been honest. This book is a hot mess. It had
potential to be good but fell completely flat and shouldn’t have been
published. It needs to be rewritten at best.
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Don’t let the 5 star reviews or FB/TikTok ads fool you. There’s almost
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just as many 2 stars and this current version of the book, isn’t worth the
money.Like I DNFComment
around 40% and even broke my cardinal rule and
skipped to the end to see if it could somehow be salvaged but the
ending is rushed, makes very little sense and just sucked. Save your
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169 reviews · 3 followers

June 17, 2023

1) are you kidding me why is this the cover on Goodreads this is literally
not the cover of the book I swear Goodreads just wants to embarrass
me
2) this book is like 5 hours of my life I will never get back
3) I need to stop reading books just because it has the tropes I like
because seriously this was a train wreck. I’m sorry who thought it was a
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good idea to combine bodyguard, mafia, hockey player, single dad, and
fake dating tropes all in one.
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4) I would only recommend this book to someone that I couldn’t stand
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Anna Downing
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93 reviews · 1 follower

June 17, 2023

Man. This book was a fucking train wreck. It had too much going on. I
mean was it a hockey romance? Mafia? Billionaire? It constantly
repeated itself. I hate when they have a kid and the kid is “so mature.”
My six year old is pretty mature for her age and she wouldn’t say half
the shit this one did. I finished it because I bought it but it was hard.

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Katie I
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81 reviews · 29 followers

June 15, 2023

Kyler hires Emerson to be a bodyguard for his daughter, to keep her

safe. They go from fake dating to having real feeling quickly. This
author can definitely tell a great story. Both the writing and the
characters were great.

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Nikki
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1 review · 1 follower

October 22, 2023

Brain cells were lost in this dumpster fire of a book

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Faith Kitowski
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317 reviews · 2 followers

July 8, 2023

This book definitely isn’t bad, i just think it’s missing something. It kind
of felt like it was going in circles and I wish there was more to it.

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Arlene Aesthetic
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406 reviews · 4 followers

August 18, 2023

horrible writing. storylines dont even match.

THIS BOOK WAS TERRIBLE!!!! I LOVED the premise. Female bodyguard,

underestimated but kick @$s at her job. Falls for her client and lives
happily ever after. (I love me a kick a$s FMC). Emerson is NOT this. I
mean she’s not even a bodyguard. Yeah yeah she was in fbi but there’s
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no more No use of her “skills”. We dont even see her investigating
history.
people of interests. She notices someone watching her / the child she’s
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supposed to be guarding and DOESNT look into it?!
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Then She INSTANTLY caves to “physical” touches from Grayson even
though she “swore off men” b/c was gr@ped by her precious boss???
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“m@fia”. So she abandons her daughter for her safety………. But by the
end of the book the m@fia kids and said child are going on play
June dates !?
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I thought they were to be kept apart? That’s why the mom dipped. And
This
now was sojust
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it was buddy?!)
actually upsetting.

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There are typos and added words onto completed sentence. Horrible
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like a beginner watt pad book. Author tried too hard to
describe things. If i had a drink for how many times Emerson bit her lip i
would Charlei
have died from
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As this is a contemporary romance, i expected some realistic June 22, from

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it. But it was garbage. Emerson was forced into lying to the child. Then
I actually think I lost brain cells reading this.
forced into Fake dating. Forced fake an engagement. (Oh yeah just to
be “invited” to the wives box so she can be more comfortable during
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games. I read a lot of romance, i read some pretty far fetched / illogical
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things. And let me tell you this was the worst reason for a fake
engagement i have EVER read).
Christina
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and dont read this. Waste of 3 hours.

June 22, 2023

Being in a book slump, I am glad to have read this book because it was
quick paced, spicy, fun and easy to read. It got me back into reading
and I had lots of fun.

It does have a lot of tropes like a billionaire hockey player, a single dad,
she’s a bodyguard for his daughter because of her maternal lineage
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and know some might think it’s alot but I felt like it made the plot
interesting. It moved at a good pace, if you want that quick attraction
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which I needed. You know? Why wait sometimes! I thought the dynamic
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between Comment
and MMC was good. They both had strong
personalities, he could be grumpy and a little bossy and she wasn’t
letting him and challenged him and their scenes together were hot.
meka
They had a lot of mutual longing, the “we shouldn’t do this” andFollow“it’s so
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wrong” hit its so right. I love a good forced proximity and I thought it
worked well and there’s fake dating because why not? Fake dating
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boss just adds to the fun.
2.5/5 stars
I also thought the daughter was such a cutie and brought a lightness
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the book also seems to have and all the side characters. I thought it
was different take on hockey romance and I really did enjoy it. I can’t
arcs
Kyler
wait toseems to think
read the next with
bookhis
in downstairs
the series area a majority of the time. He
seems
1 like like a great dad but everything with Emerson is just lust driven.
He even uses the phrase ‘because I’m a guy’ multiple times as an
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excuse to ogle her… like what? Emerson and her feelings gave me
constant whiplash. I liked her fierceness and profession but her
emotions wereStrub
Hailey all over the place and I couldn’t pin point what she
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There’s also a lack of character development/ building which
also made my mind scattered. By the end I realised the smartest person
June 28, 2023
in the book was his kid.
I LOVED THIS BOOK
Overall, I thought
I read it in it was
less than okay and
24 hours and could
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not put maybe
it down.ifThe
there were
characters
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and plot andsomore
went well of an emotional
together. I lovedbuild to convince
the tropes readers
and I loved theoftwists
their
connection. I received a copy of this book and am leaving this honest
that I didn’t expect.
review voluntarily <3
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Jayla
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October 16, 2023

3.5

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Melissa
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June 22, 2023

Dnf

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Mulan Book Princess

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June 25, 2023

I thought this was a cute romance. Kyler hires Ryan as a bodyguard for
his daughter as he is getting death threats. Imagine his surprise when
Ryan turns out to be a petite woman. I found these two to have great
chemistry and thought Bristol was adorable. I found this book
entertaining but a bit convoluted.

IShow more a free advance reader copy of this book and am voluntarily
received
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Leigh-Ann Herselman
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September 12, 2023

Burn it.

Cardboard character with terrible morals and wtf is this cover,

Goodreads? Disgusting book, hated everything about it, I was
permanently grossed out or irritated with the characters and writing.
Deserves no stars

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Antonina Giarratana
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August 1, 2023

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Samantha Nieman
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48 reviews

October 23, 2023

Please what is this cover, I promise I was intrigued by the cartoon cover
not whatever the hell this is.

Anyways, I listened to this book on audio, and honestly for it being my

introduction to Audiobooks it wasn't half bad. One thing I do not really
like about Audiobooks is just the voice of the person reading, and I
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know that might be a bit rude but it's just how it is. But this book's
speaker wasn't to bad, only thing is I wish there were a male character
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for the

Now this book was honestly all over the place, there were way to many
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tropes, and the fact that there was a mafia just felt so unnecessary to
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me? Like this is just a silly little romance, why did you put a mafia in
here? The mafia did not even have a play in the plot or anything, June 21,they
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were just kind of there which felt very unnecessary to me.
You know when you read reviews on books that aren’t great but then
after
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factitofyourself
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were that
threw me off
really well a little. I loved the bodyguard, hockey player, single dad,
done.
and the suspense of who was threatening Kyler. And let me just say
Show more cute Bristol was! She was this sassy little free spirited 6
how
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really enjoyed the ice hockey part, you know I'm a sucker for a
year
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boyfriend that's beyond
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and possessive and I that I couldn’t
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(who's the mafia topic was
written in. And the topic of Bristol’s mom, it was kinda left open at the
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very end when
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unnecessary pointstothis
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her and then
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plans for a mafia series, I couldn’t figure that
myself while reading and never felt like I couldn't or wouldn't want to
part
read/oflisten
the storyline
to the book. out. I think it would’ve made sense to just have it as
June 23, 2023
Bristol’s mom didn’t want to be a parent and signed rights off. But to
make
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and keepstory!her safe so when he needs a bodyguard for Bristol imagine
his shock when they send Emerson who is a former FBI agent who he is
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instantly attracted to. Emerson’s next assignment is to be a bodyguard
to Kyler’s daughter Bristol and just because Emerson is five foot nothing
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that she can’t protect and drop someone to the floor if
needed and she is determined to prove it in the best way possible.
Things start to get a bit complicated when Kyler’s asks Emerson to be
Harriet
his fake girlfriend but what happens when feelings start to get involved
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and things start to feel so real between them and there chemistry is so
strong and then you have Bristol who is a sassy, cute and adorable six
June 24, 2023
year old who makes this book a must read. I absolutely loved this book
Emerson
and it hadRyan
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characters andinto a predicament.
a storyline that keptShe
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series. Kyler's daughter. Kyler is a hockey player, team
captain, commanding, devastatingly handsome and a little bit of an a-
hole but in a way Emerson can ignore because it's to protect his
daughter. She is somehow roped into being a fake nanny, then a fake
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fiancée the trouble is she doesn't want it to be fake, if only she could
admit it. But the threats to Bristol's life keep coming and she has a job
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to focus Comment
love win?

This is a fun and steamy read. You will want to keep reading to see who
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with eachother. Full of steam, alpha male possessive behaviour, love
and mystery with a little real world sexual harassment problems and2023
June 28,
game fixing thrown in.
This is not the first time I have read this author but I didn’t actually put
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novel. When
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a free copy ofhockey player
this book via Kyler Greyson
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and getting
am voluntarily
threats
leaving to his daughter, he hires a team to protect her. The team
a review.
assigns former-FBI agent Emerson Ryan. She 5-foot-tiny and he doesn’t
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think morecan pull it off. Watching her knock everyone off their feet
(literally) to prove him wrong is a delight. They circle each other for half
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the book and there are some definite enemies-to-lovers vibes just from
his distrust. It’s fun to see the angst, the banter, and the eventual
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downfall into steamy passion. Emerson literally takes no prisoners.
She’s ballsy, brave, and determined to protect not only her 6-year-old
charge,Nicole
Bristol, but also Kyler himself, even when he doesn’t want or
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protection. This is rom-com in book format and I
thoroughly enjoyed it.
August 14, 2023

Not really what I was expecting from the blurb

Several times throughout this book I found myself annoyed with the
FMC. I just honestly didn’t find her character very likable and didn’t
really feel any chemistry or connection between the characters. I mean
within the first few chapters she’s on her knees for him. And then
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justifies it later on by basically saying it was to sell their fake dating
story. Umm what? First of all they going at it as if his daughter wasn’t
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room and could easily walk in on them (not in a closed
room with a lock) and other people DID walk in on them. I honestly just
found that really irresponsible especially for a man who supposedly put
Jenna
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probably spoil too much so I’ll just go with saying I just didn’t love this
book. Kyler was okay but at times he would do things that didn’t make
July 19, 2023
sense or add up for a man who was made out to be some great father. I
Where
also feltdo you
like theeven begin
things the with this book?
daughter said and did were a little out of
Firstly,
character as many
for a 6other
year readers
old. have mentioned, the number of tropes in
this book is just beyond. Enemies to lovers, fake relationship, billionaire,
single dad, mafia, the list goes on. All of which are poorly developed,
just like the characters. You learn almost nothing about Emerson and
Kyler for how long this book is. It's repetitive, juvenile at times, and just
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so morewritten. Some of the sex scenes are just plain weird unless
poorly
you are into being watched by your friends and family. I simply could
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not get Comment
story. I almost stopped reading it three times but kept
giving it a chance because had the author stripped away all of the extra
BS filler in the story, the base of it could have been good had it been
Macee Grisenti
developed properly. There are way better books in this category, don't
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waste your time on this one.
July 31, 2023

Steamy Hockey Romance

Tw: se*ual harassment and as*ult, panic attacks, thre*ts to a child

This was a good book. It had a couple statements that seemed not
necessary to me. Little comments about acting like a man and such.
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They seemed very minor but it annoyed me all the same. For the most
part this book was great. The FMC is a total bada$$ and is awesome. I
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enjoyed lot. The MMC was also super cool.
Single dad who loves his kid and would do anything for those he loves?
Adorable.
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Tropes: single parent, he’s her boss, bodyguard, sportsSeptember

romance,16, 2023
hockey romance, touch her and die, he fell first, fake dating, fake
Not the good she
engagement, kindcan
of whirlwind.
protect herself and him, protective MMC,
protective FMc, forced proximity
If a mash up song was in book form, this would be it. Only this mash up
doesn’t
Spice: work. It’s the kind of whirlwind that leaves you sitting and
asking
Steam: yourself, “what
.5 the hell was that?” The trope in this book can’t
make up its mind—a slow burn, but with hot and heavy sex scenes.
Sweetness:
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Mystery and suspense while every character in the story is up in the
lead characters’ business. Strong mafia connections within the story,
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but it’s Comment
romance. Through the book, the sports star has no
direct ties to the mafia, but always seems to want to be around them.
To the point that he can easily afford to put his daughter into a good
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way doesn’t make sense when these are the people he’s supposed to
be keeping his child safe from. Instant regret with the purchase Juneof
21,this
2023
book.
I was drawn in by the cute cover of this book and the storyline had
potential. But the beginning had me confused, first she's a bodyguard,
then a nanny, then a fake girlfriend. Maybe it's me being picky, but
Emerson notices on her first day that the security at Bristol's school is
lacking yet leaves her there alone anyway. And if Kyler is constantly
pushing her up against walls and in general all over her, how can she
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effectively
seemed all over the place and very repetitive. I did enjoy the banter
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Jessica
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June 30, 2023

I really liked the dynamic between Emerson and Kyler, but it was a bit of
a rushed storyline. I felt it was moving one direction but then changes,
as part of the "thriller" aspect of the book. I enjoy a bit of the
thriller/romance genre and add in some hockey it was fun! This book
could have definitely been longer and really developed more of the
backstory around Emerson's time in the FBI, her family history, Kyler's
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previous
enjoyable first book of a cute hockey-themed series. I would be
arc contemporary sports
interested in reading more from this author in the future.
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Serena
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232 reviews

July 20, 2023

it was okay

I was honestly a little disappointed with this book. Kyler was a major
butthead for most of it, there wasn’t a lot of character development,
things just sort of happened to them and they reacted. I would’ve DNF
but I paid for the book so I pushed through. It got a little bit better as it
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went more but the premise from the blurb really got lost along the way.
It was less about the threat to the daughter and more about their
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and other drama. The idea for the story was fantastic, but
the delivery left a lot to be desired. I wish it had been as good as the
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