[New Post] ARC Review: Puck Happens by Hailey Shore

November 18, 2023August 8, 2024 LatteandbookzLeave a comment

Title: Puck Happens

Author: Hailey Shore

Page count: 314

Published: October 12th, 2023

Publisher: Greys Promo

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Hockey players and ice skaters do not mix. Tell that to the new bane of my existence, Olivia Tyler-Branch, figure skater turned NHL skating coach. She knows her stuff, but I can’t let her past my defenses.I fell hard for her once before…Now I need to be focused on the game not on Olivia’s soft honey blonde hair, her feisty competitive streak, or the heartbreak behind her eyes.The two of us are hot enough to melt ice, but the stakes are too high.A relationship between us could ruin everything we’ve spent our lives working for. There is only one option. Liv has got to go. But will my heart survive it?Author This is a STANDALONE Calico Cove hockey romance. Dillon is a scorching hot hockey player who always shares his dessert and Liv is feisty figure skater who can take a puck to the butt cheek. These two burn up the ice!

I have been reading a lot of hockey romances as of late and added a little magical city called Calico Cove and you get the perfect combo of love and funny moments with how competitive they both are and adorably cute that they tried to stay away from one another. The pull that Liv and Tyler have is what made this read so compelling.

[New Post] ARC Review: Wildcat by Rebecca Jenshak

September 26, 2023January 28, 2025 LatteandbookzLeave a comment

Title: Wildcat

Author: Rebecca Jenshak

Page count: 388

Published: December 14th, 2021

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

I met my dream girl.
That’s right. She’s stunning and the worst bartender I’ve ever seen.
I should have gone home and gone to sleep—dream girl or not. I had an early morning and the season was starting soon. But when she threatened me with boy band karaoke I couldn’t help myself. I went. The stars aligned.
I have never felt more alive or wanted anyone more than I want her.
When it’s time for me to head on my annual pre-season boys trip, I barely let her go.
It’s been a week and I can’t stop thinking about her.
Except there she is. Right here at the Wildcat’s kickoff party.
And as luck would have it, my dream girl is the coach’s youngest daughter.
But everyone knows the coach’s daughter is off limits. Right?

Wildcat is a full-length sports romance with a hot-as-puck hero, the coach’s daughter, and an unfortunate case of mistaken identity.

This book was a fantastic addition to the series.
Leo is a hockey player for the Minnesota Wildcats, Scarlett is the daughter of the coach that Leo plays for. Scarlett was a year abroad and now back home and decided that she doesn’t want to be a full time student and figure out what she wants to do or date anyone that’s a pro athlete after her last bad breakup, well that Is until Leo come in. Leo is adorable, sweet and charming. When they meet it was instant fireworks and filled with so much love for one another.
This was a great fun, passionate, relatable read.

[New Post] ARC Review: Broken Hearts by Rebecca Jenshak

August 25, 2023January 28, 2025 LatteandbookzLeave a comment

Title: Broken Hearts

Author: Rebecca Jenshak

Page count: 323

Published: July 13th, 2021

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

She’s a figure skater. He’s a hockey player. Things are about to heat up on the ice.

Rhett Rauthruss is single for the first time in six years. He’s fresh off a long-term, long-distance relationship and ready to make the most of what’s left of college.
Party with his boys, get to the Frozen Four with his team, and maybe play the field for a change.

Sienna Hale knows a thing or two about heartbreak. She’s a college athlete about to skate for the last time, and nothing is going to throw her off course. Not her worries about finding a job after college, not the whispers of last year’s accident on the ice, and not the cute hockey player who keeps asking her out.

They think they want different things, but when it heats up between them, there’s no denying they have something in common–even if it’s just for a night.

Rhett falling for Sienna was adorable he was sweet, charming and awkward. He meets Sienna at the ice rink where they were training and by meeting, I mean Rhett crashes into Sienna and she ends up getting a black eye and from that moment on they have this epic love story that I know that I’m going to be reading in the future. I was left laughing, smiling from ear to ear and cheering these two on.