Lasairiona E. McMaster- Lighting the Lamp

Lasairiona McMaster created both a hysterical, witty and fun hockey book...however, this book moved me, shook me up and left me both delighted with a beautiful HEA and thoughts of the amazing road Tori and Raffi took to get there. After a meet cute (I think they even joke about that), they have the most amazing day and night together. with schedules, he stops and tattoos and firecracker and date on his arm, she's left with a little gift. That day, as Tori (not a hockey fan) is unaware that Raffi took a severe hit to the head, causing memory loss with a space both before and after the concussion. He sadly forgets Tori and the meaning of his tattoo, Tori is left with a little wonder boy she names Wyatt. Two years pass, Tori continues college as a single parent, dealing with POCS and raising a delightful little Wyatt. Raffi continues to skate. He sees Tori and Wyatt out and realizes the little boy must be his somehow, still having no memory of his night with Tori. The characters have amazing chemistry, it was witty and funny, the spice was amazing! I loved the fact that with the issues that both Raffi and Tori just are not easily solved and sometimes people facing issues can try to hide the extent of the situation to protect themselves or others. The issues faced are not always defeated by love or a lucky set of circumstances. This touched me on a personal level. When you read this, it will make sense. This book is an amazing journey of a one soulmate pair and the bizarre journey they took to get to the HEA. This book is a MUST READ, 5 STORY AND 5 s8ICe.

The Girls Who Break- Christine Winston

The book traces a set of podcasters and Law Enforcement folks who are all trying to solve some very nasty, serial killer shite. I don’t do spoilers, but this comes from MULTIPLE perspectives, and very well done! I can see sometimes when things are about to “hit” for the story line, but, Ms Winston didn’t give me that level of bored at all. Suspense with romance may have a new convert! think Phantom of the Opera her) BRAVA, CHRISTINE! On TikTok as chriswinauthor

Marek Bella Jewel

Ellie Mae and Marek have a dynamic story in this novella, it wraps some intense circumstances around shifting and emotional chacarcters. It is a interesting story with an unexpected path to a resolution that is all their own. This story is notfor everyone, over 18 and check your trigger warnings.

Never Mine To Hold Jennifer Sucevic

I really enjoyed this! The story has fantastic characters. I loved how they and the relationship evolved between them. The angst, love and guilt has been there since a tragic accident, killing the FMC's Fallyn's brother. MMC, Wolf, was also her brother's bff. Years pass after Fallyn has isolated and allowed her emotions to fester against Wolf...and then she is at college with the now hockey goalie phenom. Some interpersonal relationship and financial hijinks ensue and the story takes off into full motion. There were unexpected surprises and interesting twists! This can be a complete standalone although it is part of the larger Western Wildcats Hockey series book 3) I did have a few ponderences but that's me and would be too revealing for the review. Congratulations, Author Jennifer Suevic !

Jami Davenport Shutout

Author Jami Davenport has taken what can be a tricky trope to write and done it *marvelously*. I LOVED the world,backstory and the characters in this fantastic hockey romance. Life wasn’t written as a total train wreck nor was it perfect. The slow burn was great, the spice was not the specifically painted, but, well placed I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series and poking around the rest of her extensive library! Brava!

Matching all the Way

This is an adorably sweet book, a strong representation of ADHD, and coach/boss daughter and best friend baby sister. I really enjoyed it as a break between my arc books

Hitting the Goal Line -Jocelyn Soto

I loved the fascinating story, seriously, read the previous books to understand this Chicago Dark Knights serious end. I loved the story of Sophia and Blake, from the adorable five year old meet cute to the adulthood lifelong indecision of changing a bestie relationship to the confession of love...that could tank the friendship. The slow burn (?) but awesome spice was explosive. They had fantastic interaction, the characters were wonderful, and the story was fantastically written. However, there is a strong domestic violence run in the last third that had serious questions for me. It could be I could have preconceptions influencing that too, however, it just seemed to have plopped compared to how big it was. (ALSO, IN STORY TRIGGER) My copy also had a lot of errors, I hope that can get or is already resolved. It kept pulling me out of the story. The book is a fantastic way to see the older book characters and see the story of Sophia and Blake. 5 spice 4 story