A Slayers Hockey Series Novel
know… this chick hates me.
I should walk away, find some puck bunny to gleefully sit on my lap and tell me
what a big, hot, hockey stud I am–totally true, BTW. But there’s just
something about this feisty redhead I can’t let go. She’s got an edge to her
that’s sexy as hell and a smart mouth that’s been tying me up since the night I
met her.She tells me to forget it, we’re not happening. But this isn’t the kind of
woman a guy ever forgets. Especially when the air starts to sizzle and pop
every time we get within ten feet of each other. She’s in my head and under my
skin, and all I can think about is the way she looked at me that one time. Like
she already knew how it could be between us.I’m not the kind of guy a girl like her takes home… But maybe I want to be.
corner, I press my back to the wall and suck one shaky breath after another
until the spots behind my eyes finally clear, along with any wayward thoughts
about a third Slayers hockey player needing a bed in the ER.
After all these years.
me. Giving me that same smile. The one that put my belly into free fall the
first time I saw it. Left me breathless. And then less than a day later, left
me humiliated. Devastated. Working up fantasies about the wrath I’d rain down
on him if I ever saw him again.
badassery. My knees barely held me when I looked up to find those stupid
sea-green eyes twinkling back at me like some Disney hero come to life.
muscles-everywhere body.
hair standing up like some foolish girl just had her hands in it for the last
hour.
introduction.
breath, I shake my head.
recognize me. Though why I ever thought he might is beyond me. Six years later
and I’m still reading more into that night than there ever was. More into those
soul-deep stares and slow touches. More into those tender words that turned out
to be total lies.
non-extraordinaire. Mira Lyn Kelly is the USA TODAY bestselling author of more
than a dozen sizzly love stories with over a million readers worldwide. Growing
up in the Chicago area, she earned her degree in Fine Arts from Loyola
University and met the love of her life while studying abroad in Rome, Italy…
only to discover he’d been living right around the corner from her back home.
Having spent her twenties working and playing in the Windy City, she’s now settled
with her husband in Minnesota, where their four amazing children and two
ridiculous dogs provide an excess of action and entertainment.
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Quinn and Georgie didn’t start on the right foot for sure. Quinn was a hockey player, living a day one at the time, playboy but not a bad guy, having lots of friends but Georgie wasn’t part of them. Just trying so hard to push him away. For a man like Quinn, it was a challenge he wasn’t going to ignore. The more she rejected him, the more he had to get close to her.
This fire-cracker ignited into him a powerful connection she was trying so hard to reject.
This woman showed him how much she hated his guts and wasn’t hiding it at all, because letting a man like him in her life would break her heart.
I appreciated this sports romance with this strong hint of sexiness, a banter that made me smile and swoon at times. The characters were endearing, Quinn was a great surprise who was definitely more than his good looks, someone who really cared, his personality balanced perfectly with Georgie who was a real badass, but needed a little bit of sweetness sometimes.
I have to say their story was deeper than it seemed. Somehow I was a bit conflicted about the real issues that might tear them apart. It was dragged out a little but the author managed to convey their concerns with sincerity.
It was nonetheless a story I loved reading. Full of charm, full of heart with relatable characters.
It definitely made me want to hear more about this team.
