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Playing for You (Hot on Ice #1) by Aurora Paige

Release Date: January 14, 2021

#SportsRomance #OneNightStand #MulticulturalRomance #ARC

Cover credit: Steamy Designs


Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55341121-playing-for-you

Buy Links (Kindle Unlimited):

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3aLcYxM

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2WqDt35

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/3mv8JIH

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/3msmTKF



Blurb:

She’s a curvaceous vixen who owns the hottest lounge in Los Angeles.

He’s a sexy hockey goaltender who plays the game off the ice more than on.

What happens when a one-night stand becomes more?

Twenty-eight-year-old, voluptuous, Filipina-American, Arianna Santos has the hottest spot in LA nightlife. When her grandfather has a major stroke and there’s a low chance of recovery, she inherits from him the worst team in the National Hockey League, the San Francisco Storm. Without knowing anything about hockey or running a hockey franchise, Arianna needs to prove to the all-boys club that a well-educated, minority female owner has a place in the industry. The Storm General Manager insists that she learn about hockey from the new goalie, Blake Collins.

Tall, toned, and hazel-eyed, Blake Collins has the swift moves on the ice as the California Crusaders goaltender, continuing the Collins goalie legacy of Stanley Cup Championships his father and grandfather established for the team. When a knee injury affects his game and attitude on the ice, he gets transferred to the San Francisco Storm as their only hope of making it to play-offs. As the player with the most knowledge and skills passed from generations of great hockey players, Blake is forced to teach the new knows-nothing-about-hockey owner, Arianna Santos, about how the hockey world works.

Blake and Arianna’s animal attraction to each other gives them a passionate one-night stand in LA that doesn’t end as they expected. Will their reunion cause a riff in the organization? Will they both play nice to one another for the sake of the team?



My Review:

3.5 STARS

Arianna is a tough businesswoman with a successful club.  Blake is a star goalie for an NHL hockey team making a comeback from an injury.  When they run into each other, sparks fly.  Their story is written in first person from a dual POV.

I loved Arianna and her heart for her family.  I love the multicultural dimension to her story with her Filipino heritage.  I really enjoyed that the author incorporated foods, language and traditions that were important to Arianna into the story.  Blake has a good heart, despite having his father push him ruthlessly, and often unkindly.  I really felt for him as he tries to recover from his injury, face challenges with a good attitude, fall in love, and figure out his life, all at once.  His father comes around at the end of the book, but it never really felt true- maybe because the speed of it.  I would have preferred to either have him be less harsh in the beginning or for there to have been a larger event which changed his heart.

I felt the characters were well developed and complex.  The plot was good.  There were times when the writing felt a little stilted, especially during some dialogue scenes and during the intimate moments.  I think some of that was just word choice.  The pacing was ok, but I found that there were some scenes that had a lot of unnecessary detail while others may have benefited from more details and exposition.  I think the conclusion could have used a little more development as it felt like it wrapped up a little too fast.  The editing was quite good, even with the advance review copy, which sometimes contains errors.  Overall, I really did like the book.  The characters were especially likable.  This author is new to me and pretty new overall.  I feel like she has a lot of potential and that she is one to watch.  I will be reading her next book to follow her writing and more of these wonderful characters.


Praise:

Nerdy, Dirty & Flirty - “This book was pretty steamy!!! I love when a female lead is strong and can handle life like a boss!!”

 

Vxhexn_reads - “Get ready to binge this beauty!! Love, loss, insecurity, determination, and pure unadulterated need play off the page with such ferocity that you won’t be able to put this book down until you’ve read it from cover-to-cover.”

 

A_brunette_bookworm - “This books is steamy and hot and Aurora Paige did a great job with it. I cannot wait for more!”



Author Bio:

Aurora Paige is a healthcare professional by day and a writer of steamy contemporary romance with sassy heroines and sexy heroes at night. Each Aurora Paige story delivers a variety of Curvy Heroines, Multicultural relationships, Alpha Heroes, Steamy Heat, and a Guaranteed Happily Ever

After.

 

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