Hero – Can include retired/former athlete but probably primarily sportsball romance
Out of Uniform, Book #2
Heat Factor: It’s sexy – they get up to all kinds of things when they get some privacy – but it’s mostly yearning
Character Chemistry: Oh my word, the pining!
Plot: Widower is goaded (jealousy is such an instigator!) into helping out his bestie by letting the little brother room with his family over the summer in exchange for childcare.
Overall: This book was so charming but it was also delightfully thrilling
Heat Factor: I mean, it is technically explicit sex, but it’s done in a vignette style until nearly the end, when it feels much more traditionally written
Character Chemistry: I had big feels, but it was because of Zach’s journey, not because of Zach and Eugenio together
Plot: Baseball players fall in love, but one refuses to come out and things fall apart. Until they get a second chance.
Overall: Y’all. I have just been on a whole emotional roller coaster.
Sydney Smoke Rugby, Book #7
Heat Factor: kinda like: the first time they do something it’s explicit but then subsequent times we can bypass that detail
Character Chemistry: “This person is extra special” at first sight
Plot: closeted gay rugby player finally meets a man who makes him want what he never needed before
Overall: I don’t know. On the one hand it’s super readable. On the other… 🙃
Game Changers, Book #5
Review of Game Changers, Book #2
Heat Factor: It’s sexy but not as sexy as some of the other books in this series
Character Chemistry: I am charmed: grumpy loner falls for the the bubble of joy
Plot: It’s never too late to be brave enough to make good choices
Overall: I came for the Heated Rivalry postscripts, but I stayed for the sweetness
Game Changers, Book #2
Heat Factor: Melting all the ice on all the rinks
Character Chemistry: The bad boy is soft for the good boy
Plot: They met when they were 17 and were attracted to each other immediately, but ever since they were recruited to the NHL, their rivalry and antipathy has been played up so much that they can never really fall in love
Overall: So. Good. Totally hit the spot
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