Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a fun and flirty hockey rom com that will have you feeling all the feels. It’s book 4 in the Love and Hockey series, but can be read as a stand alone. This book centers on Leighton, the coach’s daughter, and Miles, the older hockey player that was given a second-chance by the coach after a bad injury. Leighton is just starting out her photography career and hires Miles as a last-minute model stand-in when her model bails, at the suggestion of Mile’s grandmother. Sparks fly when the couple are alone and they spend one fantastic, perfect day together. Reality hits the next day when they discover that Leighton’s father is Miles’ coach, who Miles greatly respects. They decide that despite their attraction, they have to leave it at the one perfect day. To their credit, they last one year with this “one day only” plan, until they eventually can’t fight their attraction.

I really appreciated the author’s inclusion of Leighton’s hearing loss as a part of the story and how respectfully she treated it. Miles is the perfect book-boyfriend in that he listens to Leighton, takes actions to make things better for her even though she doesn’t ask him to, and makes her feel cherished and seen. For her part, Leighton is easy going and doesn’t care that he’s a professional hockey player with tons of money and treats him like a regular guy. They were both burned by past relationships, and find in each other what they’d been lacking in past relationships.

The book was a bit too long for me, and the mutual pining for each other went on way too long for my taste, but otherwise, it was a fun and easy read. There are a few spicy scenes, but mainly the book is a very sweet love story.

I received a complimentary e-copy of the book from the author. All opinions are my own.