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The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4) by Lauren Blakely

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.

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Slash & Burn (Holden Cove #2) by Maddy Lowe

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Grady is a pro NHL player that sustained a torn rotator cuff while saving a man from drowning. He missed the last 6 games of the season and had surgery, but the recurring nightmares and fear of water are messing with him more than his physical injuries. He returns to his small town of Holden Cove to recover and is matched with one of his childhood friend’s sister, Jill, for a community reading program between his hockey team and her library. She’s off limits, but tell that to the instant chemistry that sparks between the couple.

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The Love Destroyers (Unlucky in Love #4) by Angela R. Casella

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a fun and flirty close proximity revenge romcom with a bad boy hero who falls first while he helps her get even.

Emma loses her job as an attorney when her boss/boyfriend dumps her and hooks up with her younger influencer client. She slinks home to stay with her mother as she licks her wounds and prepares to face the disciplinary board. During an event surrounding her brother’s wedding she confides in her hot soon-to-be brother-n-law Seamus, who tells her to get over it all she needs to get even. Seamus has his own troubles and shuns relationships because of his situation, but finds himself drawn to Emma and wanting to help her get her strength back. Together, they hatch a plan to get back at Emma’s boss/boyfriend and save her career. They both know it’s not a good idea to get involved, but their hearts don’t want to listen to their brains.

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The Duchess Takes it All by Michelle McLean

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a cute, funny historical fiction romance that kept me laughing and turning pages until I finished. Tamsin’s father is a merchant, so she’s not a “blue blood”. She married a (much older) Duke and her station was immediately elevated, but the ton shunned her, even more so after her husband dies. Christian is a royal from Germany that was appointed co-guardian of Tamsin’s son. You can imagine how “thrilled” Tamsin is to learn this. She likes being able to finally make her own decisions, manage her own money and the estate, and most importantly, her son. Tamsin is determined to drive Christian back to Germany and out of her, and her son’s, life.

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Rags to Riches (Royals Gone Rogue #3) by Erin Nicolle and Erin Nicholas

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Scarlett and Cian (a royal in hiding) had a sizzling weekend together two years ago and Cian has been looking for her ever since. When his body guard finally tells Cian that he’s found her, Cian drops everything to go to Scarlett. Scarlett returned to her small hometown where she is not welcomed with open arms. She is trying to make up for being a Queen B in high school and trying to raise her daughter, with her sister’s help, to be better than she was. Cian’s appearance definitely disrupts their routine.

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Not You Again by Ingrid Pierce

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Andie and Kit dated but broke up and Kit moved out of town. He’s now back in Atlanta to care for his ailing mother. Andie and Kit both sign up for a reality show, each for their own reasons. The premise is that they marry a stranger sight unseen and if they divorce they get $100,000. But you know it can’t be that easy, right? Of course not. Who does Andie get paired with? Wait for it. Kit! (shocker, I know)

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Right Number (Getting it Right #1) by Ella Sparkle

Rating: 4 out of 5.

I’m a sucker for books that includes text conversations between the main characters, so I jumped at the chance to read this one. It is such a cute closed door romance I found myself smiling the whole time I read it. Anna is a college Junior Art student on the east coast and is having a horrible, terrible day. That is, until she gets a text from Mason. He’s on the west coast and is looking for a woman named Susan he recently met at a bar to ask her out for a drink. Anna tells him he’s got the wrong number, but instead of that being the end of that, they keep texting each other. Their conversation continues until a sweet friendship begins.

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Pucking Only (Night Hawks Hockey Series Book 2) by Katie Strong

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Apparently I am in my hockey sports romance era, because that seems to be all I’m reading lately – and I’m not mad at it. Of course, it helps that I seem to be signing up for a lot of hockey romance book tours….but I digress.

This book is great. It has all the fun tropes I love – enemies-to-lovers, best friend’s brother, hockey, steamy scenes, tight white t-shirts and GREY SWEATPANTS. I mean, seriously? What more do I need to say?

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Christmas off Script (Foxbrooke, #5) by Evie Alexander

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is book 5 in the Foxbrooke book series and it’s time for Leo to fall in love. It’s a fun and sexy friends-to-lovers contemporary romance. Leo and Ella have been best friends since they were teenagers – but they are both secretly in love with the other. When Ella’s long-term boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her – by phone, no less – and kicks her out of their shared home, Leo comes to her rescue and takes her to his home at Foxbrooke Manor.

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