Book Blurb:
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Diesel LeBlanc notices MacKenzie Rhodes ice-skating on a pond in their hometown and decides he has to have her. He makes no secret of his desire – or the casual nature of it. He finally gets what he wants…on her terms…and heads off to live the fabulous life of a professional hockey player.
Years later, a chance meeting brings them together again and Diesel realizes she’s the one woman he was never able to forget. He’s ready to prove that he can be a man worthy of her heart.
Is she ready to trust him with the life she’s built?
Tropes:
*Novella *Hockey Romance *2nd chance for romance *Spice *hidden secrets
*State Challenge North Dakota
Thoughts:
I grabbed this one for my kindle as I've been doing the 50 states reading challenge and needed a book set in North Dakota.
To start with we have Mackenzie (FMC) who has had a tough time in life growing up with two neglectful parents and helping to raise her younger brother's and sisters she's put all of her own dreams on hold to make sure she's there for them.
Back in town while on break from College handsome Diesel (MMC) notices Kenzie ice skating at first not realizing it's the girl he went to school with for years... she is gorgeous and has grown into her curves. Being the ladies man he is he pursues Kenzie and goes to the local bar she works at night after night trying to wear her down.
Kenzie at first continues to push Diesel away but one night frustrated and feeling alone she ends up stranded on the side of the road and they have a night to remember and go their seperate ways... MacKenzie ends up with a big memory from that night while Diesel goes on to get drafted after college into the NHL.
Kenzie now living in Boston with her younger brother and working a zillion hours a week on top of going to night school and dealing with other things doesn't have time for romance... but it's been several years and now Diesel has been traded to the team in Boston he finds her at the bar she works at and it's just like he never left her he's always thought about her while they were apart and now is a second chance.
Will stubborn Kenzie allow herself to fall for Diesel completely? he could have any woman he wanted what would he want with her? Will Diesel be able to convince her that they are meant to be?
This was a quick read at a bit over 100 pages, I feel like I might have missed part of their relationship development at times due to unknown time jumps at the beginning like she didn't want anything to do with him then he's telling him to take her home with him??
Due to the shorter length it also feels like some of the dialog was weird like it feels like too much personal information is just dumped in sections where it didn't make sense because our FMC is more guarded but next thing you know she's sharing her childhood trauma with him. This also goes for the secret being revealed it seemed that everything was just fine right away.
The plot that was there was ok and I don't mind spice, but I felt the spice almost over powered the plot.
This was a short hockey romance there really wasn't any hockey involved in this so if you enjoy sports romance with sports this won't be for you --> basically it's just used to say what a great job Diesel has as an NHL star later in the book.
Have you read this one? What did you think?
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