Book Blurb:
I’m in love with my brother’s ex-girlfriend.
After years of acting like Vesper Stone isn’t the girl of my dreams, I owe it to myself to be honest, even if the confession can only ever remain a secret.
There are so many reasons why I should forget about her. As the captain of the Seattle Rogues, I shouldn’t betray my only sibling, and I ought to honor the promise I made to our late mom to stand by him.
But my brother isn’t a good man, and I can’t take my eyes off the stunning bartender with sleek black hair and a smile that falters whenever she gets a text from the guy who never deserved her.
Voicing my feelings is a terrible idea. My brother isn’t only a bad person, but he’s dangerous, too, and my top priority is protecting the one girl I can never have.
But I didn’t make it as a pro hockey player without going after what I wanted, and regardless of who she is to my family, I can’t stop showing up at her apartment.
Maybe we can just be friends. I’d rather have that than lose her altogether. My brother doesn’t need to know we hang out and eat pizza while watching a movie.
But friends don’t hold their breath whenever they catch each other’s gaze, and they definitely don’t do what we did the other night …
I should walk away.
For her.
For us.
For the sake of keeping the peace.
So, why am I standing outside Vesper’s door right now, ready to lay my heart on the line? And why am I about to speak the words I vowed to take to my grave?
Because now that I’ve had her in my bed, I’ll go to war to keep her—and our baby—forever.
Tropes:
*Hambright PR ALC *Netgalley ALC *Sports Romance (hockey) *Forbidden romance
*Brothers ex-girlfriend *Friends --> More *Green flag MMC *Found Family
*Accidental Pregnancy *Golden Retriever MMC *He falls first *Pining for ages
*Check your triggers *State Challenge Washington (repeat)
Triggers:
Thoughts:
Silas has had it bad for the one woman he can never have, for years he has watched Vesper (FMC) as she has had an on again off again toxic relationship with his younger half brother Kane.
Kane is emotionally abusive towards Vesper and just calls Silas when he needs money, unfortunately he doesn't use it for bills like he says but on alcohol or other things... Silas feels like he needs to keep this relationship going and make sure his younger brother is ok due to a promise he made to their mother on her death bed, unfortunately as the years go on he's finding it harder to keep this promise especially when he sees how badly he treats Vesper.
Vesper in a cycle of taking Kane back when he tells her what he thinks she wants to hear and then never changing his ways has finally decided to break the cycle she is not taking him back again and that's final she's blocked his number... unfortunately he still knows where she lives and has been sitting outside her home and coming to her job in order to "talk."
Silas has always been there for her even when she attempted to push him away, he's kind, caring, stable and he treats her with the respect she deserves. She remains close with him even after the end of the relationship with his brother and she likes how safe she feels when he's near, one thing leads to another and next thing she knows she is pregnant... with her ex-boyfriend's brothers baby what will people think? he is a big name hockey star and if his brother finds out he will lose his mind he's never been one to keep his cool.
Silas knows that once he's been with Vesper she is it for him... but how can he convince her that he is the right man for her and will be there for her and their child with whatever they need?
Both MMC and FMC have a past history of harsh family dynamics and little family support, Vesper is used to doing everything by herself could she let her guard down and be with the brother she should have chosen to begin with, or is this just another disappointment waiting to happen?
Things I liked about this book:
I enjoy sports romance, hockey being one of my favorites and liked the found family team dynamics with Silas and his team mates. The author sets up potential story lines for other players and I might check these out eventually.
I liked how caring and protective Silas was towards our FMC
The drama between the brothers kept me wanting to find out what would happen next
I liked the girl group that included Vesper she needed a good support system after what she had been through.
I did end up liking Silas and Vesper together once they got on the same page... it just took awhile for our FMC to get there (understandable since her last relationship was terrible).
Some things that didn't work for me:
Some of the spicy stuff was over the top for me personally... I wasn't a fan of the lactation kink (it came off as weird)
The MMC while he was sweet and protective was over the top about it and I worried for the FMC going from a toxic relationship with one brother (like the on again off again relationship had barely ended) and jumping right over to the other brother who was better (yes) but also kind of love 💣her and it felt like too much at some points in this story.
I felt the story kind of started going downhill after the Pregnancy happened, we as the readers know that the MMC is totally all in for the FMC, but Vesper on her side was only attracted to the MMC at the time she didn't have the strong feelings of love at that time for him as he did for her and I wasn't feeling their connection as both sided throughout most of the book.
I almost DNF the book a few times just because I wasn't feeling it was for me the narrators did a good job keeping me with the story. I am interested in giving more of this series a try as I liked the other side characters and would like to see how their stories pan out.
Have you read this one? what did you think?
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