I loved Remy and Harper's story.

The story has what I love in a good romance, The plat is there, the pace is perfect and I love a good couple that is snappy with each other. Always leads to such great chemistry and they are just a match. BUT Remy is very cocky to the point where he needed a good yelling or maybe a smack to bring him down a notch. Why must they always act like that. But their back and forth with the burn building was so good. I would love to read more from this author!.

Another good book that’s been sitting in my kindle for a while. The best thing about being quarantined is that I get to read all the book I haven’t yet! I believe that this is my first book from the author and a pretty good one for introductions!
The story is really enjoyable. There were times that I laughed and others where I felt the tension between them. These two are both so wrong and right for each other. The ending may be predictable, however the overall plot until then is very good!

I really enjoy stories with confident and powerful heroines and Harper is both. She and Jinx both have goals and when they butt heads, things get steamy!

Mon dieu….give me a minute while I turn down the air conditioning because this book is H-O-T! As a huge fan of Kate Meader’s work, I was excited about this new series after the novella, In Skates Trouble, but Irresistible You blew me away. An aging Cajun hockey player in search of The Cup and with the know how to pull a team together, and a smart, savvy, team owner trying to prove to her players, her co-owners who are also her half-sisters, the league, the press, and the world that she has the moxy and the smarts to succeed and her team to win find that no matter how hard they try they can’t deny the attraction and growing feelings between them. With so much on the line professionally and personally, these two struggle to find the perfect balance in their lives.

One thing I’ve always loved about Ms. Meader is she writes strong, female characters and Harper Chase defines strong. Thrown over by her father at age 6 for his new family, taking care of her mother who never recovered from his betrayal until her death from cancer, working in the Chicago Rebel’s organization under her father, surviving an abusive ex, and realizing that even in his death, her father wants nothing more than to see her fail, Harper is determined to show him and everyone else she will not give up or back down. I loved her competence in running the team, the way she took care of her players, the bond she was trying to build with her sisters, and her unwavering devotion to making her team they best they could be even if that means making deals she doesn’t always like. I also appreciated that she respected her new center Remy DuPre and knew he could bring stability and cohesiveness to the team, but she also wasn’t going to let him walk all over her.

As much as I love strong, female characters I equally love “good guy” heroes and Remy DuPre is the very best kind of man. There is no doubt he’s a tad arrogant and has enjoyed everything being a professional hockey player affords him, but he loves his family fiercely, he loves that he gets to play hockey for a living, and once his career is over he plans to settle down with a “femme” and raise a family because he doesn’t want his wife to have to raise their children on her own, he wants to be there one hundred percent of the time and give his children the same childhood he had with his parents. Remy is smooth and sweet and when he lapses into his Cajun French, I guarantee panties drop everywhere. Most of all, his respect of Harper and the way he begins to understand every little thing about her and that her integrity is all she has.

From their first meeting, the pull between them was evident and only grows as this book goes on and while it starts out as attraction and lust, it grows to so much more as they discover they genuinely like and admire one another. There was so much going on in this book with the team, with Harper’s sisters, and life in general but never once did I feel the romance and relationship between Remy and Harper got lost in the story.

I enjoyed every fun, sexy, charming, and entertaining moment of Irresistible You and this promises to be another fantastic series from author Kate Meader.

Irresistible You is good sports romance, sexy and fun. A great first installment with some sexy hockey players!

*This book was given time in exchange for an honest review*

3.5-4 stars!

This is the introduction to the Chicago Rebels series. It’s a great set up to the series, and lays out the keys players.
Harper Chase, and her two sisters, are now the proud owners of the Chicago Rebels Hockey Team after their dad passes. Harper and her sisters have always been distant especially Violet who recently showed up in the family circle. Harper is tough as nails, has been her dads right hand in the organization, but also constantly had to prove her worth. Now you have the estrogen fest of women running the pro hockey team, and it’s not sitting well with many people. Harper has a huge chip on her shoulder..this stems from never being good enough in her father’s eye, as well as his abandonment when he started his new family (which produced hockey star sister, Isobel). Harper keeps everyone at a distance because it’s scare, she doesn’t have to worry about people leaving her if she doesn’t allow them in the first place. Her goal is to get her team to the top with zero distractions.
In walks her distraction, a newly acquired Remy. He’s ridiculously handsome, southern charm, and ready to tear down Harper’s walls. When he was first traded to the Rebels, he was instantly defensive since they were a crap team, and he’s getting up there in years. Harper Chase intrigued him; she’s more than he imagined.
As the team starts improving, and Remy starts tearing down Harper’s walls, she starts to crack open a bit. The sisters try and build their program, develop their sisterhood, all the while under the scrutiny of everyone.
The story was good...Remy is delicious. I did find it a bit slow in parts, but the story was good. I look forward to seeing where this story goes with the sisters.

I was unable to complete this book so it is a DNF for me
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What a fun and sexy hockey romance. It was for sure irresistible! I love everything Kate Meader writes. I am always excited to devour her words.

DNF @ 20%

Unfortunately, I was unable to connect with the characters in this book. I'm sure it was a case of "it's not you, it's me", but I was unable to get into it after putting it down and returning to it several times.

I'm sorry! But thank you for the ARC and I may pick up another title by this author to see if I like something else better.

Kate is a new to me author. I loved this book. I am looking forward to reading more books in this series. I would recommend this series to other readers.

*I received this book free from Simon & Schuster – Gallery Books in exchange for an honest review*

Harper has been set with an impossible task. Her father died, leaving her the Chicago Rebels that she has to run with her sisters (whom she doesn’t really know or get along with) and turn them from a bottom team into a winning the championship team in one season. They lose and she loses the team, which can’t happen. That team is her life and running it has been her dream. She’ll do whatever she can to turn them into champions.

Remy didn’t want to be traded to a losing team his last year playing in the NHL. He wanted his last year to be one where he finally won the cup. He made sure every step of the way that Harper knew how he felt too. Only problem with his tough guy act is that he actually liked Harper. He was drawn to her and despite the player/owner line he couldn’t help but work his Cajun charms on her.

“His dick was taking over, throbbing to the beat of man-wants-woman.”

Harper already had one bad relationship with a player years previous and the last thing she wanted was to get involved with another, but damn if she could resist him. Their magnetism is beyond measure. But she was his team’s owner first and foremost. As long as the line stays in place she could have her cake and eat it too. And oh what a yummy cake!

Irresistible You is exactly that…irresistible! Harper and Remy have a powerful way about them that pulls you into their world and leaves you wanting more. The characters and storyline are well written. It was a great way to start a series and I’m looking forward to see what else the Chicago Rebels series has in store.

I love Type A heroine's on a mission - what can I say? I loved Remy's depiction and counterpoint to all of Harper's business aspirations. I loved the interplay and repartee. Meader has created a duo that spark, and it was enormously fun to read. I am intrigued by how the sisters' relationship evolves.

What’s it About? After the death of her father, Harper Chase finds herself the new owner of the NHL team the Chicago Rebels. When she takes a closer look at the team, she finds them underfunded, overweight, and close to being laughed out of the league. Harper is determined to turn the franchise around no matter what. Enter Remy “Jinx” DuPre. Remy has had a string of bad luck in his career but his luck is changing, until he’s sent to the Chicago Rebels. He can’t believe that Harper is seriously expecting him to lead the failing team into a spot in the playoffs, and he can’t believe the serious sparks between him and Harper either.



Overall reaction to the story? Kate Meader can tell a romance in a sports dominated setting without alienating readers who don’t like sports. Like me. She’s one of the few authors I trust not to bore me with too many sports scenes or sports talk but she doesn’t forget that sports are integral to the plot. There’s a nice balance happening in Irresistible You and it makes for an interesting, sexy read.


Putting a woman in charge of a failing, unruly lot of hockey players was a genius idea. Harper’s a tough as nails boss but she also has daddy issues that make her doubt herself as a woman. That conflict served as a great antagonist to her as a character. She is her own worst enemy. Add that to her complicated relationship with her two sisters and an attraction to Remy and there were some significant obstacles for her to get over but also some significant growth. Harper was stubborn but not to the point of being stupid, she’s a smart woman but she’s also a cautious one which I could appreciate. She was being judged twice as hard for being a woman, talk about an uphill battle for her! The author really made her shine without becoming ridiculously cheesy about her abilities to save the team from becoming a joke.

Then there was Remy. At 35 he is in his golden years as a hockey player and is hoping to go out on top. So when he’s traded to the Rebels, he’s less than thrilled and more than shocked when he finds out that Harper expects him to whip the team into shape and get them into the playoffs. That was an interesting scene. Remy’s confident, sometimes too confident and he needed someone like Harper to keep his ego in check. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like him, he didn’t exactly make a good first impression. But you know what? Once he got over his man tantrum and realized he wasn’t going anywhere he showed his true personality. He’s a hard worker, he’s loyal, he’s a family man, and he can cook.

Yeah, these two just had everything going for them. Really great chemistry, the ability to work together to achieve a common goal, and a love of the sport. I loved that Harper wasn’t a pushover and Remy wasn’t a control freak. These two had tough personalities and could match each other in the stubborn department, making for some interesting head butting scenes that revealed just how attracted they were to each other. The romance was built on the physical attraction but the author made sure to give Remy and Harper enough time to spend with each other without work in between them. I loved the sweet moments between them just as much as the hot, sexy ones.

Irresistible You also introduces some interesting secondary characters, including Harper’s two half sisters Violet and Isobel. I’m curious to see how their relationship with Harper develops. And the rest of the Chicago Rebels! OMG those guys, I can’t wait!

Click It or Skip It? Click It. Kate Meader isn’t an author to be missed.

This really isn't catfching my interest. She is lusting after him. He is arrogant... Meh.

I am love with this sexy hockey playing cajun man. It had hockey, sexy accent, forbidden love, and family ties. A great start to this series for me.

Irresistible You is the first book in Kate Meader's newest series, The Chicago Rebels and it is fantastic! I'm really looking forward to the next book!

I have a love-or-hate relationship with sports romances and this one fell firmly in the first category. I have minor niggles with the story (some gender stereotyping and some slut shaming of puck bunnies which I find is the thing that most bothers me in sports/celebrities romances) but overall found it a nice, enjoyable read.

Remy is a hockey player at the end of his career, making plans for family and kids and being sort of stay-at-home dad and I loved how open he was about his dreams of having a family of his own. And I loved his parents and sisters and the way they interacted with each other presenting the model family he wanted to himself. Still, this was all in the future and right now he was very much focused on his professional career.

Harper was also an interesting, complex character, very much his opposite except for their shared passion for hockey. Her family was the total opposite of his and this has left with deep scars. I loved the dynamics of their relationship with her two estranged sisters and how they were trying to become a family.

I'm usually hesitant about of employer/employee romances because of the dynamics of power and she being part-owner and general manager of the team and him playing for that team (after she insisted on buying him) was a fraught situation for them both. She did have everything to lose and putting it on the line for him was a huge deal for her.

There was a strong sexual tension between and after the initial distrust and dislike, they started an emotionally charged affair which grew into real intimacy. The unavoidable misunderstandings happened but they talked things through a very satisfying HEA.

I'm not much of a sports romance fan. I can honestly say, I have never read a Hockey book, until this one. I don't know why, I just don't get into them. Hockey isn't a sport I like or follow or even understand for that matter. But this one caught my attention.

Harper Chase has worked her whole life to take over her father's team. Even though a female owner of a NHL team was unheard of, she knew it was her destiny and she could do it. She had to work extra hard to get even a small percent of respect, but it was worth it. The team was everything to her. Not only did she have to prove to the world and the league she could do it, she has a lot to prove to her father. But when her father dies, he throws her another obstacle to get through: running the team with her sisters. Sisters she doesn't talk to.

Remy DuPre's dream, has always been to win a championship game, and be able to hold the cup. Not only for him, but for his father, and his family. Nothing will stand in his way. Not even getting traded to the second to worst team in the league. He knows this is his year, and he won't be able to get to his goal with this team. It's his last year to get there, so he has to do whatever it takes. Even if that means striking up a deal that can change everything. Including his heart.

I loved this because it was a forbidden love, and who doesn't love that? Everyone loves the things they can't have and shouldn't have.

Remy was so sweet, and I fell in love with him. Especially because he's a Cajun. One Cajun heart connected with another, and I think it's a love that will last. ;) I love seeing stories that take place in my neck of the woods. Of course it's not exactly my parts, but hey, close enough. Louisiana isn't that big. ♡♡♡

Harper's story hurt my heart. I hate that women actually go through daddy issues, men issues, and life issues like this on a daily basis. Being a woman should never be so hard. We should never get treated differently, especially while doing the same things as a man, maybe even better than said man.

The only down fall I had with this one was the Cajun parts. Yea, I know, I said above that I loved it, so now what am I saying? Well, I do love that it takes place in cajun-country. I love that it reflects so many things of this culture, what bugged me is how some of those things were wrong. I can honestly say, if I didn't know any better, it wouldn't of made a difference and the story would of been great. Which the story was, but with me knowing those things, no matter how little, were off, it made a difference in my opinion.
~Lynzi

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Harper and Remy are going to be hard to top in this series. Harper is the co-owner/GM of the struggling Chicago Rebels hockey team. She and her sisters have a short time to turn the team around or lose their inheritance. However, they don't exactly get along and the sports world does not believe in them. Harper trades to get Remy. He is not happy because he is on a team that may actually have a chance at the Stanley Cup. Harper has to maneuver between her sisters, an unhappy hockey player and all the other obstacles in her way. The biggest obstacles of all is her attraction to Remy. It burns hot and out of control. She can't let the world know she is sleeping with her hockey player. Sneaking around and almost getting caught puts a strain on things. Remy is the a book boyfriend that everyone will love. He sings, he cooks and has the body to die for. And the best thing of all, he thinks Harper is the the one and wants to take care of her without trampling on who she is. A definite win.