This is a good romance in which sport has a lot of role, although it is not the main thing.

Courtney is a hoquey player, at the end of her career, who has been quite productive having even achieved Olympic medals. Lana is a violinist, but could have any other profession because the author does not give any importance to this fact throughout history. Lana has a fifteen-year-old son, Eric, who also practices hoquey. Lana and Eric must move from Chicago to Kingsville, Pennsylvania, for family reasons.

Lana and Courtney are immediately attracted to each other, but there are some issues as that Lana is only in town temporarily, that neither of them has a serious relationship in mind, that Eric is a teenager and Courtney is not very sure of wanting the responsibility that a child carries. So most of the book goes through the mind struggles of Courtney and Lana, who try to convince themselves that a relationship between them has no future, although each time they are more close to each other.

In the middle of the romantic story that develops, the secondary characters are not very relevant, even Eric has little to do with the final result.

Then there's Jen Hilton's character, why does she behave like that? For a professional athlete, even being selfish and spoiled, her performance is not acceptable.

So the story does not have much of original and freckle of being repetitive and frustrating in some parts, being quite clear the final outcome.

But anyway it is a nice and well written reading, which I have enjoyed quite a lot.

<i>An ARC was sent to me from Bold Strokes Books through NetGalley for an honest review </i>

This was an enjoyable sports-romance. I have only read a few of Trebelhorn’s books but it’s easy to say this is my favorite so far. The ice hockey parts of the book are pretty fun so I don’t think this would be boring for non-sports fans.

Court is an Olympic medal winner playing semi-pro women’s hockey. She is getting towards the end of her career but still loves the game. Lana is a violinist for the Chicago Orchestra. She has to take a temporary leave to move her and her son back home while her father recovers from a heart attack. When Court and Lana meet, it’s clear there is an attraction, but Lana will be moving back in six months. Can these two keep it casual without their hearts getting involved?

I thought this was a nice mix of a good romance, with some fun hockey moments. As I said above the hockey is never boring as Court has to deal with a new star rival player. The main part of the book is about the romance. Then there are two side focuses, the hockey and Lana’s 15 year-old son. I’m not always the biggest fan of kids in lesfic, but Lana’s son, who’s really a young man, added to the story.

The romance is a little angsty. Trebelhorn likes to have angst in her books, but it’s wasn’t overdone for me. Even with the angst this is mostly a feel good romance. The likeable main characters made a really good pair. There was chemistry and you want them to be together. The flirting and little intimate moments I thought were well done, and the sex scenes were decent.

My only real complaint was I didn’t think there was enough of a resolve between Court and her rival. It’s not like it wasn’t addressed, I just wasn’t crazy about how that part wrapped up.

Overall this was a romance book that was easy for me to like. The book kept me reading and I was happy in the end. I think romance fans will enjoy this one.

This is one of those books that’s good enough to hold my attention for the first read, but I won’t be reading it over and over again. I do have to say that I think the author’s writing is getting better with each book I’ve read of hers.

The summary of the book is spot on, so I won’t go into rehashing the backstory. I liked the relationship between Lana and her son, but also his with Court as well. I wish there was more of Lana and her parents relationship being ironed out, or at least going into their dislike of her life on a deeper level. I also wished the same between Court and Jen. Why did Jen hate Court so much? I’m not a fan of one dimensional “villains” so I wanted more from her interactions.

Again, overall is was an entertaining read without grammatical errors.

This was an entertaining read......romance meets hockey! Can’t beat that. I found Lana to be a great character. She had a great sense of humor and was just what Court needed. Eric was a wonderful addition to the novel. One thing I found strange was the fact that, while Lana did take a leave of absence from the Chicago Symphony, she never once mentioned the violin at all. I’d think if she was second chair, she’d still be practicing to keep up for her return. Overall this was a cute read!

Oh, this is one of those books I call “sweethearts”! It’s so warm and nice and cozy and it melts you in the loveliest way! And I loved Lana so much - she’s naughty and flirty in the best possible way!