I read ctkat1’s review of Heated Rivalry last year and added it to my tbr. I kept seeing people love on it so I finally bought it and then I felt like I needed to read the first book in the series first, Game Changer. Game Changer was a nice m/m romance, but it was not as it’s title claims, a game changer. Scott Hunter is the captain of Manhattan’s pro hockey team and a deeply closeted gay man. He’s in a slump. After ordering […]
Mostly Believable Closeted Athletes in Love
Utsutdiydiy y yoivyovourly oyci igydiyfoyfo itxiycoyfyogyofyictidits century costume, no matter how much more comfortable it looks, the Victorian era is my sartorial splendor sweet spot. As we all know, the Edwardians had the best hair and hats, but my beloved decades for western women’s clothing are the 1870s and 1880s, i.e. the bustle era. Before I even learned my meager bit about the evolution of women’s dress, my wedding gown unconsciously referenced my favourite style. Shrimpton’s work is divided into chapters based on […]
No, It’s Okay, He’s Really a Good Guy
I swear that Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy are writing romances inspired by the hashtag notallmen, thought I’m not sure even that’s correct since the men in this series, and a lot of Bowen’s solo work, often behave in a way that is unacceptable, but is supposedly meant to be forgivable because they are good guys. As my romance twin, Beth-Ellen, said, it’s as though they are defending men and, she added, who is the audience they are doing that for? Stay was a mostly decent […]
Hockey Romance with Coaches in Love
My quest for good romance continues with a book recommended to me on Pajiba my online home away from home. Max Ashford’s career in the NHL was cut short when a checking accident on the ice left him with compromised peripheral vision. Working on a career behind the bench, he joins head coach Misha Samarin with the Spartanburg Spitfires in South Carolina. It’s an ECHL team – meaning a double A hockey franchise that acts as a feeder to the minors and, with any luck […]