Making A Play by Victoria Denault Review
5 Smooches
Synopsis
He’ll do whatever it takes to win—on and off the ice.
Luc Richard is the hottest player in the NHL—and it has nothing to do with hockey. His racy relationship with his supermodel ex set the tabloids on fire but nearly put his career on ice. To avoid being traded, Luc agrees to take a break from the spotlight—and from women—and spend the off-season at home in Silver Bay, Maine. It’s the perfect plan… until he reconnects with Rose.
Rose Caplan is tired of being shy, sweet, and safe. She’s ready for passion, romance—and Luc. Having loved him longer than she can remember, she’s finally ready to prove she’s not the same innocent little girl he once knew. Off the ice Luc doesn’t do games, but this new Rose makes him feel like playing a little dirty. If he’s really got a shot at her heart then he’s not just playing to win. He’s playing for keeps.
Review
“Rose Caplan is sweet, smart and definitely beautiful, but she has all these fantastical ideas about love. She’s a romantic and she dreams of an epic love story with a Prince Charming and a happily ever after. She deserves nothing less, but I’m not at all interested in that.”
WOW, this book took me by surprise, I expected a fast and fun hockey book but I got so much more. I started this book late one night expecting to read a bit then pick it up in the morning some more but before I knew it two am rolled around and it was impossible to stop til I reached the very last page. I adored Luc and Rose simply stole my heart. I read a lot of hockey books and really enjoyed the first book in this series, but Making A Play out them all to shame.
“I don’t know what’s holding him back but I do know it won’t last forever. He’ll either fuck you senseless or spontaneously combust.” “Then Luc should start carrying a fire extinguisher with him,” I snark “Because I’m betting it’ll be the latter.”
The Hometown Players Series revolve around the Caplan sisters and the Garrison brothers and their surrogate brother Luc. Rose, the youngest of the Caplan girls, has very ideological views on love and knows that her romance story worthy love is out there and ever since she was 15 years old she has crushed on her good friend Luc. Luc is three years older than Rose and after having lived with an alcoholic single mother, he doesn’t want to be anyone’s prince charming.
‘I want to ask him what the hell he’s doing, but it’s a stupid question. I know what he’s doing – he’s dry-humping me within an inch of my life and pretending it’s dancing. I just can’t believe he’s doing it to me.’
After a breakup with his casual hookup Luc has been getting some bad press and add that to his team not preforming great and he has a ton of pressure on his shoulders. He knows Rose is beautiful and one of his best friends but he can’t be what she needs so he treats her like a little sister which just infuriates her. Soon Rose is dressing sexier and acting more seductive and it is getting harder and harder to ignore the way he is feeling. But never able to fully give himself to her without damaging his career he makes the one girl who deserves the world to hide in the shadows.
‘She wants me. Fleur wants me. There is nothing else to say.’
There was so much I loved about this book. First off, Luc has been there for Rose since they were young and while he never gave into her crush he flirted and whispered sweet things in french to her that just melted my heart and panties. He was sex personified and everything that came out of his mouth had my heart thumping just a tad harder. Rose was silly and youthful. She was the kind of girl you wanted to be your friend because you know she would make spending time together a blast. There comes a time in this book like many other where incidents occur that will put a crack in perfection they could have been. My pulsed raced and my brain refused to shut down until I got past the worst of it all. Sweet, sexy and with characters you root for the whole way through this is definitely a book I will be recommending to all sports romance loving readers. Every moment in this book was a joy and I cannot wait to get to the third book in the series.
~miranda
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