Lowry looks like she’s not sure whether she wants to run and hide or grab a bowl of popcorn and settle in for the show. Sure, he may be pretty, but he’s also a walking, talking reminder for you to wrap it before you tap it. Favourite authors include Mary Balogh, Susanna Kearsley, Joanna Bourne, Tammara Webber, Kristen Ashley, Shannon Stacey, Sarah Mayberry, JD Robb/Nora Roberts, KA Mitchell, Marie Sexton, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, just to name a few. Emmett and Cara’s change of heart about supporting the relationship came out of the blue for reasons which weren’t clear. My heart hurt for them both towards the end but i was so happy when the truth of everything came out.

Too bad for him, Olivia is hellbent on keeping him at arm’s length, with no intention of giving into his charms. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. It wasn’t eight weeks ago that we made sweet, slow, unprotected love and I accidentally came inside her when I promised I wouldn’t. Ollie’s bestie, Cara, was *a lot* and I felt her character was slightly exaggerated at times, but she was a true ride-or-die bestie and I loved how you could feel that through the writing. As I fly out the door, I make sure to swipe the thing my ex loves best–the VIP tickets he won to a hockey game, complete with the chance to spend an evening with the city’s two biggest NHL stars.Readers looking for more obscure sports may want to check out Tamsen Parker: FIRE ON THE ICE (f/f) features short-track speed skating, LOVE ON THE TRACKS (m/f) features luge, and SEDUCTION ON THE SLOPES (m/m) has downhill skiing. There have been some books about figure skaters, Kathleen Gilles Seidel wrote about snowboarders, and of course there are boxing books, and some about soccer. DiscoDollyDeb: That’s an excellent point and probably true as well; since the population of the US is bigger than that of Canada, American readership probably is too.

She's out, hopefully long before she sees irresistible Brady Taylor, the boy who stomped all over her heart. His thoughts about Ollie would also sometimes start out very sweet but end very weirdly sexual—like, it was too much and it felt weird to read it. Eliza: I have a hard time thinking about reading Tamsen Parker books since she wrote about Orthodox Jewish characters experimenting with BDSM, which is terrible representation IMO.There are reference to games and playoffs and the Stanley Cup but pretty much the only on-page game play is when Olivia is watching the game. Following a string of scandals and substandard grades, Chase is on thin ice with his teammates and tyrannical coach.