His best friend is the hit he never saw coming….Months away from the NHL Draft, one night with my best friend changes everything.She was the one person I could trust. Until I fell in love with her, and she kept a secret from me that ripped us apart.Now in the NHL, I’m one step closer to becoming the star I was born to be… until Kat’s brother hits me with the news I never saw coming.One night … news I never saw coming.
One night was all it took to change our lives.
Now, it’s up to Kat and me to decide if we can salvage our friendship to find our happily ever after.
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I would so love to give this more than 5 star’s this book was oh so good. Jillian makes it so hard to find that one special guy who stands out in a crowd, but I’d have to say Dean has that awww appeal he is such a sweetheart who just so happens to be in love with his best friend Kat and who’s brother’s are Dean’s hockey team mates oh yeh this made things interesting. I absolutely loved these 2 Dean and Kat. This is definitely a one click story.
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Dean is a friends to lovers hockey romance that you won’t be able to put down. Dean is a sexy hockey player that’s in love with his best friend and on the way to their hea there are some hiccups but it’s so worth it in the end. Love Dean and Kat.
This is a friends to lovers sweet romance between two college hockey players. Dean and Kat have been friends for years and one night together their lives are changed forever. Not only is their story full of love it has drama, secrets, lies, and the perfect amount of heat. This is a well written book from start to finish with great well developed characters and a great addition to the Face-Off series.
Adored this friends to so much more romance, it is filled with heart, loyalty, longing and passion…. was a excellent read. Loved this emotional journey packed with exciting charters, witty dialog, thrilling action on and off the ice! Loved it!
The characters in this book really come to life! Dean and Kat are best friends who took their relationship to the next level. Kat kept her pregnancy from Dean for multiple reasons but none of them were good enough. When Dean finds out in the worst way possible, can they get back the trust and love they shared?
I read a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my review.
What happens when best friends cross that line? Dean has loved Kat since freshman year at college, but she comes with draw backs, first her dad is his hockey idol, and she has big hockey playing brother, something he’s not ready to cross. But when graduation looms and the possibility of the NHL Draft, it’s now or never. Dean is one of Kat’s best friend, he’s never pushed the line, she’s never really thought about it either but when a dare leads to a kiss, can they come back from it? Fun storyline, plenty of great characters, a real entertaining read.
Dean was a great, entertaining, sweet, fast-paced, sports romance w/undeniable chemistry between Kat and Dean. They were great together. Enjoyed their story.
A best friends to lovers romance read that doesn’t disappoint. I fell for Dean and all his hotness and sweetness made it so easy to fall hard for his character. His friendship and then more with Kay was so fun to watch evolve to so much more. Of course it was all roses and that made for an entertaining element throughout the storyline. I need more of this series that is a definite must read for sport romance fans.
This friends to lovers romance lured me right in from the very beginning! The storyline was well written and the characters were so well created that I felt like Kat and Dean jumped from the pages and pulled me right into their story as it flawlessly unfolded!
Dean and Kat show us what vulnerability looks like, especially for college students. Dean’s heart gets laid open in his book and Kat strives to figure out who she is within a family of opinionated, dominant men. I didn’t always agree with Kat’s decisions, but I am glad she and Dean found their HEA.
Everyone will definitely be swooning over Dean. Dean Crawford is a hockey player and has idolized Nick Baldwin his whole life and knowing Nick’s daughter is attending the same college as him, he has too meet her. Dean sees Kat and is so nervous, they talk, hang out and now are best friends. Kat and Dean’s feelings start too change but both don’t want too ruin their friendship. But one night changes everything. I love Dean & Kat together, you can feel their emotions they go through as you read and can’t help to get a little teary-eyed. I love all the Baldwin brothers and so excited to hear they are all getting their own book.
Another fan-freaking-tastic book from Jillian Quinn. I loved Dean and Kat’s story. Best friends for years, although Dean is head over heels in love with Kat and she doesn’t know it. After a dare that changes everything they struggle to get back to where they were. Distance and tension put a strain on their relationship but their connection/chemistry is too strong. You get all the humor, slow burn that leads to a wonderful HEA and 4 over protective brothers. Definitely unputdownable!!!!
love this series
love strickland u
Kat and dean grabbed my heart and squeezed
intense emotional forbidden beautiful heart stopping love story
cant wait to see whos next
What a brilliant story Jillian, I couldn’t put this book down till the end. This all about Dean and Kat. OMG you will fall in love with Kat and Dean story, There chemistry between was Sizzling HOT, Can they move out of friends zone after graduation to be a couple or forever stay friends, Cant say to much with out telling there whole story, so your just going have to PRE-ORDER NOW to see how there story plays out!! I voluntarily read an advanced readers copy and I highly recommend this book.
This is a rewrite of Jillian Quinn’s More than Friends series, from 2017. I did read the original back in 2017. In this rewrite we do have updates / improvements.
We have Kate Baldwin, who is the daughter of Nick Baldwin, a famous NHL hockey player. Kate has four hockey playing brothers. She also played at the college level, always moved just as well as the boys.
Her best guy friend, Dean Crawford, is on the men’s college hockey team, and he’s also roommates / housemates, with Kate’s twin brothers, and a few other members of the hockey team. Dean has always liked Kate more than just a friend, but he was always worried about Messi g up their friendship, by wanting more from her.
Now that graduation is approaching, Kate isn’t sure where this might leave her and Dean. As she will be going to Chicago, and since the NHL draft hasn’t happened yet Dean isn’t sure where he will wind up. Hopefully close to each other, is what they are both secretly hoping for.
Will Kate and Dean be able to move from friends to boyfriend/girlfriend? Will they be able to work through a long distance romance?
I did receive a free ARC copy of this book. I am freely leaving an honest review.
Dean is book 6 in The Face-Off Series written by the talented Jillian Quinn. I love hockey romances and this one is awesome, a friends to lovers story. This is Dean Crawford and Kat Baldwin, hockey players at Strickland University. A must read if you love sport romance novels.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title.
Dean and Kat’s story is a real winner. This friends to lover romance pulls you in quickly and has you fully invested and rooting for this couple. This well written story has a really realistic flavor to it that I found very appealing. Drama, emotional turmoil, sweetness and steamy heat are combined to create a tempting blend that will totally have you swooning while your heart melts.
Love hockey romance and this one was fantastic!! Kat and her overprotective brothers are great. Dean is such a sweetheart! I read an arc copy of this book.
4.5 stars
This is a rewrite of Jillian Quinn’s More Than Friends series. I did read the original story when it came out in 2017 and I think this rewrite is an overall improvement. Kat Baldwin is the daughter of an NHL legend and is the only girl in the family of five. Her mother died when she was young, and her four hockey playing brothers are overly protective. She met Dean Crawford , star hockey player, their freshman year and became best friends. As graduation draws closer, they have a hard time fighting their attraction to each other. Dean and Kat are likable characters, and the change from friends to lovers was entertaining. While most of the changes improved the story, the problem that eventually caused a potential rift made more sense in original book and in this version seemed like a serious overreaction from an otherwise likable character (hence a 4.5 rather than a 5 star rating). I received an ARC of this book from the author for my honest review.
The moment Kat and Dean met they became fast friends, having hockey in common it brought them together and bonded them, gave them something to hold onto. But then one night things took an interesting, an unexpected, turn when Kat asked Dean to be her first, at first he wanted to tell her no, because he was afraid it would ruin all that they built between one another… but then the thought of her sharing it with someone else damn near killed him. They tried really hard to not let it change things, but it did, it brought them closer, more dependent on one another, and brought about feelings that neither of them expected… love! Now they are facing their graduation and going their separate ways, and the thought of not sharing everyday with one another like they have for the last four is heartbreaking for both of them. Will they find a way to keep this love alive or will they let it slip through their fingertips?
More Than Friends is a solid romance read, loaded with heart, emotion, and some toe curling romance that is sure to leave your cheeks permanently pink… I loved every minute of it! With each new read I devour from this author, the more impressed I become, she always produces such well rounded sports reads that give me just what I’m looking for and a whole lot more. This story was exceptional it had a touch of innocence that spoke to me, one that gave the story line a very plausible and touching feel, it hit me straight in the heart and moved me! I highly recommend you meet these two their special story is sure to give you the feels and leave you moved…and warm up your tablet too!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title.