Bree Marks is my best friend… My secret crush…And–wait for it–cursed with a deadly allergy to erecto-plasm. As in she’ll seriously swell up and die if seminal fluid even touches her. Which means finding the perfect guy to punch her V card is literally a matter of life and death.She wants a no-strings summer fling, but she needs someone she can trust. A puck buddy who isn’t going to get … who isn’t going to get overly emotional. Someone who’s as savvy in the sack as he is on the ice.
That’s where I come in. It’s a simple request, really–and one I would be happy to honor.
If it weren’t for the whole life-and-death thing.
If I hadn’t just been traded to a team thousands of miles away from this girl who makes me think not all relationships are a losing game.
If I wasn’t already crazy in love with her.
This arrangement is a disaster waiting to happen, but the heart wants what it wants, and mine wants Bree, danger and all.
PUCK BUDDIES is a sexy, standalone romantic comedy from USA Today bestseller Lili Valente.
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Are you ready for your next Book Boyfriend? Well Shane Wallace will fill that role for sure.
Shane Wallace, NHL hockey star goalie, antique collector of strange salt and pepper shakers and other unique items others have cast aside, and just all around dependable great guy.
Bree Marks, former model, bartender, student working toward her doctorate and virgin who is deathly allergic to sperm.
Do I have your attention? This is the best friends to lovers story. Shane has liked Bree for a long time and they have stayed in the friend zone which for Shane he is just happy to be around Bree. For Bree she typically goes for the more hipster type, not the jock muscled up guy like Shane but she loves being around him and going looking for antiques every weekend so when she hears Shane is moving in a month to another team she decides it is time to lose her dreaded V-card and who better to trust with her unique allergy than her bestie, Shane.
I loved this story. So well written, funny, and the hotness between these “buddies with bennies” will just melt you. The love Shane has for Bree shines through and it makes you want someone like Shane for your very own. Someone willing to go the distance and sacrifice for the one he loves. I received an early copy to read and review. Definitely 5 stars, I highly recommend this book.
Shane is a sweetheart! He’s caring, thoughtful, hard working and looks after his family. Sabrina is quirky and adorable with a freaky allergy. Watching them grow and create a lasting relationship was lovely.
Buddies with bennies! Definitely a funny & entertaining, easy read!
I loved this book! Lili Valente is a wonderful author of romantic contemporary novels and this book was very entertaining. I really enjoyed this “friends to lovers” romance about a young woman named Bree who is a virgin, who desperately wants to lose her V-card. There is a bit of a complication though – Bree has a severe allergy to semen.
While Bree is dancing with Shane, (her best friend who is an NHL goalie), she gets the courage after a few too many drinks at her sister’s wedding, to ask him if they can become “friends with benefits”, and then promptly tells him about her semen allergy and her status as a virgin that she would like him to change. I’m not going to tell you what happens next because you need to read this novel.
This book is a page-turner that I highly recommend!
Puck Buddies by Lili Valente is the sixth book in her sexy romantic hockey series, Bad Motherpuckers . This story of Bree and Shane is a friends to lovers story with a quirky twist. Well-paced and well-written (as always) this story is both sweet and sexy. The world of the Badgers Hockey team just keeps growing and fleshes out more and more with each book.
Bree is a 23 year old virgin with a life-threatening allergy to semen. **drops mike** Tired of being a virgin and tipsy enough and comfortable enough with her friend Shane, she asks him, at her sisters, wedding to be her friend with benefits, a Benny Buddy. Having fully disclosed the issue with her allergy she expects him to decline but as her friend, and someone who has long been crushing on her, he is wiling to help her out. But with him leaving in a month to play for a team in another state and the both of them catching feelings, the situation gets complicated and it has nothing to do with her semen allergy and everything to do with their expectations of each other.
Emotional and funny, quirky in all the right places and with the best text message conversations ever I absolutely adored this read. Hope you do too. Enjoy!
This is my fave couple of this series…
…which is saying A LOT since I love this series and so love Tanner from Puck-Aholic!!
But Shane and Bree are a whole special kind of special. Being good friends who are going to be more than friends, but nothing serious to watching them fall in love – it was all just fantabulous. As is always true with a Lili Valente story – it was witty and fun and laugh out loud funny. A semen allergy, really?!? I had to look it up and wow – it really is a thing.
So fromance turns into romance which turns into love…but then the whole long distance thing messes things up! Man – that part was killer.
“…something passes between us, something that feels a lot like coming downstairs to find the living rooom full of presents on Christmas morning.” That’s how I felt about this book.
I voluntarily requested and reviewed an advance reader copy, but loved the book so much I bought it!
If you haven’t read Lili Valente’s hockey romantic comedies you are truly missing out. I’ve loved every book in this series. This latest one is my jam. Sports romance and friends to lovers. I loved the friendship between Bree and Shane. It’s what really made this more the enjoyable for me. I laughed from beginning to end. That’s one of the things I love most about this series it will have you laughing quite often, but it also delivers on the heat and heart. I just gobbled this book right up. I literally had a hard time putting this book down. I highly recommend this one, but also any books in the hockey series. You really can’t go wrong with these books.
Puck Buddies is the sixth book in the Bad Motherpuckers series by the fabulous and talented Lili Valente. I might be Lili’s biggest fan and she just seems to be getting better and better. The writing, the unique plots, the sexy and fun characters. Just everything! Puck Buddies is Shane and Bree’s story. Bree is Hailey’s sister and Shane is Will’s friend. Shane has been attracted to Bree since the minute he saw her. He asked her out and really wanted to date her, but she just wanted to be friends. So, friends they have been. They do so many things together. Tour and discover all Portland has to offer. Eat, drink and just have fun. Bree is a still a virgin and she wants Shane to help her with that. The kicker is she’s allergic to semen. Deathly allergic. What starts as a drunken favor turns into Shane’s greatest dream. To spend time with and sleep with his best friend. But Shane’s been traded to another team. Thousands of miles away and this isn’t going to be permanent. Shane and Bree want to spend all the time they have left together. Enjoying their new found relationship. But will Shane be able to leave Bree behind to follow his dreams? Will Bree let Shane go without a fight? I loved this story! It’s my favorite of the series. There’s just something about Bree and Shane and their openness and love for each other that got me right in the feels! Shane is big and sexy, but he’s also sweet and just perfect. Bree is beautiful, funny with just the right amount of crazy! I loved the loyalty, friendship and sisterhood in this story. Overall, I laughed, cried, got hot and bothered and smiled. A lot!
Puck Buddies is the sixth book in the Bad Motherpuckers series by one of my favorite authors, Lili Valente. I have read every single one of her books and loved them all. From her naughty to sweet reads and everything in between. Now, this is the sixth book but it can be read as a standalone. If you have read the previous books then you have met Bree (Hailey’s sister) and Shane (Will’s best friend/teammate).
Shane and Bree have been friends since they met at a BBQ last summer and over the last six months they have become the best of friends. Sharing their passion of bargain hunting, fun, and food. They also have something else in common. Want. They have been fighting it for what seems like forever. It’s now or never. Shane is moving to Kansas City in one month. Bree wants to lose her V card and she trusts Shane to give her what she not only wants but needs. She knows he will be safe with her. She also knows it would be nothing less than epic. But, can he handle the dangers? Bree is allergic to semen. Not only that, can he handle a summer fling? She doesn’t want to hurt him but she can’t do long distance.
Shane can’t believe the proposal Bree brings to him. He is so in especially after a spontaneous kiss on the dance floor. But, he can’t only think of himself. He has to think about her health. Her heart. She deserves something special for her first time. He doesn’t want to just be her booty call for the next month. He wants to woo her even if it’s only for the next four weeks. But, will that be enough? He is already crazy for her. Can they really do this?
You have to read it find out.
Overall…I absolutely loved this book. It’s my favorite from the series! Shane is so freakin’ sweet, funny, and swoony. Bree is beautiful inside and out. She is also quirky. I loved that about her. And them. Their weirdness. Unique banter. And fun conversations. They made me laugh so hard. They are also made me cry and flushed.
Quotes:
“You make me feel like a jar full of cookies.”
“Don’t be afraid to tell me what you want.”
“Good. But don’t apologize. It’s better if Sheldon never gets word of this. He can hold a grudge, and I really want you two to get along.”
I love this series so hard! And Puck Buddies may just be my favorite story yet! Although it’s really hard to choose so you should definitely read them all!
I simply adore Shane & Bree!! Shane is the goalie for the Badgers. Bree is in school to one day become a psychologist. They are great friends.
What a fantastic pairing! Lili Valente really knows how to tell a fantastic story while mixing the heat, humor and emotion! Shane and Bree been friends for a long time but that’s it, they’ve only ever been friends. That is until they decide to have a buddies with bennies fling because Shane only has a short time left until he leaves for his new team in Kansas City. Shane has always wanted more with Bree so this is an opportunity he will not pass up. Bree has an interesting and unusual allergy so she has held onto her v-card and she wants nothing more than for Shane to be her first. She too has always had a thing for Shane.
See, perfect! Well except for the whole leaving for another team and all.
I love the whole fromance concept Shane comes up with and find their every interaction sweet, fun and enjoyable from their flea market trip, van camping , super hot sexy times and everyday hilarious banter. This is one couple who are truly made for each other and I just loved their story so much!
5 poetic stars!!