From New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new romance about trading secrets, breaking the rules, and playing for keeps.My name is Ryan Kingston, and I’m a rule follower. I’ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don’t get drunk, and I definitely don’t pick up random women at bars.Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie.I got … existence has been a lie.
I got drunk. And picked up a stranger.
Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I’m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place.
She left me a thank-you note in the morning and her panties as a parting gift. But no way to contact her.
Six weeks later I’m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is. I neglected to mention that I’m the goalie for Seattle’s NHL team.
And Queenie? Turns out she’s the general manager’s daughter.
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I love hockey romance so much, and Helena Hunting is the QUEEN of this sub-genre! A Secret for a Secret is an absolute must read!
Woohoo – a new sports romance from Helena Hunting about a rule-following hockey player and the chaos personified woman he can’t forget! Sign me up for some of that!
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My name is Ryan Kingston, and I’m a rule follower. I’ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don’t get drunk, and I definitely don’t pick up random women at bars.
Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie.
I got drunk. And picked up a stranger.
Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I’m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place.
She left me a thank-you note in the morning and her panties as a parting gift. But no way to contact her.
Six weeks later I’m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is. I neglected to mention that I’m the goalie for Seattle’s NHL team.
And Queenie? Turns out she’s the general manager’s daughter.
Is there anyone who does hockey romance better than Helena Hunting? I’ll tell you. No. No, there is not. What this woman does with an ice ring and hot, steaminess is a delight! A Secret for A Secret is another winner! Our hero is a strait-laced, rule follower with a naughty side. Our heroine is chaos personified. A touch of the forbidden with unexpected twists and turns makes this exactly the kind of confectionary sweet heat we need right now
Loved this forbidden romance, full of twists and turns!
A forbidden romance from Helena Hunting!
Let me tell you something *pats seat*.
NO ONE does contemporary romance like Helena Hunting. NO. ONE. ON. EARTH.
This series has wrecked me in the best possible way and King and Queenie are legitimately one of my favorite book couples EVER.
You do not want to miss out on this deliciousness. Kingston is a real southern gentleman you won’t be able not to fall for.
One of my favorite in this hockey series ever! Kingston is so straight laced that I wondered if anything ruffled his feathers. Queenie always seems to attract trouble and bam!!!! There is no one better to match her up with than King. I adored the way he was the rational, logical trustworthy dude to her messy, artsy, sort of chaotic gal. It was fun, humorous to see Queenie get King to loosen up…especially under the covers. So steamy but also a lot of healing for both characters. So entertaining and full of our favorite people who are there to help their hockey family navigate all of the pitfalls of fame. Highly recommend!
“Lock the Boy Scout in the closet and let yourself off your leash, King.”
I’ve been so excited to finally get King’s story. I knew there was more than a milk-drinking, khakis-and-white-polos-wearing, rule-follower underneath all that pro hockey hotness…and I was right.
The idea that they met at a bar as strangers and spent the night together only to find out later that she’s the team GMs daughter is hilarious. It made it so fun as I waited for them to realize it, after the fact. And I must say, it was not a disappointment. I giggle every time I think about it.
While the story is full of funny moments, there are some heartbreaking ones as well. The events in their lives that brought them to the point of drunkenly trading ‘a secret for a secret’ made it perfectly understandable why they were drowning their sorrows. As I spent time with them, I became more and more invested in their lives and hopeful they’d be able to overcome the obstacle of their forbidden attraction to each other. Especially since…you know…he’s not a rule-breaker.
I really enjoyed this third book in the All In series and it was nice to be reacquainted with some of my favorite characters. Each time a new one is released it becomes my favorite…until the next one…sigh. The author never fails to make me fall in love right along with her characters and I can’t wait for the next time. The line forms here…
He’s a strait-laced, rule follower with a naughty side.
She’s chaos personified.
Hockey/sports romance
Forbidden romance
unexpected twists and turns
I have been anxiously awaiting Ryan Kingston’s story, and A Secret For A Secret was worth every second of the wait. Helena Hunting gave me more than I hoped for in this sweet, sexy, easy-reading opposites-attract romance. King was the team good guy. He’s polite, respectful and level-headed, and he completely endeared himself to me with his milk-drinking and polo-and-khaki-wearing ways. King was full of surprises though, and despite his strait-laced appearance and old-fashioned ways, there was a dirty-talking alpha lurking under those pristinely pressed polos, and Queenie gave him the safe place he needed to let that part of his personality out.
Queenie was the polar opposite of King in every way, and while I adored her sassy spirit, my heart hurt a little for her. On paper, these two didn’t quite match up. Where Queenie was pandemonium, King was peace, yet they defied that logic by actually working spectacularly well together. Her chaos needed his calm, and he needed a woman worthy of that effort from him. He was the only person who really saw beyond her messy exterior to the beautiful, talented, kind woman beneath, and he became her loudest cheerleader. I loved this dynamic, and I loved these two together so much.
Hunting told a captivatingly sweet and sexy story in A Secret For A Secret. I was completely caught up in King and Queenie, and I couldn’t put this book down. My heart raced and ached as these two found their way together, and I loved every minute of their journey to happily ever after. Five smooches from me for A Secret For A Secret by Helena Hunting!
~Danielle Palumbo, Red Cheeks Reads
If you love one night stands turned more stories, you’ll love this one. A steamy, sports romance with a twist you won’t see coming.
If you love forbidden romances that keep you on the edge of your seat – this one is for you!
Ryan Kingston is the rule follower, clean cut member of the team. He is the one everyone relies on to be steady, calm, and level headed: key qualities in a goalie. But the news that his family wasn’t quite what he always thought it was sent him reeling, into a very out of character night of drinking and a one-night stand. He never would have imagined the one time he stepped out of his normal he’d meet a woman, his opposite, who fascinated him long after their one night together. What he also never imagined was running into her again in the team offices to learn she is the GM’s daughter.
Queenie was dealing with her own disappointment the night she met and went home with a stranger after a night of drinking. She hates feeling like she disappoints her dad, and her latest failure has her feeling like she’s let him down yet again. But her impulsive nature means she is often toeing the line, making rash decisions and facing the consequences later. Finding out she slept with one of her dad’s players is only the latest in a series of choices she feels her father would disapprove of.
These two are opposite in personalities, but they bring out the best in the other. Ryan Kingston’s world is typically a calm, ordered place. Queenie is the perfect storm to add Their relationship isn’t threatened by anything either of them does, but by the pressures around them and hangups with the past. I found myself entertained watching as they tried to keep to the no fraternizing rule set for her by Queenie’s father.
As this series continues I feel like my bond for this group has just grown, and I enjoy returning more and more each time. The side characters give this one such a kick, and I found myself rooting at several points (in favor and against) certain interactions between the side characters.
I don’t think there will ever be a book I don’t like from Helena Hunting, this series and their characters are fantastic. Kingston and Queenie are a couple you need to know their story, it was fantastic, their chemistry, the witty moments how they complement each other in every way. The storyline will keep you reading through it in no time, and you will want it to never end.
King and Queenie, calm and chaos…what’s that saying? Opposites attract? Well they attracted, connected, and pretty much needed a warning label for how hot their chemistry is!
„There’s no place I’d rather be than the eye of your storm.”
It’s official. Ryan Kingston stole the show and thanks to him A Secret For A Secret is my favorite part of the All In series! If you read Helena Hunting, you’re well aware that she writes phenomenal hockey romances. And while I’m all for cocky players, I can’t deny that sweet, polite King instantly made me swoon. He was like a breath of fresh air and his pursuit to win over Queenie’s heart turned me into a puddle. This book is a perfect mix of sweet and sexy!
Queenie is an epitome of hot mess express. Running from her problems, she’s like a walking whirlwind of contradictions. On the one hand she’s lost and vulnerable, and on the other she’s wild, vibrant and strong. A beautiful chaos in the center of King’s organized, calm life.
King is every woman’s dream-man. Well-mannered, polite, charming. He’s the friend you can always count on and a rule-follower. But when he meets Queenie, she looses him up and brings a little crazy into his life. Gentleman in the streets, freak in the sheets- that’s the perfect expression for this guy.
One fateful day they shared secrets and a night full of unrestrained passion. And although rules say that they need to stay away from each other, they simply can’t. The chemistry and lust are too strong. These two complement each other beautifully and bring to each other’s lives a perfect balance. I couldn’t get enough of them together.
A Secret For A Secret is the perfect addition to the All In series. It’s full of Helena’s witty humor, steam and sweetness. This book was incredibly entertaining and swoon-worthy. Must read for fans of adorable rom-coms!
OMG Helena Hunting is hands down one of my all time top hockey romance authors and ASFAS lives up to my kindle crack status a million percent.
King and Queenie are a perfect match. Our good ol’ boy needed our girl’s brand of crazy to balance him out. And whoa baby, hold on to your panties because once our milk drinking, polo and khaki wearing, goalie gets behind closed doors with Queenie he lets out a naughty side no one can see coming.
Plus…Violet Waters cameos are my favorite!!
Every. Single. Star. For this book!
This series just gets better and better!
This is the story of Kingston and Queenie. (Love the name!)
First off, I fell in love hard with both King and Queenie. I loved the straight arrow that King is and the chaos that is Queenie. I loved the quirks that both of them have and how they truly fit together.
After the bomb of information gets dropped on King he decides to break the rules, live a little and have a few drinks. That’s where he meets Queenie and the sparks fly!
Ms. Hunting’s stories have a way of grabbing the reader right from the start. This is a brilliant story of secrets revealed, past mistakes not fading away and the fantasy of the perfect man. A gentleman in the streets and a freak in the sheets….holy h-e-double hockey sticks the smexy scenes between King and Queenie made me melt!
This story is funny and smart and it is going to pull on your heartstrings in the best of ways. The secondary characters are fantastic and as always seeing past characters make appearances is always such a treat!
This is definitely in the running for my “Best Reads of 2020!”
4.5 Stars
Queenie and King.
There was this very sparky one night stand six weeks ago and now they find out that she’s working for the manager of the hockey team he’s playing for. And not only that, but said manager is her dad!
Her dad quickly initiated a no-dating-the-players policy. But they can be friends, right?
And maybe her dad won’t be too mad if they asked nicely if they could date??
And his crazy family and her secret past won’t become a problem soon, right?? LOL!
LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN …
Adorable!
Another beautiful hockey romance!
Queenie and Ryan/King are soo adorable and funny and awkward. Especially sweetheart King. He’s soo boy scouty and just so … good!
I absolutely adored those two. It was so super adorable and hilarious and crazy to watch them fight for their happily ever after!
I loved that we didn’t get this typical misunderstanding – you know the one? The one romances almost always use – no idea why – where we fight and break up and it could’ve all been cleared up with just one conversation or whatever – ugh – I hate those!
I just loved reading this … and seeing all the people again!
Can’t wait for more – I wouldn’t mind reading Lavender and Kody’s love story one day!
A SECRET FOR A SECRET was such an adorable + funny Hockey Romance!!! I just loved it!! Run to your nearest amazon for your own King – he’ll be sold out in no time – and this one is MINE!
I have so much love for this book. Kingston and Queenie are complete opposites but you know what they say, opposites attract. And attract they do. Sparks fly the minute these two meet. But it was only meant to be a one night stand. Until they meet again at work.
The chemistry between these two is undeniable. He’s the calm to her chaos. She’s the yin to his yang. You can’t help but root for them to be together. Both need to find that special someone that will love and accept them as is. But both are hiding secrets. Secrets that will either tear them apart or bring them closer.
Helena Hunting knocked it out of the park with not just this book but this whole series. She continues to create characters that I adore in worlds that I wish I was part of.