In the game of love, winning is harder than it looks. River Baldwin is sexy as puck.Carved abs, strong muscles. His talent with his hockey stick elevates him to godlike status. He’s also in trouble.The center for the Brooklyn Cobras has a PR crisis only I can solve.But he’s arrogant, stubborn, and used to getting his way—all things that make my job harder.His attitude should drive me away, but … harder.
His attitude should drive me away, but instead, attraction sizzles between us.
Somehow, while I try to salvage his image, I fail to defend my heart.
Can I risk letting the cocky player who dominates the game into my heart?
Or are the moves River is using on and off the ice going to leave me defenseless and alone?
Note: Defenseless Hearts is a standalone sports romance that will give you all the feels. It’s filled with scorching banter, sexy scenes, and several laugh-out-loud moments. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Guaranteed HEA.
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This is a short read with scorching hot sparks fling between main characters.
River is a bad boy athlete, Samantha is a PR company representative. he works for him and needs to make things right to him, but hen your client is NOT cooperating sparks will fly!
I really enjoyed reading this short story!
Sam is giving the task to spin River’s story and life like he’s an angel. River has a bad boy imagine, especially AFTER the story broke he had underage girls in his apartment. Finding out the truth, Sam does what she does best…makes his imagine better. Except, she’s starting to fall in love. Will River be the one for Sam? Will Sam be able to fall in love with River and not get hurt?
Defenseless Hearts will leave you breathless as the chemistry between River and Sam ignites the pages. River is trouble with a capital T and Sam is the woman who has been put in charge of righting his wrongs. However when the only thing wrong is how right he is, Sam needs to protect her heart and her image as she has done this dance before and has the broken heart to prove it. As feelings like nothing River has felt before take hold, he will do anything to score the winning shot to own her heart. A story that will enchant you and melt the ice from around even the coldest heart.
Sometimes our hearts have the worst timing but we can’t choose who we fall in love with!!
River and Sam are a mess from the very beginning, but you can feel the chemistry and know that they are headed for a totally beautiful disaster.
‘Bad’ twin, River, needs a little PR help. Sam gets assigned his tough case, and despite all the resistance in the world, sparks fly. These two are a perfect match, and this quick-reading romance hit all the fun buttons!
“Defenseless Hearts” book 2 of Mika Jolie’s Playing For Keeps Series is a little gem of a book. I absolutely loved reading River’s fall from bad boy player to hooked on love winner. Needing to clean up his reputation after a particularly bad social media disaster, he finds himself in the hands of sexy PR manager Samantha. Sam an incredibly intelligent and beautiful woman does not and will not fall for the sexy hockey player even though their chemistry is off the charts hot. But as with all love to hate you relationships, their attraction cannot be denied. They fall hard and spectacularly and it makes for a great read. TBR this short and sweet HEA and if you haven’t read “Intercepted Hearts” TBR that as well. (I read an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review.)
Great book! I loved it!!!
I enjoyed this book, from their meeting to their tentative friendship and their romantic interest in one another. This book and the relationship of the two MCs really progressed nicely. 4½ stars
I love the story of River and Sam. I love how they become friends and try to ignore their chemistry but cant. They are fire together. I feel for Sam though. Getting involved with someone especially another athlete after what happened to her is hard but she finally decided to follow her heart and let her defenses down to get her man. I love the brothers’ relationship and how they know when the other needs him. I cannot wait for more by Mika.
River and Samantha’s story is a great addition to this series. River is the hockey-playing bad boy who needs a little fixing from Samantha. Great to see River as the true romantic of the story fighting for Samantha. The ending was great!
I loved River and Samantha. He’s in trouble and she’s the person who is supposed to help his image. This book was an enemies to lovers. They don’t like each other from the beginning, but there’s still that spark of attraction from both sides. Samantha’s been burned being in a relationship with a client before, so she’s adamant about not doing it again. River is so charming and after she sees the real him, the one not a famous hockey player, she falls hard. Such a great story.
So good! I ate this up! I just finished last night and I didn’t want to stop reading. I absolutely loved it. The characters were wonderful and the story was awesome! Mika’s writing just completely does it for me! I couldn’t ask for a better story!
DEFENSELESS HEARTS -the story of River and Samantha sizzled with pure and natural chemistry. This book is the perfect Valentine’s Day read. Every time I finished one of Mika Jolie’s books, it’s like I’m falling in love all over again with her brilliant writing style. Her characters are always fresh, vibrant and fully developed. She writes detailed and in-depth stories. And… as always she pulled me into the story. She had me rooting for the bad boy hockey player River and the sassy strong-willed PR consultant Sam, to find their HEA. I liked that the story flowed freely and the chemistry between the main characters was genuine and didn’t feel like it was forced.
Defenseless Hearts is book 2 in the Playing for Keeps Series. River is the identical twin brother of Hudson; the football player, who we first met in Intecpeted Hearts. All books in the series can be read as a standalone. Believe me, you need to read this book (this series.) Thank you Mika Jolie for another outstanding read!
“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it’s just another way to bleed.”
My heart literally swooned while reading this book. River may come off as a bad boy but deep inside he is a true romantic at heart. Love who he chase Sam and proves to her that she can trust and love him.
Loved River and Sam’s story. Sports book about the wild twin? Sign me up! The characters, the storyline… everything was just fun!
River Baldwin, identical twin of Hudson Baldwin from Intercepted Hearts, is an NHL hockey star with attitude— until he meets PR agent Samantha Loren. This is a well written story that show that even flashy, playboy sports stars have feelings
I’ve read books by this author before and I absolutely love her style of writing. I read this book in one night it was awesome and I loved the little quotes at the beginning of chapters, beautiful.
It’s a sports romance book and I must say I absolutely loved it. This book is book 2 in the series and I couldn’t put it down.
River is a hockey player like his brother Hudson but they are both quite different to each other. River has a bad boy sort of image while his brothers reputation is Crystal clear.
Samantha works in celebrity public relations after she abandoned her law degree to work at her fathers business. Samantha is working with River to help get him out of a sticky situation.
Samantha is quite the hard ass and doesn’t take no crap. She also hates Valentine’s day after she had a real bad experience.
The one rule is don’t get involved with the clients, well that is until River came along and blew that out of the water. Samantha is scared of her feelings after being hurt terribly in the past. ( NO SPOILERS ).
This book is a complete page turner and I read it in one sitting and stayed up late, because I just had to see what happens. Can these two figure it out and be together? They go through alot I and I was really rooting for them both the chemistry is sizzling hot.
This book is told from two different points of which that I always like and I loved the epilogue.These characters were written brilliantly and I loved them both.
This author has an awesome writing style and tells this story so good you are desperately wanting more.
Thank you to the author and publishers for allowing me to read an early copy of this book.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
This book is Now Live.
No matter how high the walls, no matter how strong you feel you are the heart is always defenseless when it comes to love! River and Samantha weren’t fast friends but the attraction was there! When Sam finally showed River there was more to her than her type A personality River made it his mission to break down all defenses!
What they didn’t know was that one slip up could cost them both everything!
A steamy, angsty romance that will have you flipping the pages in a trance because you can’t get enough! I loved book 1 and getting Rivers book has been amazing! I wanted to know about the bad boy brother and he didn’t disappoint!
I received a complimentary ARC – early release copy of this book in Kindle format from the author for review purposes.
This is part two of a duet about the Baldwin twins, this is the bad twin, Rivers romance. He plays hockey and he is a bit on the wild side. He gets exposed in the press and his agent hires Sam to fix his PR problems.
Sam does not like sports figures, she feels they cheat on their spouses because of a bad experience and so when River expresses an interest in her, she denies him. This is very much a story about two people who are very attracted but one in which the boy chases the girl.
Sam is a strong woman and has tons of confidence but her relationship with Rover is very much forbidden as she is told she could lose her job if she does not keep it 100% professional.
Both characters were a lot of fun and they are very hot together. It is a novella story but it never feels like that as the story is told.
This was a fun book to read. If your a sports romance lover, I highly recommend this second book in the series.
Samantha is a pr agent for celebrites and sports stars. She loves her job. Until she gets contracted in with an up and coming hockey player.
River is a playboy hockey player. Never giving much thought about his reputation until his agent has him set up with a pr firm to clean up a mess.
Little did either of them know what life altering changes would come from this.
Super fun, hot and intense. I really loved the characters and storyline. It was a fast paced, easy to follow book. I’m looking forward to another one from this series.
5/5