USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents another novel in the emotional Portland Storm hockey romance series.Portland Storm defenseman Cody “Harry” Williams owes his coach everything—especially for bailing him out of trouble in the past. It’s up to Cody to repay him by keeping his hands to himself around the coach’s sensual and mischievous daughter. All signs point to this task being … to this task being easier said than done…
Up-and-coming fashion designer Dani Weber always gets what she wants—and she wants Cody Williams. Cody’s sexy, geeky-chic bowties and hard-to-get attitude only make her want him more, and Cody’s resistance is fading…fast.
One call is all it would take to land Cody on the trading block, ending their flirtation before it gains any traction. Cody is squarely in the Defensive Zone, but the only way for Cody and Dani to obtain what they really want is to go on the offensive—together.
The Portland Storm hockey romance series
1) Breakaway
2) On the Fly
3) Taking a Shot
4) Light the Lamp
5) Delay of Game
6) Double Major
7) In the Zone
8) Holiday Hat Trick
9) Comeback
10) Dropping Gloves
11) Home Ice
12) Mistletoe Misconduct
13) Losing an Edge
14) Game Breaker
15) Defensive Zone
16) Power Play
17) Neutral Zone
18) Free Agent – releasing February 8, 2018
19) Journeyman – releasing August 9, 2018
20) Sleigh Bells & Slap Shots – releasing December 13, 2018
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This is the 15th book in the series and it is just as well written as the 1st book.
This book is a sexy serious read with some kink. There isn’t much but what there is was tastefully written and a pleasure to read.
I hope Catherine Gayle keeps these books coming because I am always happily anticipating there releases.
*I was given an ARC of this book to read and give my honest review.*
**I have also preordered this book!**
I so love this series. Not only do you get to read about the main characters, but you also read about previous characters as well. Dani and Cody are no exception. You heard about Cody’s law issue briefly in another story, and Dani’s obsession with him (very briefly), but it was great to read about them and fall in love with their story.
Dani is the daughter of David Weber ( who is a Storm coach) and previously a player on the team. You know all about his family, and the Weber’s are very involved in this series. So knowing David is very much against Dani and Cody being together, makes the story that much more suspenseful in some ways. How does this affect Cody staying on the team? because he had been threatened by David to stay away from Dani… But does that stop him? Can they have a relationship, and honestly do they want one?
Dani is very young, and isn’t looking for anything serious, and Cody is a much older more mature man. Neither is looking for anything more than a fling, but had the line been crossed to the point there is no going back? This story is a great continuation of this series and a must read. I voluntarily reviewed this ARC from the author
Another great addition to the Portland Storm series. I always look forward to these books because we always get to revisit, even if only for a moment, the characters we love from the other books in this awesome series. This story like the others is full of love, humor, generosity, passion and the importance of family.
Dani & Cody (Dirty Harry) definitely do not have your typical love story. Theirs is one that is pretty rocky just getting off the ground considering Dani is only 20 and one of Cody’s coach’s daughters. Webs has warned Cody away from his daughter Dani because he knows Cody has a minor kinky side. (Professor OTK)-haha. He also just doesn’t want this daughter to end up with a hockey player like his daughter Katie did. Cody does everything he can to thwart her advances and stay in the coach’s good graces. This of course becomes impossible for him after a while since he has had the hots for her for some time despite being so much older.
At first I felt like Dani was a bit of a brat going after Cody for a mere fling, when he told her he could get traded if he was caught with her. But then it was clear she wanted much more from him than a kinky sexy fling. She wanted forever because she loved him. She redeemed herself with me with what she did for his father. Like Dani, I ended up falling in love with Cody and the two of them as a couple.
As always I look forward to future Storm books.
A wonderful story and a great addition to this series.
Good gravy! (Spoiler alert: the main character says this a lot!!) I did not care for the character of Dani in this book. She was a spoiled brat and the only reason she kept having to remind everyone that she was twenty years old was because she kept acting like a thirteen-year-old. I have read several books in this series and loved all the others. This one was okay. If this is the first book in this series you read then PLEASE do not judge the entire series based on this book.
I started out expecting Harry and Dani’s characters to be similar to Katie and Babs. Harry was portrayed in previous books to be quiet, reserved. Boy was I surprised to find out it was because he had something to hide! Even though Dani and Katie are sisters, and both pined for years over a team mate of their fathers, they handled the situation completely differently. Katie just kind of let life happen, where as Dani went after what she wanted and didn’t take no for an answer, even from Harry! I have to say, the differences were interesting, unexpected, and different than anything else in the series!