WANTED: Single dad needs nanny–In more ways than one. Martin “Brick” Bricker is living the good life. He’s playing the sport he loves, has all the women he can handle, and parties like a rock star. At twenty-six, he has no interest in slowing down or taking anything seriously —except hockey, of course.Then a knock at his door changes everything. Suddenly he’s the single father to a … father to a five-year-old daughter he didn’t know he had, and he’s trading his playboy ways for Barbies.
Amelia Stacey struggles to make ends meet and juggles her day-care job with a full load of college classes. When she’s offered a temporary, two-week nanny position making more money than she imagines, she jumps at the chance. Before she knows it, she’s in over her head, not just with her five-year-old charge but with the girl’s hot single father.
Brick always goes after what he wants, and he wants Amelia. Only responsible Amelia doesn’t want anything to do with the party boy. Struggling with fatherhood and his unexplainable attraction to his nanny, Brick has to figure out where his daughter and Amelia fit into his life. If they fit at all.
But one thing’s for sure: Brick can’t block this shot straight to his heart.
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Martin “Brick” Bricker, goalie of the Seattle Sockeyes hockey team, is happily living the life of a playboy, with plenty of partying and the ability to have pretty much any woman he wants. Things quickly change, however, when a sassy five year old is literally dropped at his door with a note telling him that he is her father, and the only family she has left in the world.
Amelia Stacey, hard working college student, really needs life to cut her a break. Working at a daycare while taking classes full time isn’t easy and leaves her struggling to make ends meet. When Brick shows up at the daycare looking for a temporary nanny and willing to pay pretty much anything to get one, Amelia can’t say no.
Amelia soon realizes, however, that this is no ordinary nanny situation. Brick has no idea how to act like a father, and the incredibly sweet Macie needs some love and stability in her life. After falling head over heels for Macie, Amelia decides to stand up for the young child and force Brick to take on the role of fatherhood that was just dropped on his lap.
This book is a really fun whirlwind of romance. While sparks immediately fly between Brick and Amelia, Brick finds himself wanting more from her than just a fun night of sex . . . which is a first for him. While Amelia finds Brick sexier than sin, she refuses to give in, knowing he is a playboy and needing much more than casual sex in her life. Throw a sassy, yet vulnerable five year old who loves ponies and barbies into the mix and watch the chaos ensue.
Jami Davenport did a great job of giving her characters depth. Both Brick and Amelia have events in their pasts that have shaped their personalities and it is fun watching them both grow throughout the book eventually coming to a straight on collision with one another. Will they survive the upheavals and changes they both face to become a couple, or will they find it is simply easier to walk away?
There is great camaraderie between Brick and his teammates and their banter adds a great comedic element. Both Amelia and Macie have sass and spirit and have no problem standing up to Brick to tell them exactly what they feel. And Brick’s struggles with deciding if fatherhood is for him or if he wants to maintain his party lifestyle add intensity to the plot.
Goaltending was a great read and I recommend you one-click today! 4.5 stars.
Good hockey oriented romance, looking forward to reading the rest in the series
As good as all her others! Love this series!
Easy read. Conflicted character and takes a while to make right decision.
Not well-written. Too cheesy.
Way too short
I like how she didn’t fall in love suddenly. It was predictable but still a good read.
Marty and Amelia both annoyed me. They took turns whining. Repeat.
It was OK… I loved the ending. But majority of the book was annoying because they were both immature and couldn’t speak up with what they wanted! And it took the male character FOREVER to grow up!
I like the author and have read other books but I didn’t like the characters as much in this one. Nothing really rang true and I didn’t really care much by the end of the story if anything was resolved. I especially didn’t like how Macy’s story was handled from the beginning to the end.
I loved the story. It touch my heart in so many ways!!
5 star Review Goaltending: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey (Game On In Seattle #8) by Jami Davenport
This is book 8 in the series and another winner for Jami Davenport in my humble opinion. What’s a guy to do when he opens his door and finds a 5 year old girl unaccompanied on his doorstep with a note in her hand and her calling him Daddy? That’s the position that Martin “Brick” Bricker suddenly finds himself in.
The goalie for the Sockeyes Hockey Team he certainly lives a life of wild partying. The last thing he needs or wants is to find himself suddenly the father of a 5 year old daughter Macy.
I will admit that I wasn’t very keen on “Brick” at first, but he certainly turned himself around and I eventually got over my initial dislike of him.
Amelia Stacey is studying as well as holding down a job with a day care centre, not far from Brick’s place. When he visits the centre in hopes of getting assistance with his sudden charge, Amelia sees a chance to make life a little easier with her financial struggles and promptly agrees to be a temporary nanny to Macy whilst Brick is away.
The only complication is Amelia finds herself wildly attracted to Brick. Even worse, he has decided that she is what he wants and what Brick wants, he gets.
Brick is an arrogant jerk at first and not at all likeable. Slowly he changes and as his relationship grows with Macy, he finally redeems himself. The building of the relationship with Macy had me laughing at times, their banter was so funny. For such a little girl, my heart just broke for all that she had been through and I was so relieved when Brick stood up and became the father she so desperately needed and wanted.
This was more a story of growing relationships and love, in various forms and I liked that Brick and Amelia, although involved spent a great deal of time making sure that Macy was secure. Don’t get me wrong they certainly had there fair share of hot and heavy moments but Ms.Davenport did not concentrate on that angle alone.
I will certainly be reading more from this series as soon as I can.
GREAT BOOK