Are you ready for Kane Bellan’s story? I have a problem. Potential problem? I’m not really sure. Here’s the deal. There’s this girl—isn’t that how it always starts?—and her name is Mollie. I like her. I mean really like her. I hope that doesn’t make me seem less manly than my professional hockey player persona implies. But here’s the issue—she’s my best friend. The one person I can count on for … for everything, who’s been there with me for all the moments, big and small. When Mollie shows up at my door, travel weary and scared following an incident with an ex, my instinct to protect her goes into overdrive. It’s then that I know she’s more than just my best friend and the skates are swept out from under me when I find out she feels the same way.Our transition from friends to lovers to potentially something more is seamless, the Arizona Vengeance is back on the ice looking for a repeat championship, and my life has never been better. Just when I think I’ve got it all figured out, the realities of us both having careers which keep us on the road put our blossoming relationship on ice.It feels like the game just went into overtime and I’m on the verge of either the biggest win or most disappointing loss of my life. And losing is never an option.
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Mollie and Kane have been best friends since they met in college. While life has taken them in different directions, they still talk on a regular basis and see each other when they can. Mollie is a travel blogger and Kane plays hockey in the NHL. When Mollie unexpectedly shows up on Kane’s doorstep he’s ecstatic to see her, but he knows something happened that brought her to him.
Mollie has always been a wanderer. She’s used to traveling alone, but when an incident happens with an ex, she seeks safety with Kane. Their friendship always comes first, but the attraction is hard to deny. When they move into relationship territory it seems effortless, but when hockey season amps up, and Mollie wants to start traveling again, they have to decide if they can have both, their careers they love and each other.
I read this book in one sitting, Sawyer Bennett writes in such a way that I get wrapped up in the story and don’t want to put it down. The entire Arizona Vengeance series is amazing, and I absolutely love how we get to revisit the couples from previous stories. The characters in this series are a family, and I think they each play such an integral role in each other’s books. It’s amazing to read how each couple is doing outside of their books.
I will say, this book has me absolutely impatient for the next book. I have a feeling Jim Steele’s book is going to bring me to my knees! Kane and Jim together have some hilarious moments, and I feel like Jim really added to Kane’s story, and I have a feeling Kane will do the same in Jim’s. Sawyer Bennett just keeps killing the author game with every book she releases!!
Just WOW! The perfect blend of BFFs falling in love, hockey and a bit of angst. Sawyer Bennett did it again!
I love how friends to lovers books always have that bit of push and pull, should they, would they, did they? Sawyer throws in some drama to add to the ‘keep you to your seat’ and a few hours later, you are at the end begging for more! Love it!