Evie Masterson is a plus size figure skater and a disappointment to her family. She was supposed to marry her college boyfriend and settle into the life that had been laid out for her, but none of that had ever interested her. She had never been one to simply do as she was told. So she cut her own path. She started teaching skating classes, and now she even coaches competitive skaters. She had been pretty happy with where her chosen path had led her… that is until it leads her into the bed of hockey’s biggest playboy for a one night stand.
Cash Hawthorn is the bad boy of the Glendale Magic. He plays the game he loves and he has a different woman on his arm every night. He loves his life and can’t envision any part of it changing. So what business does a one night stand have in making him, for the first time in his life, want to come back for more?
After their one night stand, they find themselves in close quarters when Cash volunteers to help with the hockey camp where Evie teaches. And if that weren’t enough, somehow he ends up being her ‘fake’ date to her sister’s wedding. Everything could change all because of a one night stand…
Review by Twinsie Angie
I was given this book by the author for an honest review.
I met Cash and Evie in book 1 and so ready/excited for their story. They had a lot of great banter which is always a great start to a story. I liked the introduction to the story and their “Meet Cute” part of the story. We jump right into the night when Cash and Evie “get to know each other”. It was steamy and a great start to the story. *wink*
As the story progressed there were parts when I felt like Evie was over dramatic IE Blocking Cash’s phone numbers. I also felt like Cash was a bit disrespectful of Evie’s time at hockey camp IE never telling HER why he was a no show but telling everyone else. So there seemed to be a lot of miscommunications in the story between the characters. The push and pull seemed to be a lot and it got redundant at times. It was like 2 steps forward and then 3 back.
I did enjoy the times when the characters were fully open with each other. I enjoyed how Cash helped her and supported her with her overbearing mother. I enjoyed how Evie found her spine in dealing with allllll that drama from her past.
I enjoyed hanging out with Conner and Sasha again in the story. Reliving the drinking scene was hilarious even from a new POV. However, meeting Trevor was a blast. His lunch with Cash was a fun read.
Mary Warren lives in Illinois with her family. When she’s not writing stories of fat women, she’s reading them and advocating for better fat representation. Mary founded Fat Girls in Fiction, pointing out positive fat representation for femmes and non-binary people in books. This project became a community and is something she is immensely proud of and happy to be working on.