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“This is the second book in the series. It’s an accidental marriage book. They get drunk, get married in Vegas and decide to stay married because he is a professional ice hockey player and doesn’t want to deal with the media circus of him accidentally marrying someone. So they stay married and he helps her pay for her grandmother’s care home because she recently lost her job. I read this book in 2021, and even to this day, there are scenes in it that I think about all the time. He’s a very grumpy, closed-off person—his ice hockey name is ‘the Beast’—and you see him being vulnerable. He’s got a scar on his face that he’s always been really self-conscious about. It comes to a point in the book where they’re trying to figure out why they got married when they were drunk, and he realizes it’s because she makes him feel safe and looks him in the eye when she’s talking to him, and not at his scar. I’m single, but every time I’ve tried dating, as soon as people find out about my disability, the conversations peter out very quickly. It’s very hard to get past that point. So I really connected with him having that vulnerability and turning to her. You’re showing someone something you’re really scared of showing the world. And she sees him and not the things that he’s anxious or insecure about. That really spoke to me.” Read more...
The Best Sports Romance Novels
Tegan Phillips, Novelist
