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The Romance Line

The spicy, grumpy/sunshine, ice-hockey romance for fans of Hannah Grace

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The Romance Line

By: Lauren Blakely
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Vanessa Edwin
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The second book in the Love and Hockey series, a steamy, grumpy/sunshine ice-hockey romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.

The first rule of handling PR for a hockey team? Never hook up with a player.

That shouldn’t be a problem since the last man on earth I want to give an image makeover to is our goalie. He’s infuriatingly hot, famously grumpy and lives to spar with me after every game.

Shining up his rough edges is my path to landing the promotion I need, so I grit my teeth and do my job, no matter how hard he makes it.

As I get to know the man behind the broody iceman exterior, he becomes impossible to resist and soon, only once turns into every night.

But the man is entirely off limits.

Because the only thing worse than hooking up with a player is falling head over heels for him.

Tropes:

  • ice hockey romance
  • grumpy/sunshine
  • player and publicist
  • forbidden romance
  • workplace romance
  • secret dates
  • hate to love


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I really enjoyed max and everlys romance. they were both great characters and the narration was famtastic
fantastic.

great story

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Loved the book, characters and narration. Love Teddy! Only niggle I had was the storyline on Everly’s parents felt incomplete after introducing them, a few home truths should have been told to them! and Max never got an Everly pole experience🤣

Excellent as usual

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I think the storyline was a bit slow at times but overall I really enjoyed the book

I enjoyed the fact that the love interests both had personal stories aswell as their stories as a couple

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A fabulous enemy to lovers’ grumpy/sunshine romcom as Everly finds herself having to give Sea Dogs goalie Max Lambert aka Beast an attitude makeover. The grumpiest goalie on ice who loves to make Everly’s life as difficult as possible is her latest project and failure is not option if she wants to win the promotion she’s after, the only thing going in her favour is, with his sponsors dropping like flies, Max needs this makeover to work just as much as she does but at the same time he can’t resist pushing her buttons especially once he finds out about her penchant for silky underwear

I loved Max and Everley together, their dynamic was fantastic with their deliciously wicked and hilarious banter, their sparring and flirting as they struggled to keep their hands off each other as they swung from enemies to near lovers before swinging back to hating each other again amused me no end. With obvious scorching chemistry between them it was only a matter of time before they gave in and jumped each other like two cats in a sack. Throw in a hint of forbidden with workplace romances a no-no just made that temptation all the sweeter when they gave into it just once but what happens when once isn’t enough and they both want more. I also loved the friendship between Everly, Maeve, Fable, and Josie. It showed it doesn’t matter if you’ve known someone all your life or only for five minutes, you know when you’ve found your tribe especially when they’re willing to do pole dancing lessons with you. With great story telling, well rounded characters and not forgetting copious amounts of flirting that had me smiling throughout, The Romance Line is a five-star read for me.

The dual narration provided by Teddy Hamilton and Vanessa Edwin brought this book to life. Together they imbued all of Max and Everly’s passion in their performances. Teddy’s portrayal as the dirty talking Max was seriously good while Vanessa’s portrayal of Everly was sunshiny throughout while still showing all her frustrations with Max. Definitely a pairing I’ll be happy to listen to again in the future.

Dual narration brought this book to life

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I freaking loved this book!! The vibes the spice max as a whole *chefs kiss* max crashing Everlys date was hilarious 🤣this book hit all the marks for me, grumpy sunshine ✅slow burn ✅ enemies to lovers ✅bonding over trauma ✅the spice was hotter than the sun!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥IMMEDIATE 5⭐️read! I read the book on kindle and also switched to listening to the audiobook both are so good. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

The spice was spicing!🔥

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