Review: Another annoying h
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
I really like this author and I think I've read most of what she's written, including the historicals. I particularly 'enjoyed' the first book in this series, Breakaway, despite the subject matter.***Spoilers***Once again the author has chosen to include a difficult sub-plot about the h's daughter being molested. The h was divorced with 2 young children when she arrives in Portland. She needs a job and ends up as an assistant to the Manager of the Portland Storm, an NHL team. The H is one of the players and is also the brother of the h in book 1. The H is taken with the h from the time he meets her, even though she isn't his usual type. The h has a no dating rule and isn't interested in the H at first. The relationship develops from there and the author took care to write their story in a practical way. So the book isn't filled with steamy sex on every second page because the h has 2 young and vulnerable kids. I appreciated that. What I disliked is the h's attitude right the way through to the end of the book. She was always trying to push the H away despite all the effort he made with her and her children. Whilst I understand she was just trying to protect her kids, it eventually just got on my nerves.This series is obviously meant to be read in sequence and we pick up snippets of the characters from book 1 as their story continues to play out. I don't mind these types of series, if they draw me in. I quite like the continuation of characters and I felt that this book could be read as a stand-alone too. I have already gone on to download the novella that follows this book, even though it is included in a short story bundle, because it aids 'Hockey fights Cancer'.