It is time for Maksim and Paisley to have their story told! That's right my reader friends, today is the day that The Trouble with #9 is available! So be sure to go check out this second book in the Hockey Hotties series by Piper Rayne.
Maksim and Paisley shared a moment together at that New Years Eve party, and ever since Paisley is all Maksim can really think about. He's intrigued by her. He wants to get to know her. To date her. To make her his. That is until he finds out that Paisley is the new therapist for the team. And he's required to meet with her. Maksim doesn't want to talk to a therapist, and he definitely doesn't want anyone to learn of his past. Meanwhile Paisley is excited about this new opportunity, and is looking forward to talking to each of the players. When she learns that she will have to talk with Maksim, she's a bit worried. Yes, she'll do her job and be professional, but she can't deny the attraction that is there. She just needs to convince Maksim to put it to rest until her job with the Fury is done. Should be simple, right?
I love hockey romances. I do. I've said it before, and I know I'll say it a lot more in the future. There is just something about it that draws me in, and captivates me. That is mostly true with The Trouble with #9. I loved how Maksim and Paisley met. I love the chemistry that they have. I enjoyed the dates they went on. But that is about where it stops. My heart goes out to Maksim and what he experienced all those years ago. That had to be a rough time for him, and he never healed from that. So I wasn't surprised that he didn't want to talk to a therapist, even though it was required by the owner. Paisley said she was going to keep things on the up and up. She was going to not jeopardize her career. Yet she went through with the dates, and the relationship, anyways. That is where things didn't mesh with me. It seemed as though it was instantaneous too. That just didn't sit right. Add in Maksim and him withholding a bit of information, and him not taking the therapy sessions seriously, and I was annoyed. I had such high hopes for The Trouble with #9, and while the story was decent, I felt a bit let down. It just wasn't what I wanted from the story or the characters. I chose to give the book 3.5 stars. I liked the concept. I liked the characters on their own. I liked the setting. It had potential.
If you like workplace romances, then give The Trouble with #9 a read. Just because it didn't live up to my expectations, doesn't mean that you'll feel the same. If you do read it, come back and let me know your thoughts. I'd love to talk with you about the book (and the series).
Thank you for taking time to read my thoughts,
Laura
Trouble.
One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.
Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further. I want couch time with her but not the kind she’s used to.
I decide to lie to her just to finish off my therapy so I can do what I really want—date her—even if she says she doesn’t date hockey players. Just when my therapy sessions are up and I’ve made some headway with Paisley, it’s my parents who throw another wrench in my plans.
If I abide by my parent’s wishes to marry the one they’ve chosen, I’ll lose Paisley forever. But if I go against my parents, I’m failing my deceased best friend all over again.
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Meet Piper Rayne
Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they're married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they're both chauffeurs to their kids.
Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
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