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    Power Play
    Power Play
    Power Play
    Audiobook5 hours

    Power Play

    Written by Maria Luis

    Narrated by Elizabeth Hart and Joe Hempel

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    He (was) the hottest player on the ice.

    She's a (struggling) sports journalist looking for her big break.

    Charlie Denton has been handed the most impossible assignment from her stick-in-the-mud boss: get an exclusive interview with the NHL's golden boy, Duke Harrison.

    The catch? She's got eight days or she'll be demoted. Fired. Kicked to the curb-no way is she letting her future rest on the broad shoulders of a goalie who is at least three seasons past his prime.

    She has eight days to convince Duke that the loyal fans of the Cambridge Tribune (annual circulation: 1,000) are dying to know about his life, on and off the ice. Eight days to stand toe-to-toe with a man who is pure sex on a stick. Eight days to remember that every mind-blowing kiss is nothing but a power play.

    What could go wrong?

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 26, 2017
    ISBN9781977370501
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    • 5/5
      Duke & Charlie are so good together. It’s almost a forbidden love thing going on, because she’s a reporter & he’s a professional athlete. The meet by circumstance and there just seems to be a level of attraction from the start. They both fight it & it takes on a little bit of an enemies to lovers feel.
      These two are palpable. Once the heat is turned up, it just burns.
    • 4/5
      3.5 stars

      I really enjoyed the age gap trope and Duke's character came across as the hulky grumpy man who was a teddy bear inside. I constantly wanted to squeeze him whenever his grumpy mood entered a room. Charlie was a fun heroine to follow and I enjoyed the role she played in the book and the meet-cute that these two had.

      I thought the ending was slightly rushed or the reveal of both characters backgrounds could have been mentioned differently in the story. Maybe earlier on or at the same time but prolonged the resolve part of the storyline because it definitely came across as a quick tie up at the end. I will definitely carry on with the rest of the series because I love an ice hockey romance and I always find Maria Luis's books fun to read.
    • 4/5
      I read the first Pilots Hockey novel, Delayed Penalty, when it first released last year. I gave it a 3.5 and knew I wanted to read the next book. While it had some continuity issues for me I still enjoyed the men of the Pilots Hockey team and wanted to know more. Power Play, the second book in the series, took me by surprise. I went into this book thinking it would be fairly similar to Delayed Penalty, and boy was I wrong. Not only is it a cute love story, but the story line flows perfectly and I found myself liking the characters quite a bit. While readers of Delayed Penalty may have enjoyed the constant go-go-go feel and drama, Power Play is similar to a friends to lovers story. Tensions are high among the family, similar to the last book, but this time the hockey player is a little less chauvinistic, definitely more boy next door.

      Gabriella, Gabi as she's known by, is a character I related to in more ways than one. I understand having siblings, being treated differently as a girl, and having hard life lessons learned in terrifying ways. She's a strong characters, she's bright, and I liked reading her POV. She was fun and I really liked her spunk, especially her flirty banter with her hockey crush, Landon. Speaking of Landon, he can be my book boyfriend if he wants to. Described as hot and family oriented, Gabi sees a different side of Landon he never shares, on or off the ice. He's got some self esteem issues and he and Gabi work them out on eachother. Did I say on? I meant with. They had known each other since childhood, but only found friendship in the midst of a traumatic event. I liked the speed of the relationship, though I would normally complain about it. In this length of novel it just worked, moving from family friends and acquaintances, to dating, to finally lovers. Their relationship was fun, unique, and proved to be really positive for both of them as individuals. While there is less hockey in this book, it's still mentioned often. I definitely liked the introduction of the world of characters in Detroit that the hockey players interact with, because it brought a lot of depth to the Pilots Hockey team. This book is true to reality, written very well, and was an enjoyable fast read. I absolutely recommend the Pilots Hockey series to fellow readers and if you pick up Power Play first, don't worry about it, because it's a standalone!