Thank you so much to Mary Warren for the advance copy!

This book will be out May 3rd.

I am truly in my sports romance era and added this one to my list as we have Conner our captain, hockey star of the Magic. We briefly were introduced to the couple in Reclaiming Kate (LOVE) and as soon as read their appearance, I just knew that we were going to be in for a treat and boy were we.

If you are into insta love, then Conner McPhee is your golden retriever book boyfriend of your dreams! He is over the moon for Sasha as soon as he sees her but they do have a rough start to their relationship. Sasha was smitten with him but after some mishaps they just kept butting heads and we learn it is because Conner was trying not to fall for Sasha.

Sasha is such a smart, beautiful woman who is just tired of running away from the problems in her life. She was a successful plus size social media influencer and an overzealous fan turn stalker made her take this position far away to start fresh.

"Sasha, baby, nothing is going to happen to you. You're safe and I'll make sure you stay that way."

I love seeing how their relationship grew over the course of the book. Conner learns fairly early on in the book about this possible stalker who came back into Sasha's life. And he immediately took charge and wanted to protect her. In addition to watching the progression of their relationship, I also love seeing how much Sasha grew in this. She was a confident woman to begin with but seeing work in social media flourish and she's going to excel in her new role!

If you have read other books by Mary, I would say this one is different compared to the others as it does deal with a pretty graphic detail of violence from the hands of the stalker. The whole time you are waiting for this moment but it still doesn't prepare you for when it happens. I just felt so bad for Sasha and the guilt that Conner & Cash felt.

Once again Mary knocks it out of the park with their intimate scenes. They just came off as so hot on page and you could feel their chemistry and then love for one another. There was a moment approx 80% that really showcased their feelings for one another and it was the moment that they truly were in love.

We got to see glimmers of Cash in this book and even though we learn he is a playboy there are moments where you see another side of him. It makes me very excited to see how the relationship between him and Sasha's best friend Evie happens.

PS - When I saw this cover, my jaw dropped! I could not believe how gorgeous it was!! The artist knocked it out of the park!