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Illustrated cover in pink showing a city skyline in the background. A brown-haired, bearded hot white guy in a purple hockey jersey with the number 22 on it in long dark pants and ice skates, with a helmet and hockey stick on the nearby (pink) ice, is holding a pretty young white woman in jeans, a long sleeved white top and black booties. He's holding her just under the butt level on the sides and living her and she'd kicking her legs happily and embracing his face and neck, leaning toward him and smiling
July 25, 2025

REVIEW: Sweet Thing by Kate Meader

KaetrinB- Reviewsabusive parent / age gap / Contemporary / hockey / nanny / NetGalley / single dad / Sports2 Comments

Content notes: Dear Kate Meader, Lars Nyquist is a defenseman for the Chicago Rebels. He’s part of the ‘dream team’ on defense with captain, Theo Kershaw. Theo is in his mid-40s and the coming hockey year may be his last. Theo has won multiple championships but Lars has yet to ... more >

April 6, 2023

CONVERSATION: May/December Age Differences, Part II — Recommendations and Examples

JanineBook Reviewsage gap / May-December / older woman/younger man17 Comments

Possible triggers Yesterday we discussed big age differences in romance. Here is the second part of that discussion, where we talk about specific examples of the trope. What is the most recent book you’ve read that featured a significant age difference between the main characters, and how did you feel ... more >

March 14, 2022

REVIEW: Hitting the Wall by Cate C. Wells

JanineDNF Reviewsage gap / Cate C. Wells / Contemporary / cop / neurodiverse / power gap / Secret-Baby / statutory rape / teenager / wealth inequality14 Comments

Trigger warning: child rape. Dear Cate C. Wells, I picked up Hitting the Wall, the first contemporary romance in your Stonecut County series, because it came highly recommended by commenter DiscoDollyDeb. That it was included with my limited-time free trial membership in Kindle Unlimited made it easy to try; I ... more >

lower face, torso and hips of a hot white guy as he takes his tshirt off, revealing cut abs, next to hockey goalie pads
September 22, 2020

REVIEW: Common Goal by Rachel Reid

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsage gap / bisexual / Contemporary / demisexual / Gay / hockey / m/m romance / queer8 Comments

Dear Rachel Reid, I’ve been meaning to try your books for a while now, having heard good things about them and I am a fan of hockey romance (notwithstanding that I’ve never watched a game and know very little about the sport, but you know… details), so I snapped up ... more >

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