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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 >

July 19, 2024

REVIEW: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsactor / adult fiction / community / Contemporary / Fiction / flawed characters / found family / Humor / London / older MCs / single dad / thief7 Comments

When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor ... more >

January 30, 2024

REVIEW: Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsballet / Canada / disordered eating / hockey / NetGalley / single dad / toxic parent / widower3 Comments

Content notes: disordered eating, death of a spouse, toxic parent, anxiety, panic attacks Dear Jenny Holiday, Aurora (Rory) Evans studied ballet in New York but left after realising that the demands of the ballet world had resulted in her developing disordered eating and anxiety. Her toxic mother was extremely disappointed ... more >

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January 16, 2024

REVIEW: Always Remember by Mary Balogh

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdisability / Historical / NetGalley / single dad / widower2 Comments

Dear Mary Balogh, I’ve been reading your books for ages now. I read everything you release and some of your older books (many of them actually) are on my keeper shelf and are books I go back to again and again. Of course I was going to read Always Remember. ... more >

June 16, 2022

REVIEW: Lola and the Single Dad by Kelly Hunter

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsactress / Australia / blacksmith / Contemporary / single dad2 Comments

When love comes to town… Artisan blacksmith Ned Harrow lost his wife and gained a son, all in the space of a day. Since then, he’s been caring for his son, Ollie, and working to rebuild his business. When his neighbour’s visiting goddaughter offers to help, she’s a lifeline and ... more >

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March 13, 2020

REVIEW: Love Hard by Nalini Singh

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / enemies to lovers / Hard Play series / New Zealand / POC author / rugby / single dad9 Comments

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Dear Nalini Singh, Sometimes a book arrives at just the perfect time and that special alchemy that happens between story and reader happens; a combination of great book and the exact right reading mood. That’s what happened here. I admit enemies to lovers isn’t generally my favourite trope. But Jacob ... more >

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