Scoring Big

I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This was a wonderful sports romance with a male lead, Nate who is a wonderful hockey playing single dad to his daughter Quinn. He and Quinn meet Carly at the park a few times and they form a friendship and date.

They both really like each other. But Carly is at a crossroads in her life. She is living on her friends couch and has no job and profession. She loves kids but also connects a bit too easily and so her former job, a nanny, was something that was painful for her. She is trying to find a boring job but it's a struggle.

Nate is struggling as well. He loves hockey and his friends on the team. He has an awesome daughter and a good relationship with his ex, but he needs surgery, and he needs help with his daughter while he recovers.

Can he convince Carly to be help him out? Can they date and make it work while he recovers? And can Carly find a job?

This is a story about meeting the right guy at the wrong time and having to figure out what you want to do with your life. What is important and how to make it all work. It's a story about two people who find each other at a point in time that things are a bit messy, and they have to figure out how to make it work.

Scoring Big (Bears Hockey ll #3) by Kelly Jamieson.

I love hockey romance and was excited to get to read another story in this series. As always I was pulled into this entertaining, sweet, heartwarming and sensual romance that at the center of it is all is about being vulnerable, dealing with anxiety, as well as fears, toxic masculinity, as well as several more issues that are not typically dealt with in sports romance. Leading into interesting in-depth dialogue and discussions between the main characters as well as his teammates. Bringing so much information about these issues to light and educating this reader in the process. This author brought it, capturing my interest and attention until the end.

“Life’s an adventure - take the risk.”

This is Nate Karmeinski and Carly Corrigan story. Their story is entertaining, fun, flirty, sensuous as well as emotional and heartwarming. I fell hard and fast for Nate and Carly’s relationship, and adored Nate’s daughter Quinn. Their story will have you going through every emotion as you watch and hope that these two get their HEA!

I received an early copy and this is my honest review.

This was an easy read with realistic characters. I liked Carly’s take on men with their strengths and insecurities without making anyone defensive but with understanding and acceptance. The same way that she dealt with Quinn (who was a hoot). But, as with any couple, communication can still be a hindrance and assumptions are made. Even though Nate had some insecurities of his own, I liked that he was willing to listen and tried to change his way of automatically thinking the worst. Carly, also, had to come to her realizations on how she dealt with heartbreak and disappointment. The only bad thing about this book was that it ended too soon! Can’t wait to read more of the New York Bears.