Slap Shot: A New Adult, Amnesia Hockey Romance

5 Star Review of Slap Shot (Lauderdale Knights #1) by Kat Mizera I was excited when I heard that Kat Mizera had a new series releasing. If Slap Shot is anything to go by, then she has another winning series on her hands. When I read the blurb for this book I was intrigued and couldn’t wait to see how this story played out. I fell hard and fast for Lauderdale Knights Vaughn and Juliet the woman he accidentally hits in the head with a puck at his teams first game. Asked to visit her in hospital , Vaughn steps up and is shocked when he gets there to learn that Juliet has amnesia thanks to her injury. I adored Vaughn, he is such a wonderful man and how he treated Juliet and was there to support her no matter what just about melted my heart. I loved the chemistry and friendship that developed between them and the banter between them was witty . Vaughn is torn knowing that Juliet has a fiancee (even if she can’t remember him) and yet the connection he feels to her is immediate and impossible to ignore. Juliet has always put her crazy Italian family first above her own needs and wants and I loved how Vaughn supported her when she finally stood up to her family. Juliet’s growth throughout this story was heart warming. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series.

What an amazing start to Kat Mizera’s new hockey series! “Slap Shot” is a fun, flirty and heartfelt about change and taking a chance on your future. Vaughn and Juliet were such fun characters to get to know and I loved their chemistry. The Lauderdale Knights are the real guys in town. On opening night, Vaughn hits a puck into the stands which ends up injuring a fan. When he goes to visit the fan in the hospital the next day, there he meets Juliet. Juliet takes this incident as a way to get a second chance and follow her own path, not the one her family wants. Vaughn and Juliet have an instant connection that neither was expecting but can’t deny. Vaughn was absolutely amazing and an instant favorite for me. He’s an amazing hockey player. He’s also soft spoken, confident and strong. Vaughn is a great teammate and a friend. Juliet was a breath of fresh air. After her initial injury, she found her backbone and spread her wings. Juliet spent her whole life doing what her family wanted and she put herself last. I loved reading about her finding her confidence and becoming who she was meant to me. I loved all the secondary characters we got to meet and I can’t wait to read their stories when they come out.

A new team, a new town. A new expansion team has come to Ft. Lauderdale and in their first game, hockey fan Juliet is knocked out by a flying puck. Hockey star Vaughn was the player that hit the puck and in the interest of good public relations, the team asks him to visit the woman that was in the hospital. Instant chemistry but Juliet has amnesia and mistakenly thinks he’s her fiance’. Great story with Juliet having to turn a page in her life — an overbearing Italian family that works together and thinks they know best for her, a lonely hockey player and both of them finding a new way. I loved the characters. Juliet really grew and changed. She took the chance to finally become herself and Vaughn, who was lonely found a family. Ups and downs and a great HEA. Looking forward to more from the Knights.