source: prime reading
rating:★★✩✩✩
from goodreads:
Adored by all, Britta is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. With a half brother on the team, Britta has a strict no-dating policy for hockey boys. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player.
A beast on the ice, Sumner Mayfield is on the brink of breaking into the NHL. But time’s running out. With his work visa about to expire, Sumner’s only chance to stay in Bridgeport is to marry an American—and get a green card. Otherwise, it’s back to Canada for the defenseman.
On New Year’s Eve, the team begs Britta to marry Sumner that very night. Sum is embarrassed yet hopeful—he’s desperately in love. But Britta balks at first. Until something about Sumner’s soulful brown eyes and ripped physique makes her reconsider…
my review:
this book was cute, but it wasn’t amazing. the whole story felt pretty predictable from start to finish. some of the “dirty talk” was cringe affff to me like… not even dirty, more of a what is happening right now.
she knew he was completely head over heels for her before the whole marriage thing, agreed to marry him anyway, and still didn’t really want anything. then the second he gets called up, she suddenly cares? and of course, they live happily ever after.
it wasn’t terrible, but it just didn’t wow me.
favorite quotes:
“love doesn’t erase the fear of the unknown, though.”