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A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey. When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne. Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair can’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged. Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister. Though the pair is now wary of being involved romantically, Chloe, a sheltered harp prodigy, yearns to escape her controlling mother. Sig promises to teach her the ins and outs of independence in Boston—but not inside his bedroom. They both know there can never be more than friendship between a famous hockey player and his high-society, soon-to-be stepsister. But keeping their relationship platonic grows harder amid the developing family drama, especially knowing they were meant for so much more…
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I’m waffling on whether this book is a 2 or 3 star book! I really liked the chemistry between Sig and Chloe. I think this is one of the rare TB books where there is a very strong emotional connection but the whole “future step siblings” storyline was weird. It felt like if they were so devoted to each other they could’ve just issued a press release explains the situation and then continued their relationship rather then drag it out for 80% of the book.
The other part I struggled with was the spice. Do not get me wrong, I love a good spicy scene and TB writes some of the best, but the spicy dialogue in this book was so cringey!! It felt like a frat boy wrote those scenes using phrases that he thinks sounds sexy. It kind of ruined those scenes for me because of all the corny sex talk.
Those points aside the book was good. Sig was a tad over jealous at points but that’s kind of standard in romance novels these days so I personally wouldn’t avoid a book just for that.