Resistance
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A hockey player’s beautiful one night stand is recruited to play for his team in this erotic sports romance series opener by a USA Today bestseller. Meet the men of the Minnesota Glaciers! In this scorching-hot spin-off of Lynda Aicher’s bestselling Wicked Play series, a one-night stand turns into weeks of erotic experimentation . . . and eventually so much more . . . One night, one time, nothing more. That’s all it was supposed to be. They’d agreed their first night together would be their only night together—and Minnesota Glaciers defenseman Dylan Rylie was fine with that. Giant hickeys and claw marks on his ass had never been his style, even if the very memory of Samantha Yates’s merciless sexual energy gets him hard within seconds. He needs to focus on getting a better contract, not mind-blowing orgasms. Fresh off representing the U.S. at the Games and with nowhere else to play, Samantha gave in to one night of frantic passion with the Glaciers’ brawny hotshot. She couldn’t get hurt—not if she controlled the outcome. And she planned to leave Minnesota soon, anyway. She didn’t expect to be recruited to coach Dylan after they’d gotten down and dirty. When brutal on-ice workouts lead to kinky locker room sessions and “one night” falls by the wayside, Samantha insists on keeping things casual, despite Dylan’s quiet hope for more. But when Dylan goes down—hard—and his career is in jeopardy, Samantha is the first one by his side. What will it take to keep her there after he’s healed? Praise for Game Play “If you’re looking for something to warm you up while you wait for spring to arrive, this is definitely the book for you.” —RT Book Reviews “Game Play, the first book in the upcoming Power Play series, was so hot I needed a break to let the Kindle cool down.” —The Romance Reviews “A well-written story with a believable plot.” —Diane’s Book Blog “I’m a hockey romance reader and this one is one of the best I’ve read. I HIGHLY recommend it!” —Smitten with Reading
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5 primary books#1 in Power Play
Power Play is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Cat Grant, Rachel Haimowitz, and Kennedy L. Mitchell.
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2020 Reread: This book has still stuck with me all these years later, and I enjoyed it just as much this time around as the first. I have a thing for seriously flawed characters with fucked up relationships.
UPDATE: As much as I find myself thinking back to this story, I realize it made more of an impact on me than I originally thought, so I'm upping my rating from 4 stars to 5.
Original Review:
I really like how very flawed the characters are in this book. Bran is stubborn and prideful to a fault, and jumps into a situation without fully understanding what the hell he has actually agreed to. It's Jonathan's responsibility as the experienced Dom to take control and help Bran understand and accept the role of a sub, but he fucks it up completely. This utter failure on Jonathan's part is evident every time the story switches to Bran's point of view. It was incredibly entertaining to read Bran's inner dialogue of snark against Jonathan, and so refreshing to finally see a sub with spirit and attitude, rather than one who is infantilized and clueless about normal behavioral cues like so many others I've read. I look forward to finding out from the next book whether Bran and Jonathan can make this relationship work and still allow Bran to retain his strong and witty personality.
