This was a nice read but there was something that held it back from more stars for me. Maybe I thought the heroine was just too dumb and yet at the same time hard headed. She got taken by the ex and was just to embarrassed to go after him even to get her stuff back let alone 5 million dollars? The hero while sweet was a little unbelievably sweet. I enjoyed that the author wrote him as speaking in rhythm which showed he was a native French speaker. I wondered though if after living in the US since he was 11, would that be realistic? Most people who learn a language young become fully fluent and don't retain speech patterns from a childhood language. That could have been fixed with just a small change to his backstory about where he had been fostered.

Still it was a pleasant read and flowed smoothly. I like this author's style on the whole.
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Oh SNAP! This book was great. I am a huge hockey fan myself so this is like whoa... I have totally had this dream before. I go the AHL hockey games at the arena near my house and it's only a couple miles away. So if you are into romance books and you know a decent amount about hockey this is 100% for you. If you like to read about some very flexible men, this is a must read.

Amy used to own her own business where she would organize things for people. It was just about anything and her skills were getting known by word of mouth. It got to the point she had some high-end clientele and she received an offer to sell her business. Her boyfriend Cameron who was a failed pro football guy turned sports agent, convinced her that this would be an amazing opportunity and she made a few million. Well, maybe a couple more than a few. Cameron is a slime ball and abandons her in a town, takes her car, belongings, and her money. She is left alone with no phone and only the clothes on her back and the $85 in her wallet.

That's how Emile meets her. Emile is a goalie in the NHL for the Nashville Sound. (FYI - My personal favorite player is a goalie. He was smoking hot and I'm sad he isn't on my team anymore. It's all about those pre-game warm-up stretches) Anyways... Emile has a heart of gold and a troubled past. So he sees Amy in trouble and does everything he can to help. His past doesn't hinder him like some predictable male leads in a book. Nope, he has moved on from his past traumas and grown as a person. I love that aspect of his character. The only problem is Amy doesn't want to have Emile hand everything to her because that is how Cameron made off with her money.

I have read a couple sports romance and one of my favorite author's to read was Jaci Burton. So if you like those books this is definitely up your alley. All in all, I sat her with a goofy school girl smile at the end. This felt like the real true love between the characters, and no cheesy lines with an instant *snap* head over heels. The characters develop and you grow with the story. ( )

I love sports romance and Emile was the kindest, sweetest guy you could meet, definitely not the arrogant, sexy, bad boy, young top athlete's are usually depicted as.
I really liked him, it was hard not too! Amy, well she drove me nuts. She'd just been dumped on by her now ex boyfriend and refuses to make him pay for stealing her 5 million dollars, leaving her homeless and with out even a change of clothes....and then she practically throws everything Emile offers to help her back in his face, how this dumb woman was so successful in business is beyond me

I liked Emile very much, yes, he may have disregarded her wishes, but that could have been talked over and rectified, Amy not so much, she came across as a bit of a b*tch, and ultimately Emile was indirectly made to suffer for the wrongs caused by her ex and she over reacted to everything, I mean every time he tried to please or help her, she'd throw it back in his face. I really would like to say I enjoyed this story....not so much....I found my self wanting to shout out "Come on, give the guy a break" and "Damn! Poor guy", far to often, so just squeezes 3 stars. ( )