Cat's Review of Body Check (An M/M hockey romance, Scoring Chances book 2) by Brigham Vaughn @brighamvaughn @neonrainbow @tammystwocents X- @AuthorBVaughn @TTCBooksandmore

The last thing Gavin Racine needs is more heartbreak … 

Following an ugly public divorce, all Gavin wants is a little stress relief in the bedroom and to put together a winning roster. Unfortunately, his busy and chaotic schedule as the Boston Harrier’s general manager and president of hockey operations means he cancels more hookups than not.

When Gavin reluctantly hires Dakota Crane as the team’s yoga and Pilates instructor, their first few meetings leave them annoyed … and intrigued.

With a struggling team to manage, a complicated relationship with his twin brother, and a secret from his past threatening to upend the success he’s fought so hard for, Gavin absolutely shouldn’t start something with his employee.

Personalities clash, sparks fly, and the chemistry is undeniable. But neither of them are looking for love.

Dakota’s been burned before and the last thing he wants is another messy relationship. Especially with his new boss.

Falling in love is nowhere on his agenda and nothing is worth putting his fresh start in Boston at risk.

But what if learning to work together is exactly what Gavin, Dakota, and the team needs?

TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING:

Body Check contains scenes with main and supporting characters dealing with financial struggles, a potentially threatening heart condition, discussions about past recreational drug use, prison, manipulative exes, and initially unsupportive parents to a trans person (offpage).

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Cat gives this book 6 Meows with a 4 purr heat index...

This is book 2 in the series but can be read alone though you meet some of the characters in each book and would know Jesse and Connor plus meet Gavin in first book.

You have two guys here with heavy pasts and don't want relationships and barely have time for hookups. So, attraction and convenience become key. Easy, right? Wrong. Here's what you get.

Enemies to lovers, workplace romance, age gap, hockey romance but not players, class gap, and a scorcher between the sheets.

What I liked about it? Well, I have a soft spot for enemies to lovers and age gap, but I liked the realism. You have 2 dedicated tops, 2 alpha men, that right there you don't expect to work or as in most romances you get one suddenly changing for the other.  Not here. They figure out how to make things work.

There are lots of twists and not all just magically fix themselves but have satisfying ends.

I guess what I like is the compromise but not change of character. I highly recommend this story.

Brigham Vaughn is on the adventure of a lifetime as a full-time author. She devours books at an alarming rate and hasn't let her short arms and long torso stop her from doing yoga. She makes a killer key lime pie, hates green peppers, and loves wine tasting tours. A collector of vintage Nancy Drew books and green glassware, she enjoys poking around in antique shops and refinishing thrift store furniture. An avid photographer, she dreams of traveling the world and she can't wait to discover everything else life has to offer her.

Her books range from short stories to novellas to novels. They explore gay, bisexual, lesbian, and polyamorous romance in contemporary settings.

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