Cat's Review of Breaking The Ice (Portland Evergreens book 4) by Beth Bolden @bethboldenauthor @neonrainbowarcreviews @tammystwocents X- @beth_bolden @TTCBooksandmore

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  Coach Gavin Blackburn has been through hell. 
  
  Three years ago, he was on top of the world, courted by the best teams in the NHL to coach their players.
  
  His wife’s unexpected death destroyed him, and sent him running from hockey. He thought he’d left the sport behind forever, but when his ex-player shows up at his remote cabin, begging him to return to Portland University to coach the Evergreens again, he agrees.
  
  The last thing Gavin expected was their mentor-student relationship to turn into something entirely different now that Zach is grown up. He certainly never expected to feel attraction again, or to feel it for a man. For Zach.
  
  Or for Zach to want him back, with a passion Gavin couldn’t deny even if he wanted to.
  
  He’s too old, too washed up, too destroyed by grief, and has no intention of dating ever again, but maybe it’s own assumptions that need to be broken and re-made.
  
  Maybe it’s Zach who needs to be the one who break him down and make him into something new. Give him something new: a wild, unexpected and unprecedented love affair.

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Cat gives this Book 4 meows with a 3 purr heat index...

I was so excited for Gavin and Zachs story and wasn't disappointed.

It's not necessary to read the previous books but you understand who all the characters mentioned are.

I think Gavin and Zach are one of my favorite Beth couples.

The book is a little angsty as Gavin left his wife 4 years ago and moved off to a cabin in the woods off grid. He was content until Zach shows up with an offer from the Evergreens. 

The story is a sweet, spicy, slow burn and there's a lot of Hayes and Morgan mentioned, building up their book. 

My only issue is not a lot happens in the first half of the story. But the conversations between Zach and Gavin are an awesome build up.

If you like a good age gap and hockey romance where both guys have a secret crush on the other this is for you.

A lifelong Pacific Northwester, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband. Beth still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to be just as weird in Raleigh.

Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She has published over forty novels and novellas.

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