Strong and Wild (Lakes Hockey #2)
Sloane St. James
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
3.93
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 96 ratings · 346 pages · Published: 26 Jun 2023
Things are looking up for me in my new Minnesota home. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my patisserie cocktail lounge. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.
When he reveals his true self, I hate what I find. Until more of him unravels, proving we have more in common than I realized, and I don’t mean we both enjoy rock climbing or outdoor concerts. No, we have the good stuff—shared trauma. The only difference is I came out on the other side, and he’s still fighting his demons.
Rhys
Women aren’t going to be a distraction for me in my rookie year, where every single game feels like a try-out. I’ve got a one-year NHL contract, 365 days to prove to the Minnesota Lakes I’m worth the investment—which is why I need to stay far away from my neighbor across the hall.
Everything is fine until I find out she's the same woman I subscribe to online. Turns out we know each other quite well, but she thinks we're strangers—and I plan on keeping it that way. Until one night, she steps in to do a favor for me because she’s been in my shoes before. Now I’m showing her the real me, but it might not be enough for her. This 18+ spicy hockey romance features dirty talk, praise, degredation, angst, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, and of course, a happily ever after.
Drug use, addiction, death, slut-shaming.
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Tagged as:
- sports 16
- praise kink 16
- enemies to lovers 15
- m-f romance 15
- athlete hero 14
- anal sex 14
- contemporary 13
- rich hero 13
- hockey 13
- sassy heroine 13
- independent heroine 13
- working class heroine 13
- found family 12
- possessive hero 11
- alpha male 11
- spanking 11
- cheerful/happy heroine 10
- friends with benefits 10
- bdsm 10
- bondage 9
- new adult 8
- funny 7
- forced proximity 7
- insta-love 6
- tortured hero 6
- fetish 5
- tortured heroine 5
- competent heroine 4
- take-charge heroine 3
- cruel hero/bully 3
- good grovel 3
- childfree 3
- betrayal 2
- angst 2
- masc-dom 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- substance abuse 16
- drug abuse 15
- slut shaming 8
- death / grief 6
- mental trauma 6
- misogyny 2
- body betrayal 1
- geography
- minnesota 12
- usa 10
- north america 9
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 15
- first person pov 12
- male pov 2
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The 'Lakes Hockey' series
3.98 · 595 ratings
dual-pov · athletes · angst · minnesota · north-america · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · praise-kink · possessive hero · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · found-family · competent heroine · sassy heroine · sports · usa · hockey · humor
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