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Guarding the Crease
- An Opposites Attract Hockey Romance (The Playmakers Series®, Book 9)
- Narrated by: Gideon Frost, Addison Barnes, Zachary Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's summary
The knight charging to her rescue is the last person in the world she wants to see. Now she owes him, and he’s ready to collect.
When I spot Serena Lambert in danger, I don’t think twice—I jump in to help. It’s only after that I realize what I’ve done: I’ve played the knight in shining armor for the woman who probably hates my guts more than anyone else on the planet. Serena, the Blizzard’s PR director and the bane of my existence, looks just as shocked as I feel. Guess she thought she was finally rid of me. But bad pennies? We always turn up.
Being an NHL goalie has its perks, and trust me, I’ve taken full advantage of every single one. But when I end up becoming the league’s most infamous netminder, all those perks disappear, along with my spot on the roster. I want back in, and for that, I need Serena’s PR magic. Sure, she’s prickly as hell, but I can deal with that. She’s already had to clean up my tabloid messes before. Plus, let’s be honest, she’s not exactly hard on the eyes.
Serena’s laser-focused on her career, trying to cement her place on the team while dealing with a backstabbing coworker. Helping me is the last thing she needs, but there’s something undeniable between us, something that goes beyond my usual charm. The more time I spend with her, the more I find myself wanting to dig deeper, to figure out what makes her tick.
Yeah, we’re like oil and water. We might not mix, but maybe, just maybe, we can find a way to blend. And if we do, who knows? We might just score our happily-ever-after.
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- Nicole Ortiz
- 11-02-24
Serena and Wyatt
I enjoyed this story and the three narrators did a good job telling it and giving all the characters a voice.
Wyatt is given a second chance with the team he was booted out and Serena works in the PR department for the same team. Even though this is book #9 it can be read/listened to as a standalone. Wyatt is a bit arrogant at the beginning as he tries to prove he belongs back on his old team. I found this story interesting and entertaining. Wyatt and Serena become friends when Serena is attacked at a charity event and Wyatt comes to her rescue before things escalated. Wyatt is given a wake up call about his previous and current behavior in the beginning. But also you get a glimpse into what he went through growing up. Love how Serena doesn't fall for Wyatt and keeps putting him in his place. There were some funny moments like Victor when he claims his love for Serena. Serena has to deal with being harassed and also deal with a backstabbing assistant and the boss of the team and his shady behavior. Then she is thrown a curveball dealing with her health. There is also an adorable little boy in some of the story. Look forward to listening/reading the next story.
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- T.Ell
- 11-02-24
Wyatt and Serena
I really enjoyed this book and the narrators did a fantastic performance. They really made this book for me. This is another great hockey book in this series by G.K. Brady. Serena is a pr rep and Wyatt is the bad boy hockey player. Wyatt rescues Serena and in turn she helps him. These two definitely are opposites but they help each other in their times of need and it grows from there. This book is full of humor, steam and a little danger. I truly enjoyed every moment of their journey of growth and love to that fantastic ending. Definitely a 4.5 star must read.
I was sent a free audiobook from HCB and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.
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- Sally Schmidt
- 11-01-24
Perfect ending to the series
Guarding the Crease is the 9th and final book in author G. K. Brady’s Playmakers hockey romance series. Nine playmakers and swoony Coach LeBrun’s story in the prequel. I know how you feel; I wasn’t happy that this was the end, either. But there are always re-reads and re-listens and good news I’ll share later.
This is goalie Wyatt Tompkins’s story, the perfect wrap up of the perfect series and transition to what comes next. If you’ve read and listened to the entire series (and if not, why not??) then you’ve met Wyatt before, in Book 6, No Touch Zone, when Dana “Mac” McPherson took Wyatt’s job. Although he was an excellent, elite level goalie, Wyatt was a first-class jerk, a troublemaker. Fighting, carousing, unbearably cocky and self-centered and it was nice to see him go. So when we meet Wyatt again at the beginning of Guarding the Crease we figure we’ve got the same old Wyatt: the one who has lost his friends, his job with the Blizzard, the womanizer, drinker, fighter, pretty boy bad boy. But this is G. K. Brady and this is The Playmakers and we’ve seen the other players start out cocky and then learn a few lessons, meet good women, and instead of just easy on the eyes become easy to be around.
Wyatt and Serena have history. Bad history. He’s the guy who makes her PR Director job so much harder trying to downplay or put a positive spin on his antics – over and over again. He thinks of her as that uptight, tight-lipped, angry woman who hates him. But when she’s being attacked in the parking lot at a fundraiser he doesn’t think twice about stepping in, even though he doesn’t even really realize it’s her and he has no idea who the man is. And when she has an asthma attack he insists on getting her proper medical care and staying with her until it’s safe for her to be alone.
Whoa, who is this guy? This isn’t a Wyatt we’ve seen before. Sure, he’s still cocky and hasn’t acknowledged to himself or anyone else that he’s really that bad. For now he doesn’t think he has to actually change so much as convince the Blizzard he has. But a Wyatt Tompkins who for even a second thinks about someone else? We could quickly get used to him – and we do.
Wyatt is still a smart aleck, still cocky and his desperate desire to look good to management and regain a permanent position on the team focuses on “look good.” He doesn’t believe he’s really all that bad; he doesn’t really need to clean up his act – he just needs to convince the Blizzard that he has. But he has some eye-openers coming.
This new Wyatt has Serena confused. Sure, he was always a handsome hunk, but this guy who has a brain and can carry on a conversation and isn’t always leering? Danger! She could start to like that guy. The more we learn about Wyatt’s family, what’s happened to him in the past, what is still happening, the more attractive he becomes. His behavior isn’t excusable, but some things are starting to make a little more sense.
Author Brady does her usual amazing job of moving the story and the possible relationship between Wyatt and Serena smoothly along with humor and heat and more than a few bumps along the way. There’s so much going on in each of their lives: Wyatt’s evil mother, mending fences with his teammates, Serena’s evil coworker sabotaging her with the team’s owner, her attacker from the fundraiser still around and still a threat. Brady seamlessly weaves all these situations together, sometimes making it feel like a happy reunion as we catch up with the team and spend time with family members that aren’t evil, and sometimes it feels like a horror movie, when it seems like someone is always watching, undermining, trying to do harm and cause trouble.
Serena feels she “owes” Wyatt for saving her, not to mention the intriguing little tingles she is starting to feel around him and agrees to be his plus-one at his brother’s wedding. Wyatt needs a date that will fit in, and one of his usual puck bunnies won’t do it. But Serena has touched something in Wyatt; he also feels some of those tingles but he also feels somehow softer, gentler when around her and he kind of likes it. The wedding weekend is a disaster in many ways, tragic, sad, a mess. But it’s also funny and happy and brings our favorite couple closer together, as she learns more about him and his family and what’s underneath the façade of Bad Wyatt, and he sees a new side of her as well, one that maybe even likes him and wants to be near him. And let’s not forget the steamy, sexy, swoony, sweet bits that are Brady’s specialty. You sigh and wipe your brow and touch your heart – fabulous.
I was lucky enough to receive an advance listening copy of Guarding the Crease with a multicast of Gideon Frost, Addison Barnes, and Zachary Johnson narrating. Fantastic doesn’t cover it. Reading a G. K. Brady book is perfect; listening is a step beyond, and multicast is just wow. They captured all the emotions – the hope and the sorrow, the love, the breathiness, the humor, all there – and it was like being present at all their interactions. A wonderful story, wonderfully told, with a wonderful ending – and the good news – lots of backstory and a peek into the lives of Wyatt’s cousins in Brady’s new Fall River series which is underway and is just as good as The Playmakers. I’ll miss the hockey guys but maybe they’ll show up now and again. I loved this book, love the series, love this author, can’t recommend it enough. I voluntarily leave this review; all opinions are my own.
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- kgagnon
- 11-02-24
Perfect balance of humor, angst, heart, and heat!
This enemies-to-lovers story held me captive from start to finish with it's heartfelt emotion, fun banter, and hot and steamy passion. We finally get Wyatt's story after his crazy party antics throughout the previous books. He needs to clean up his reputation so he can play again for the Blizzards. When he rescues Serena from danger, he asks her to help him with his image as payment. She has had enough of cleaning up after him and declines, but does agree to be his fake date to a family wedding to protect him from his mother setting him up with someone else. Serena takes care of the PR for the Blizzards and office politics are making her job even more of a challenge. As they help each other navigate their careers and lives, spending more time together, their chemistry builds and builds, until it is impossible to deny. But when both their positions with the team are threatened, will they be able to support each other, or will losing their dream job be too much, and they push each other away, breaking both their hearts? I was so invested in Wyatt and Serena and the push/pull between them. The chemistry between them is off the charts even while they’re faking it. They are both confident characters who can really pull off a rouse in public but it’s the connection they start to forge in private that makes them so perfect for one another. I loved Wyatt's growth as he recognized his faults and worked hard to be a better man, while convincing Serena he was perfect for her.
The narration by Gideon Frost as Wyatt, Addison Barnes as Serena, and guest appearance by Zachary Johnson was fantastic. They added so much depth to these characters. I loved the way they developed and expressed these characters and their struggles so clearly, making me care for them even more. I was completely captivated by their passionate and poignant performances.
This is an engaging and completely addicting story that has the perfect balance of humor, angst, heart, and heat!
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