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Save Your Breath

A Fake Engagement Hockey Romance (Kings of the Ice)

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Save Your Breath

By: Kandi Steiner
Narrated by: Talia Wilkerson Grove, Walker Williams, Hannah Chiclana
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Save Your Breath is book four in the Kings of the Ice series: a series of interconnected standalones following a team of professional hockey players and the women who bring them to their knees. They do not need to be listened to in order, but you will gain glimpses of future characters/couples in each book.

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©2025 Kandi Steiner (P)2025 Kandi Steiner
Contemporary Sports Hockey

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Steamy slow burn with banter

4.5 stars. This was such a fun read that loosely reminded me of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s whirlwind romance. Pop star Mia and Aleks, her best friend from high school, have secretly been in love with each other since they were 16. Aleks believing he was never good enough, focuses his energy on his pro hockey career while Mia shoots to stardom. When a PR crisis emerges, they come together to fake date and get fake engaged, only it doesn’t feel so fake to either of them.

These two were so protective and sweet with one another, while also having the most hilarious banter. I loved their chemistry and love. I often wanted to shake them both just to talk to one another about their feelings but, their pride and fear got in the way. When Aleks does speak his truth, I swooned at his beautiful words. A great steamy slow-burn!

If you like audiobooks, be sure to check this one out as the narrators to a great job capturing the characters.

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Just say the thing!!!

Slow burns just drive me a little nuts. I love this book and these characters but like them I hate their thoughts and assumptions. I just wanted to shake them both and yell “just say what you really feel” for like half this book. I’m glad the ended up having the courage to tell each other the truth but it was almost too little too late. I love Kandi’s books and I love this one just as much as the others. Also, I don’t care what anyone says no one will convince me this isn’t a love letter to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce and isn’t a fictionalized version of their love story. Overall, this book didn’t hit like the others, maybe because of the slow burn, but it still was a beautifully written love story.

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Yes, it’s that good.

Prepare to swoon! This friends-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, always-been-you romance is a 10/10. New to me narrators, Talia Wilkerson Grove and Walker Williams absolutely CRUSHED it. I wasn’t sure at first but Walker Williams gravel just about killed me and when he spoke in Swiss German, I basically melted. Talia Grove’s narration hit every emotional note from self-doubt to teasing to bedroom and always sounded authentic. Her angst was perfection. As an unexpected bonus, the song in the piano scene was so so good!

Save Your Breath is a slow burn with a payoff that’s both broke my heart and set everything on fire. And while the burn is slow (65% or so), it’s also a fake relationship romance so there are lots of delicious, chemistry filled “staged” kisses and ridiculously romantic scenes that kept me more than happy to bask in the glow before ignition. I’ll admit, fake anything is like catnip to me, so I knew I was going to be sucked in. But I was blown away by the nakedly honest pull of Aleks’ story and the combined ache of the two of them. I found myself wishing I could step into the story to ease their pain and help them understand. It was angsty without being trite and it made every touch, kiss and glance that much more charged. The spice is seriously bossy and absolutely epic. The romance had me completely in my feels. The friendship between Mia and Aleks, their growth and willingness to sacrifice for each other, are spot on and make Save Your Breath one of my favorite listens of the year.

Meet Aleks. He’s growly. He’s hot. He plays hockey. And he’s been in love with Mia since he was 16. Swiss-German, Aleks’ foster mom sends him to billet with Mia’s family. And she’s seriously off-limits. Daddy says so. Mia is a singer/songwriter whose shy high school personality blooms into a pop star with charisma and poise, but she doesn’t get a lot of privacy and Aleks is fiercely protective of her. Her new album is releasing and an old boyfriend and his music reviewing friend seem to keep causing static and trying to taint her release. Aleks needs to clean up his bad boy, fighter vibe and Mia needs to look like she’s moved on and is above the fray. And a fake relationship is born. If you want to be swept off your feet by the grumpiest hockey player in the league, who has the softest spot for the girl he loves, this is your book. 100% recommend. 5 stars for performance and story. 3 peppers. Plus, that epilogue!!

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So Good!!!!

I was able to listen to this book and the narrators did a phenomenal job! Had me feeling like I was right there in the book!!!!
Kandi has this series getting better and better!
Mia is a pop star singer who is trying to show the world that she isn’t still hung up over her ex from what the tabloids are saying. So she decides to get fake engaged to her best friend.
Aleks is in trouble with his job because he can’t seem to stop fighting off the ice.
His agent thinks that it would be a good idea for him to have this fake engagement to help better his reputation.
Oh my how I love a fake relationship book! Aleks and Mia have secretly like each other since they were teenagers and it was never the right moment and thoughts that they feelings wouldn’t be reciprocated. Loved, loved, loved this book!!!!!

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Loved

Friends to fake lovers to real? And they’ve always loved each other? Absolutely loved. Throw someone actually singing the song she wrote and I could listen to this on repeat

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Finding Home

I read this story via ebook before audio, and I loved it just as much the second time. The duet in this production is absolutely stunning. The voices are perfect for Aleks and Mia, and when Aleks speaks Swiss German? My SOUL left my BODY.

This steamy, tense, childhood friends-to-lovers, fake engagement, professional athlete/pop story has everything I could ever want - and some things I didn’t know I needed. From the first kiss to the PIANO???? Flashbacks of these two teenagers finding safety in their friendship… I felt every emotion out there and loved every single second. Exquisite.

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Another excellent book from Kandi Steiner!

This one was worth the wait.

Aleks & Mia were everything I wanted them to be and more. If there is something you should know about Kandi's writing it's that she is going to make you FEEL every single thing her characters are. Save Your Breath was no exception. I not only read this one with my eyes, but I was lucky enough to receive an early listen to the audio & whoa....Talia Wilkerson Grove & Walker Williams really brought these two characters to life.

Definitely a 5 star read & definitely a contender for my top reads of 2025 already. ;)

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Kandi Steiner can do no wrong!

Mia & Aleks will have you on your knees. The angst, banter and slow burn in this one is everything.

Childhood best friends to lovers just sign me right up. This book was absolutely beautiful and the narrators really brought it to life. Plus it’s duet…yesss please!

Chapters 29 & 30 gave me chills. The piano playing, the piano bench scene.. 👀🔥

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Perfection!! And the chills from that beautiful love song... 🫠

"For a split second, we were both eighteen again. She was begging me to kiss her. I was begging her not to let me."

NGL, I spilled lots of tears while reading this book. Sometimes sad tears, sometimes happy tears. It is very much a slow burn, and an emotional journey of acceptance, growth and hope.

Mia and Aleks are best friends. They share a past and very special, emotional moments. They can read each other like no one else ever could. They are bound to one another in many different ways, through shared secrets and experiences.

They are true soulmates, never quite able to get close to others, always missing something when life forces them apart.

There is nothing more beautiful than watching these 2, who quietly pined for one another since the day they met, finally accept and admit their feelings 🫶


The 🎧audiobook🎧 narration for this is absolutely breathtaking and a must. The narrators are both spectacular!! Mia also sings a song in it, an ACTUAL SONG sang by a professional singer, and it gave me chills!! I legit sobbed 🥹 lol.

I highly recommend this audiobook, I promise you won't regret it 🫠❤️

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A must read!

I listened to this audiobook and it was amazing! I love the duet format… Lulu and Rafe come with all the feels… a fake relationship to make her family and his boss leave them alone… I loved their banter and Rafe just being genuine and there for her. And Lulu realizing what it is like to be truly cared for. I love Rafe’s family and everyone from the previous books. Laura Pavlov writes beautiful small town make you want to just love those in your life books! A top 2025 read for me!!

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