Breaking the Ice by Whitney Dineen: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

What do an entitled billionaire and small-town ice-skating coach have in common?

Ellie

My life is not turning out like I thought it would.

My mom’s arthritis has gotten so bad that I had to move in with her. I’m making ends meet by giving ice skating lessons at the arena in Maple Falls. I’d be in serious trouble had the Harts not given me that job.

Which makes it impossible to say no when they ask me to let Troy’s obnoxious billionaire brother stay in the cabin on my mom’s property during the charity hockey event they’re running.

Zach

First the tabloids call me out for being a cheapskate and then Yolanda Simms takes to national television to tell everyone what a vicious heartbreaker I am?

Yeah, my life has been better.

My brother thinks I can fix my bad press by coming to Maple Falls and donating big to his new charity endeavor. Too bad he didn’t mention the woman who owns the cottage I’ll be staying at hates me with a passion.

He also didn’t mention she’s everything I’ve ever looked for in a woman…

Breaking the Ice is part of the Love on Thin Ice sweet small town hockey romcom series. It's an enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, with forced proximity, It's a small town romance with all the sizzle and chemistry, but none of the spice.

The Author

USA Today Bestselling author Whitney Dineen is a rock star in her own head. While delusional about her singing abilities, there’s been a plethora of validation that she’s a fairly decent author (AMAZING!!!). After winning many writing awards and selling nearly a kabillion books (math may not be her forte, either), she’s decided to let the voices in her head say whatever they want (sorry, Mom). She also won a fourth-place ribbon in a fifth-grade swim meet in backstroke. So, there’s that.

Whitney loves to play with her kids (a.k.a. dazzle them with her amazing flossing abilities), bake stuff, eat stuff, and write books for people who "get" her. She thinks french fries are the perfect food and Mrs. Roper is her spirit animal.

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Book Review

What a great start to the series and introduction to Maple Falls and the charity hockey team at the center of the series. I was drawn in right away to this story. Zach is a self-made billionaire who is getting some bad press thanks to a reporter who seems to have it out for him... so to get away and get a little good press, he heads to the small town of Maple Falls to help his brother with a charity hockey team. There he meets Ellie... whose bought into the bad press and wants absolutely nothing to do with him. As they get to know each other better, she sees that perhaps she judged him too harshly. I absolutely adored the chemistry between these two. They were so sweet together and I loved watching her letting her walls down and getting to know the real him. Perhaps my favorite part of the story was also how not only did he show her he cared about her... but also how he stepped in to help care for her mom (who has crippling arthritis) as well... oh my goodness... could he be any sweeter at all? Throw is some fall vibes that absolutely had me looking forward to the cooler weather and there truly was just so much to love in this story! 

Though I've had several of her books on my TBR, this is the first Whitney Dineen book that I have actually had the chance to read... but it absolutely will not be the last!

Love on Thin Ice is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 

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