The Rebound Play by Kate O'Keeffe: Book Review

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

The Book

If you get a second chance at love with your hockey star ex, should you take it?

Keira

What do you do when your NHL superstar ex skates back into your small town? Drop to the ground and hide behind the bleachers, hoping he doesn’t see you. But Lady Luck must be in a bad mood today because Dan spots me, my hood over my eyes, pretending I’m not there.

Mature? No.

Necessary? Oh, yes.

Humiliation washes over me, and the wall around my heart stands firm. Dan might be back, but I can’t afford to let him in again. Not after the heartbreak of losing him once before.

When he offers to coach my nephew, I reluctantly agree. Every smile he flashes at me, every kind word, threatens to crack my resolve. But I can’t go through that again. I have to protect my heart.

Dan

I want Keira back. End of story.

The Rebound Play is part of the Love on Thin Ice sweet hockey romcom series. It's a love story about a jock and a nerd who get a second chance in this small town romance with all the sizzle and chemistry, but none of the spice.

The Author

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kate O'Keeffe writes exactly what she loves to read: laugh-out-loud romantic comedies with swoon-worthy heroes and gorgeous feel-good happily ever afters. She lives and loves in beautiful Hawke's Bay, New Zealand with her family. When she's not penning her latest story, Kate can be found hiking up hills (slowly), traveling to different countries, and eating chocolate. A lot of it.

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Book Review

The Rebound Play is the second book in the Love on Thin Ice series. This is a multi-author series all centered around one charity hockey team, but all can be enjoyed as standalones as well. 

Oh my goodness, I just adored this book. Keira (Kiki) and Dan were high school sweethearts who had broken up years earlier. Despite being from the same small town of Maple Falls where she still lived, Kiki had managed to avoid running into him on his occasional visits home. That all changes when he returns to town to captain the Ice Breakers charity hockey team. That first reintroduction? Absolutely the best... it had me laughing out loud and really set the tone for the whole story. Not one I'll soon be forgetting! These two had such great chemistry and I loved seeing them get their second chance at happily ever after. I always love second chance romances anyway, but I definitely feel like it's great with shorter reads like this one where we already have that long history already to build upon. As much as I loved Kiki and Dan, I also absolutely adored all the side characters and the town as well. It very much has some Stars Hollow vibes--- mixed with hockey--- and I am absolutely here for it! Throw in some wonderful fall vibes... what's not to love? 

The Rebound Play is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 

You can purchase your copy here: https://amzn.to/46MtHf7