The Love Trick by Kristine W. Joy: Book Review

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

The Book

Don’t tell lies. Otherwise, you might end up stuck in Hawaii, pretending to be in love with your best friend just to save face at your little sister’s wedding.

I’m nearly thirty and forever alone.

But my little sister is getting married to the man of my parents’ dreams … and my love life—or lack thereof—is back in the spotlight.

When I blurted out that I was bringing a boyfriend to the wedding, I was just as surprised as my family was.

Enter Blaze—my NHL star best friend—who reluctantly agrees to help me save face.

Now, we’re in Hawaii, pretending to be the perfect couple.

But the more time we spend together, the harder it is to deny the chemistry between us.

And the feelings for him that I buried in college are quickly bubbling to the surface.

Suddenly, every touch, every laugh, every dance, feels like it could be something more.

Something … real.

I thought this fake relationship would be easy. But now, the stakes are higher than ever.

Because if I let myself fall for him, there’s no going back.

The Love Trick is a closed-door, friends to lovers, fake dating hockey romcom. It's the second standalone novel in Kristine W. Joy's Glacier Hockey Series.

The Author

Kristine W. Joy is an Amazon Bestselling Author who loves creating sweet and swoony stories full of sizzling chemistry and laugh-out-loud banter. She prefers her coffee iced and her kisses hot. When she's not dreaming up romance novels or writing from a cozy coffee shop in Northern California, she is spending time with her hubby and toddler. Becoming a published author was a lifelong dream. Becoming a momma was the inspiration to make it a reality.

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Book Review

The Love Trick is the second book in the Glaciers Hockey series. While those who read the first book will enjoying spending more time with this team, I do believe this could be enjoyed just fine as a standalone. 

Whether it's cowboys, celebrities or hockey players, I've yet to pick up a Kristine W. Joy book that I didn't absolutely adore... and this one no exception! Hockey + fake dating + friends to lovers!? What's not to love about that. Right from the start, I loved the friendship between Blaze and Addy... he is the perfect best friend, always jumping at the chance to be there for her however she needs him. But when she asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend for her sister's wedding--- he's a little more reluctant. Having grown up in foster care, she's his person, his only family and he does not want to mess anything up. While I don't personally agree, I do know that one common complaint that some readers have against friends to love is that they think that fear isn't realistic... but in this story? Oh, you absolutely feel it! This story takes you on a roller coaster of emotions, in the best way possible and I was here for all of it. The pining and confusion? So good. The chemistry between these two when they finally get that first (and second) kiss? Oh my goodness, yes, please! Truly, I could not get enough! 

The Love Trick is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 


You can purchase your copy here: https://amzn.to/42ndyw9