Blurb:

Roe Monroe

Taking a lap in hockey purgatory wasn’t in my plan, but I guess even hockey players don’t plan on blowing out a knee, much less picking up some bad habits on how to deal with the injury.

Fox River Falls wasn’t in the plan either, a town where gossip spreads faster than a slapshot and the local coffee shop doubles as a soap opera set.

I’m here to earn my way back to the NHL—not to flirt with the grumpy carpenter who hates everything I stand for.

Too bad his kid worships me, his scowl kind of turns me on, and his quiet, steady belief in me? Yeah, that’s dangerous.

I’m not here to stay. But he’s making me want things I swore I’d given up on.

Gabe Thatcher

I build things with my hands, raise my kid, and avoid the gossip that Fox River Falls loves so well.

Roe Monroe is exactly the kind of trouble I don’t want, don’t need.

He’s cocky, chaotic, and everything I swore I wouldn’t let near my son—or my heart.

But he sees something in me I stopped believing was there. And when he looks at me, I forget my name.

Somehow, he fits into the life I thought I was building alone.

The Games We Play Season 2 is the second season of this multi-author minor league hockey romance series! All titles run concurrently through the same hockey season and the books can be read in any order, so jump in anywhere!

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Review:

Apparently this was the time of new to me authors because this is the third in a row (fourth if you count Tortuga since I’ve only read one or two of) and I have loved every single one! France’s character dynamics are so fun and sweet.

I loved how much Roe enjoyed pushing Gabe’s buttons but also how much he truly saw of the grumpy single dad. He understood him, helped push him out of his little bubble, challenging him to truly live for more than his son. It was so very sweet and I couldn’t get enough. And the little family they slowly create together … *sigh* just the sweetest. And I loved how they supported each other in their short term and long term needs. I just … *ugh* gonna say it again, so sweet!

The Five Hole just hit so many of my tropes – small town charm, grumpy/sunshine, single dad, athlete, sweet AND spicy. I’ll definitely be checking out other books by France because if they are all like this? *swoon*