Moms of Mayhem

A Small Town Single Mom Hockey Romance (Mayhem Hockey Club, Book 1)

De: Aimee Vance

Narrado por: Vanessa Moyen, Lee Samuels

Starting over was never part of the playbook. Fresh off a failed marriage and years of putting everyone else first, Emmy Hudson returns to her small hometown determined to rebuild a life for her and her teenage son, Jace. With her brother close by and Jace joining the once-elite Mayhem Hockey Club, it seems like the perfect second chance. Beckett Conway is back in Linwood for the worst reasons: a blown-out hip, a tanked NHL season, and a mom whose health is declining too fast for his liking. Coaching the local youth hockey team wasn’t on his rehab checklist, but watching Jace sneak onto his backyard pond to practice brings back everything he loved about this little mountain town. Too bad Jace’s mom is sarcastic, stubborn, and somehow the most attractive woman he’s ever bantered with. As if that wasn’t enough, Emmy is his best friend’s sister and in charge of clearing him to play again. Sparks fly, lines blur, and before long, Emmy discovers that maybe finding herself means letting someone else in, even if that someone was the last person she expected to fall for.

©2025 Aimee Vance (P)2025 Aimee Vance

Beckett & Emmy

I absolutely loved this brother's best friend, hockey romance. Beckett and Emmy were perfection.

Lee Samuels and Vanessa Moyen were the best pick for these two characters!

Thank you Home Cooked Books for the ALC!

Part Hockey Romance/ Part Sweetest Supportive Mom-Com

Tropes & Notes: Hockey Romance • Brother’s Best Friend • Single Mom • Starting Over After Divorce • Small Town • 35+ MC’s • Found Family • Moms Supporting & Making Friends with Other Moms

Recap Quickie: Emmy Hudson-Meyers and her 15-year-old, hockey-playing son Jace have settled into Emmy’s small hometown in CO after moving across the country and away from Emmy’s lying, cheating ex-husband. Beckett Conway, right wing for the NHL’s Denver Yetis, is home for the first time in a decade- recovering from hip surgery and visiting his mom who’s been in poor health. Beckett and his childhood best friend Ty (Emmy’s brother) decide to team up to coach Jace’s hockey team. Beckett must find physical therapy and training in Linwood and guess who just happens to be qualified to do both: Emmy! Bring on the stretching!

Emmy has built a lovely Pilates studio and begun finding supportive fun girl friends who feel like family. And Beckett... is a FLIRT and sees that Emmy has grown up to be an amazing person (and hot hockey mom)! Emmy can’t help but find him attractive too and things heat up between them. But Beckett’s stay in Linwood is temporary and Emmy’s heart is protective of her and Jace after her divorce. Will she play it safe or let herself believe in love one more time?

My Thoughts & 40+ Appeal: This was just such a good one. I love me a spicy romance but
when you throw in women SEEING and supporting other women, I just melt. It’s my kryptonite. It made me swoon, it made me cry, it made slide into the author’s DM’s. Women DO lovingly support other women all the time- in wonderfully non-judgmental ways- even when they’re different- or have different parenting philosophies or styles. And yes of course we sometimes judge too! But everyone already knows about that! So it’s nice to see this lovely side written about too. Thank you Aimee Vance! 🫶🏻

Anyway- back to the romance...Emmy and Beckett were the BEST (and fittest) couple ever! There was a LOT of character development so I feel like we really got to know them. I hope we get to see a lot of them (and Jace) in future books. The pacing seemed pretty realistic for a mom who wanted to prioritize her teen and not introduce him to a love interest too soon. Between all of the above plus the MC’s being 35+, this book can really appeal to the 40+ crowd!

Narrator Vibes: Vanessa Moyen & Lee Samuels were gooood in this ‘dual’ narration which I always enjoy. In case you’re new to audio- dual (in this case) is where each narrator reads their entire POV chapter all male/ female/ etc. parts. I actually really liked Vanessa’s male voice! It was breathy and hot! And Lee had to take on some emotional moments: regret, vulnerability, fear, and trauma. I thought his understated way of doing so was spot on and matched Beckett’s energy.

Spice: 2.5/5

Courtesy advanced copy from the author and Home Cooked Books (thank you)!

Witty and entertaining with great narration

Moms of Mayhem is single mum Emmy Hudson and professional hockey player Beckett Conway’s story set in the small town of Linwood. It’s book one in the Mayhem Hockey Club and it’s the first book I have listened to by this author but it won’t be the last because I loved everything about this book.
When an injury forces Beckett off the ice he takes up coaching the Mayhem Hockey Club and that’s where he bumps heads with one of his teenage boys mum, Emmy Hudson……..
Emmy only wants the best for her son Jace and that means making sure his new hockey coach sees him for what he’s worth and that’s when things get real interesting. What follows is a story that’s entertaining, engaging and witty.
I fell hard and fast for Beckett and I adored Emmy but what took this book to another level was he humour and depth this story had.
Vanessa Moyen and Lee Samuels did a great job bringing the characters and their story to life. They were spot on with the banter, the passion and the drama plus they were easy on the ears.

What a great start to this series!

Single mom Emmy moves back home to heal not only her broken heart but her son’s broken spirit. Her ex, Ryan, sure did a number on both of them. Emmy is determined to start over in her hometown by opening her own Pilates studio. Her son, Jace, will also start over on a different hockey team in this small town. Emmy’s brother, Ty, has retired from professional hockey and is running the family hardware store & quietly supporting Emmy & Jace as they begin to acclimate to their new life.

Then Beckett Conway shows up in town to rehab his hip after surgery & check in on his mom who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s but has told no one. Beckett tries to face the reality of his aging body and how hard it will be to rehab & take care of his mom. He is assigned to check in with a local physical therapist who just happens to be Emmy. Beckett falls hard from the beginning but is worried that Ty is not going to like him messing with his sister.

The hockey team - The Mayhem - lose their coach & the kids are not happy that they may not have a season. Then Beckett & Ty step up to coach them for the season - or until Beckett is done with rehab & heads back to play with his professional hockey team.

This story dies a great job of show us how important family is no matter if it is blood or a found family. Also, then side characters that are introduced give us a glimpse of the great stories yet to come.

The narrators did a phenomenal job in bringing this story to life.

I LOVED everything about Moms of Mayhem!

Aimee Vance is a new to me author and I fell completely in love with her writing. All of the characters were so lovable and relatable that you'll want to be a part of their found family. Emmy & Beckett's banter was top tier and so much fun! I loved that she didn't hold back on her sass and he never tried to dim her light. She's a fierce momma bear that holds no bars when it comes to her son. And Beckett. That man! When he decided she was his he went all in and proved to be even better than the book boyfriends he delivered to her door.
The way Emmy & Beckett so organically went from enemies to friends to lovers was written with all the heart and humor I love about listening to romance. Vanessa Moyen & Lee Samuels were absolutely incredible bringing this couple and story to life. They delivered the perfect blend of fun, emotions, banter, and heat to make you feel like you were truly part of the story.
Through Beckett falling in love with Emmy, he realized everything he was running from when he left home just didn't matter anymore. All he saw was the future he wanted laid out in front of him and set out to make it happen. I loved Jace so much and the relationship he and Beckett formed was priceless. I am so excited for more from this author and series.