Surprise for the Sniper

Connecticut Comets Hockey, Book 2

By: Siena Trap

Narrated by: Jaclyn Kelso, John William Maddux

I loved a boy once. I let him go to chase his dreams.

But he doesn't know I kept a piece of him with me.

Benji Mills took the opportunity and ran as far as he could from our small town. Now he's one of the star members of the Connecticut Comets hockey team. His speed and skill rule the ice, and his sharp-shooting skills have earned him a reputation as a sniper.

No matter how hard I try, I can't forget about him.

His silver-gray eyes haunt my dreams every night, but when the morning comes, I still find myself staring directly into them.

I can't escape the impression he's left on my life.

I never thought I'd see him again, but he's back. And he just found out I've been keeping the secret of a lifetime.

Sometimes the best surprises come in small packages.

Surprise for the Sniper is the second book in the Connecticut Comets Hockey series but can be listened to as a standalone. The Connecticut Comets Hockey series is a spin-off of Scoring the Princess from the Remington Royals series.

©2025 Siena Trap (P)2025 Podium Audio

Really enjoyed listening to Benji and Liv’s story

Loved hearing Benji and Liv’s story come to life on audio!
Jaclyn and John did a great job with Knox’s and Beau’s kid voice!

Surprise for the Sniper

Surprise for the Sniper leans hard into emotion-forward, second-chance romance, delivering a story that’s less about flashy twists and more about reckoning with the past, rebuilding trust, and redefining family. At its heart, this is a secret-baby reunion story that asks difficult questions: What do you owe someone you loved when you didn’t know the full truth? and Can love survive years of silence and resentment? The author doesn’t rush those answers showing that the emotional payoff is earned through confrontation, vulnerability, and gradual healing.

Dear Author

I really wanted to love this book however the main female character had a split personality. She cannot be mad at him for what she did. Make it, make sense. Her reasons to be mad need to be something we understand. Maybe its because he never came back. Better yet, after he made it big she should have tried to reach out. Help us like her.
Also him being a manho was a big ick. Make him likeable. Why didn't he ever turn back? There were people that loved him and his back story didn't cover this. A few simple changes and this could be a great book.

Surprise for the Sniper

Surprise for the Sniper by Siena Trap — 3.5 ⭐️
MMC: Benji Mills - 26
FMC: Liv - 26

🖤hockey MMC
🤍second chance
🖤surprise pregnancy/kid
🤍hockey/sports romance

This is the second book in the series.
This audiobook is narrated by Jaclyn Kelso and William Maddux. I haven’t heard William before but he worked well for Benji.
I loved a boy once. I let him go to chase his dreams. However, he doesn’t know I kept a piece of him with me.
They lose their virginity to each other whenever they’re younger. Benji goes off to become a superstar hockey player and she didn’t want to hold him back with a baby. Fast forward nine years… the first scene with Benji is him in bed with TWO women. SMH. Benji is back in his local hometown during the off season.. this is whenever he sees a little boy that strikingly looks like him… he gets his answers whenever Liv’s mother picks up her grandson. Benji realizes that Knox (8 years old) is his whenever he sees them at a youth hockey camp. Loved that Benji put the pieces together and figured it out quickly. Now Benji & Liv learn to co-parent, Knox. Liv is a nurse. The relationship was SO slow. It kinda got old. Liv was always icing Benji out (even though she was the one who let him leave…& she kept the kid from him) the moment Knox called Benji daddy and said ily 🫶🏻 was so cute! They moved to Connecticut with Benji. It was amazing watching Benji’s character growth.

Great Narrators but the MFC is annoying

I love series around sports romance, but the MFC was insecure, too prideful, and not honestly too worried about others to deserve the MMC. This would have been “OK” in the beginning of the story but the character never evolved. She was t held accountable for how her superiority complex made the MMC feel. While she was, “trying to do the right thing,” she was thoughtless of how her actions could eventually affect others and she stayed on that high horse all the way through the story. The story had the potential to be really awesome..but it dragged on 3/4 of the way through and then was hastily wrapped up with a bow on top with the MMC caving on everything like it was all his fault and his shortcomings. Super disappointing.