If You Want Me

The Toronto Terror Series

De: Helena Hunting

Narrado por: Zachary Webber, Stella Bloom

A standalone age-gap, best friend's daughter hockey romance.

If I had known how irrevocably my life was about to change, I would have walked the other way after talking to my coach. I should have taken any other route out of the Toronto Terror head office.

But I didn’t and now–everything is different.

At first I didn’t recognize the woman doing a victory dance down the hall when she thought no one was watching.

Until she turned around.

And that beautiful smile was aimed at me.

There is no woman more off limits.

She’s the team princess.

And my best friend’s daughter.

*This is Hollis Hendrix's standalone novel. If you want to meet Hollis before you listen to this book, check out If You Hate Me, Rix and Tristan's story.

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Age gap- best friend’s daughter Hockey romance

Angst ridden couple with a secret attraction makes for a sexy story, but this one is overly long and in need of a good edit. The reader should not have to be bludgeoned with the reasons why each main character is uncertain of the other or why each has a few life decisions coming up. 33 year old Hollis is working hard in a comeback from an injury when he begins to notice that his older best friend’s almost 21 year old daughter has matured into a competent, beautiful, and sexy young woman that he can’t keep his eyes off. For her part Peggy Aurora Hammerstein, or the hockey Princess known as Hammer has an unfulfilled crush on her goalie dad’s best friend. She’s in her senior year in college, interning for the team as a star assistant event planner, still babied by her over protective single dad, concerned over his impending retirement, worried her budding romantic relationship with Hollis will be outed before it is solid and before they are secure enough to not be threatened by appearance of Hollis’s move star first love. The usual lack of confidence and communication causes stress and pressure on the relationship but what is only a few weeks seems to the reader to drag on forever. Again a hot and sweet relationship with real possibilities. Yes she is immature in handling relationships but very together in her career goals at 21 where he at 33 is still figuring out a backup plan or 2nd career once he can’t play hockey and equally inexperienced in romance having been hurt by his ex a decade earlier and choosing to focus on hockey after that. Older Best friend/dad Roman also plays into the story as being ready to transition with his career but not quite willing to accept that his little girl is now an adult. A good story that just needed tightening up. Excellent narration though as Stella Blooms sugary sweet if sometimes whiney voice fits the persona of Aurora and Zach Webber is perfect as the sexy if relationship hesitant Hollis. Well Worth a credit even though too wordy not only for the main storyline but also for filling out the information about the rest the team and set ups for future books in the series.

Loved

Loved this book. The narrators were great and I’m already loving this series by Helena.

The Male Narrator!!!!

I got hooked on this author after listening to If You Hate Me, and hot damn she did not disappoint with this either! The story was so cute, the pining and slow burn was delicious. My favorite part was the male narrator and how well he read his chapters, you could hear the emotion in his voice when he read Hollis’ chapters. If you like hockey spice this is a MUST read!

A forbidden romance

Talk about a forbidden romance! Peggy Aurora Hammerstein has grown up around hockey players her whole life, as her father is a star player for the Toronto Terror. And the one rule her father has is don’t date hockey players. Not only is Hollis Hendrix a hockey player, he’s an older by 12 years, and he’s her father’s best friend. But the attraction to Hollis has been developing overtime and as Aurora has grown into a beautiful woman, Hollis has started to notice her as well.

GOAL!!! Amazing hockey romance

This series has been incredible, and this book is no exception. Even though it’s a stand alone, going in order helps the reader to see how the characters evolve and all the little dynamics. Highly recommend for hockey fans.