Loving Ladybug: Part One

HockeyVerse, Book 3

By: Jane Handler

Narrated by: P. J. Morgan, Derek Prince

They call me Ladybug.

I'm the only female EBUG for the New York Knights. I'm starting goalie for my university team. I'm also just a beta. At least according to my knothead ex. Ugh.

But I'll show him. I'm going to focus and find what used to make me special as a goalie so I can get signed after graduation. Even if putting myself out there is a risk.

At least I have friends who will help me. Like Tenzin, the Knight's new alpha defender, who, like me, is getting over a broken heart. And Clark, the alpha forward I befriended last season, who is a skating ray of sunshine.

Maybe, just maybe, I'd like to be more than friends with Tenzin and Clark. There's something there, something that could lead to a happily ever after–even if with my past, I probably don't deserve one.

My feelings for them grow by the day, but will they still care for me once they know what I've done?

Loving Ladybug, Part One, is a why-choose-omegaverse friends-to-lovers hockey romance and is the first book in a duet. It's ultimately m/m/f. Part one of this duet ends on a cliffhanger with an HEA in part two. This duet is part of the HockeyVerse, but you don't need to have listened to Finding the Forward to enjoy it.

©2025 Jane Handler (P)2025 Podium Audio

Great narration of a great book

The narrators did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. This is one of my favorite reads so I was thrilled to learn it was being made into an audiobook. Highly recommend if you love OV romances with beta FMCs, protective cinnamon roll MMCs, and diverse side characters.

Onky wish it was in duet narration!

This book is also a CHONK!
I was really interested in reading Gwen's story and this one was really intriguing.
Gwen's background is INSANE!
She had moments where I wanted to roll my eyes at her stubbornness and refusal to just communicate. The same with Tenzin. He has his own hangups that are totally warranted but still 😏
Clark is just the most adorable thing ever and I adore him!
I did a read /listen if this one and the audiobook was ok. It was done in dual narration which isn't my favorite because I'm not a huge fan of men doing female voices and vice versa. It just kind of takes something away from the story.
That being said they did a good job for the most part.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📚 overall story
🌶️🌶️🌶️ spice level
⭐⭐⭐⭐🎤 voice performances
🎙️ recorded in dual narration
1st person POV
Multiple POVs