Make Me Yours

Chicago Railers Hockey, Book 1

De: Jennifer Sucevic

Narrado por: Vanessa Edwin, Christian Fox

A steamy friends-to-lovers, off-limits, pro hockey romance from USA Today and Amazon top #26 bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic.

Steele Sanderson has always been my safe place. My best friend. My constant. My person. So when I walk in on my boyfriend—who also happens to be my boss—screwing a colleague on his desk, it’s Steele who picks up the pieces.

Now I’m living in his penthouse, crashing in his guest room, and working as his assistant while I figure out what’s next. Every day, I tell myself this is temporary. That just because he looks at me like I already belong to him doesn’t mean I actually do. Except... Steele doesn’t see it that way.

To him, I’ve always been his. The only one he’s ever wanted. The only one he’s ever loved. He’s protective. Possessive. And done waiting.

I keep telling myself that crossing the line could ruin everything—that risking our friendship isn’t worth it. But when he offers a friends-with-benefits arrangement, promising to give me everything I’ve secretly craved, how can I possibly say no?

It doesn’t take long for the lines between us to blur. Now I have to decide—keep pretending nothing’s changed or finally give in to the man who’s been right in front of me all along.

Make Me Yours is a swoony, boy-obsessed, friends-to-lovers steamy romance with close proximity, undeniable tension, and a hero who has always been all in. It’s the first book in the Chicago Railers series and can be listened to as a standalone.

©2025 Jennifer Sucevic (P)2025 Jennifer Sucevic

A Great Start to a new series

This is the perfect friends to lovers story if I have ever read one. This book is a continuation of the college hockey series from the same author. I love seeing how these players have moved into their adult hockey careers and all of the found family relationships that exist. This book does a great job of laying the foundation for the entire series and setting us up for the all the characters That we could potentially get stories from.

Not to be out done though, is Steele and Lilah’s love story. The opening pages grip you with the scene that Lilah walks in on with her boyfriend and an associate of the law firm. As the story unfolds from there, Lilah needs to get away from the situation so she goes and lives with Steele. Steele Sanderson is the captain and center for the Chicago Railers professional hockey team and has been Lilah’s best friend since college. Steele sees this as his opportunity to make the move that he’s always wanted to. This book is not only love friends to lovers, but it is also a very slow burn and the tension leading up to their spicy moments is amazing. There are two significant spicy scenes that you’ve got to listen to the book to experience them. One is a shower scene and one involves a cigar and a coffee table. 😈🥵🔥

This author has set us up for a great series and I cannot wait for the next stories and I really hope that we get River and Callie‘s story as well as the story that’s brewing with the two owners, Hugh and Evelyn. It would be so great to have a romance between these older owners and it sounds like their backstory is an amazing one. This audiobook is a must listen and should be added to your TBL immediately.

Sweet Best Friends to Lovers w/ FABULOUS narration

This was an auto buy for me with Christian Fox and Vanessa Edwin narrating this audiobook in DUET narration. The cadence of both their voices flowed so well together. I could not get enough of their voices and how they flowed so well they flowed together. Both of these narrators are favorites of mine because of the way they are able to embody each character and bring out the emotions whether they are happy, worried or in the throes of passion and once again these two were able to deliver such a phenomenal performance that was such a delight to listen to perform.

Steele waiting for his chance with his best friend paid off in the best way. Lilah might have had her world turned upside down in the beginning of the book but Steele was there to be her safe space. And that man made my heart melt with everything he did for her just because he wanted to give her everything. I really enjoyed how low drama this story was with the characters handling each situation with maturity and the other person’s best interest in mind.

I adored Steele in this book with his steady presence and how he never pressured Lilah. He just went at her pace and did his best to always put her first. And Lilah handled each situation that she encountered so level headed and in a mature fashion.

Once these two get past the barrier of being just friends they are absolutely combustible. Steele has a such a dirty mouth and Lilah eats it up. The trust they have in each other from being best friends for so long really shows in the trust they have together in intimate settings.

This might have been my first Jennifer Sucevic book but it will not be the last. I cannot wait to see what comes next for the Chicago Railers hockey team.

Hockey romance goodness

Make Me Yours was an amazing friends to lovers romance with all the romance you could want. Steele is a hockey player who has been in love with his bestie for a long time. Lilah caught her fiancé cheating on her at work and went to the only person who she knew would give her what she needed, Steele. Steele is epitome of golden retriever MMC, he’s caring, thoughtful and so in love with Lilah. The thing that I loved most about Steele is that he never pushed Lilah for more, he was happy with just being her friend if that’s all he could be. I absolutely devoured Make Me Yours, it was exactly what my hockey romance heart wanted. Vanessa Edwin and Christian Fox rocked this books narration.

a dom daddy and no 3rd act breakup!? yes please

I really enjoyed this story. I love best friends to lovers. there was no 3rd act breakup which is refreshing and a relief because that always gives me anxiety waiting for it but no anxiety needed. the spice was hot and natural for these characters. Steele is a dom daddy, my goodness. Lila didn't know what she was getting herself into. what a wonderful surprise. you have to own this book.

the narrators killed it. I was so excited when I saw Christian Fox was a narrator. I don't see him as often so I had to listen. the female narrator is always a must for me but pair that with a great male narrator and it be a duet narration and its perfection.

Deep love and patience

Great story with great narrators. Enjoyed all the supporting characters in this story too! Emotional and deep love finally a success!

Best Friends to Roommates to Benefits to Lovers

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶
Heat/Angst: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Narrating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧.5

This is the first book in Jennifer Sucevic's newest series, Chicago Railers Hockey. This best friend duo is recognizable due to them coming from her previous series, Western Wildcat Hockey. They are just older and now in a professional working world.

Tropes:
🏒 Hockey Romance
🥐 Best Friends to Lovers
🏒 Friend with Benefits
🥐 Roommates
🏒 Golden Retriever MMC
🥐 Found Family
🏒 He Falls First & Hard
🥐 Hidden Feelings for Years as

Steele is the Captain and Center for the Chicago Railers Hockey team. He gives off pure golden retriever vibes, and he's in love with his best, Lilah. He also calls her his lucky charm. We've all read about hockey players' superstitions, and Lilah is Steele's.

Lilah is a lawyer and has worked hard to get where she is, all too make her family happy. She doesn't really know herself, thinking the life her parents want for her is the correct thing. Her parents even picked out her boyfriend, another lawyer that she works with.

After catching her boyfriend doing something wrong, it ends her relationship, and Lilah turns to the only person who has always cared about her, Steele.

Steele gets Lilah to live with him and work for him while she decides what she wants to do with her future. All Steele knows is that he wants to be her future.

He has wanted Lilah to be his since they met freshman year in college. The only thing is Lilah has never looked at him as me than a friend. So, Steele has never told her his feelings and kept them to himself. He'd rather keep her as his friend than lose her forever.

Things are about to change now that they are living together. Steele doesn't want to throw all his feelings at her after she just got out of a bad break up. He suggests they start with friend's with benefits to help show Lilah what she's been missing and wants in the bedroom. He just goes is enough to make her stay forever.

I really liked this couple and their banter. Steele was pure golden retriever and would do anything to make Lilah happy. He even got her a kitten for his place that they named Waffles.

Steele was a perfect book boyfriend. His caring and loving side was perfect. I don't see how Lilah missed it. I think she felt the connection but chose to ignore it. She dated nothing but lovers that didn't make her feel anything like Steele done on a regular basis.

I do wish there was more of a lot to this book. It was just missing something for me in this book. It didn't give me enough. There was no drama, no suspense. The spice didn't give me enough either. Steele apparently was a dom and gave off those vibes in the bedroom. Yet, it just skipped over the parts in those scenes. Like it would start out as something good was about to happen from the way he was commanding her and the building up to that spicy scene. Then it just fell flat and skipped over it. I wanted more and thought there would be.

The narrators in this book did a great job. I've listened to a few books narrated by Christian Fox. He has a really nice voice to listen to. I wish he would have acted out certain scenes better than he did. Those scenes didn't really match up to how Vanessa Edwins acted them out. This was a duet narration, so his parts didn't always line up to how she delivered it.