No Pucking Way

Rich Demons of Hockey, Book 1

By: C.R. Jane, May Dawson

Narrated by: Troy Duran, Alexis Paige

I woke up in the hospital five years ago with no idea of who I am....

Every day, I walk aimlessly around the city, searching for anything that helps me remember my past.

I don't find it until I apply for a job at the local hockey arena, home of the NHL team, the Devils.

Three sexy hockey players inside look…familiar.

They all insist they don't know me. But they watch me. Every day.

Their silence continues until a handsome, tattooed stranger dressed in a suit saunters into the arena and starts sweet-talking me.

Then they jump off the ice, ready to fight him to the death. And for some reason…he seems ready to return the favor.

Now, I'm being swept into a life of glamorous darkness…and into a war between men I evidently used to love.

©2023 C. R. Jane (P)2024 Podium Audio

Terrific, but not a standalone!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🩵🖤❤️💜💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: ☹️☺️😍😄🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Kennedy - she wakes up in the hospital one day with no memories of her past. She was terrified when she realizes that she doesn’t even know who she is. She is told that she was hit by a car and has been in a coma for a month. She is told that it is post traumatic amnesia and that most of her memories will probably come back at some point. She was also disturbed to find out that she had no one, no friends or family to help her deal with it. After a long stay in the hospital, the staff chips in for a down payment on an apartment and donated some clothes and furniture.

The Heroes: Sebastian, Carter & Jack - Professional hockey players and the three star players for the Devils (one a forward, one a defenseman and one a goalie). They were all hot and well known and lived together in a mansion.

Greyson - known as “The Jackal”, he is the leader of the Jackals mafia organization. He had never gotten over Kennedy. He had been searching for her for years and had just found her a week ago. He had pursued her relentlessly until their separation five years ago. His former “brothers” had hidden her from him and gotten rid of any trace of her.

The Story: Five years after waking up in the hospital, Kennedy still hasn’t gotten any of her memories back. She was working at a smoothie place but one day she feels drawn to the professional hockey arena while she was in that neighborhood with a friend. She finds out online that they are hiring and puts in her application for a job. The sounds of people skating felt homey to her and she felt comfortable there, so when she is offered the job at the bar attached to the arena, she accepts. She tries skating and finds that she is good at it and knew what she was doing.

Kennedy found herself looking at the three star hockey players more than she should have, but they seemed to be watching her as well. But when she asked them if they had met before, they told her they hadn’t. She found herself feeling jealous when she saw each of them with other women and she was determined to stay away from them. She was also drawn to the handsome man called Greyson that she met outside the arena one night. When he asks her for a date, she readily agrees. The only other thing that really disturbed me was when I found out that unlike most sports romance books, this story continues to the next book. I tend to like stand-alone books much better than books with cliffhangers.

I really enjoyed this story, because it isn’t often you see sports romance and reverse harem tropes together. I liked all the guys, and in a way, I saw why they did what they did, since they wanted to keep Kennedy out of danger. Though I did think that leaving her alone for five years to navigate the world without her memory was pretty harsh. Though it did make for an interesting story. One thing that I thought should have been addressed more was the fact that Kennedy didn’t really seem to question the fact that she was so attracted to four different men at the same time. I thought she would question that a bit more.

This audiobook was in multiple points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Alexis Paige and Troy Duran. Troy is one of my favorite male narrators. He has a deep, sexy voice and is great at using different voices for different characters, which is perfect for a book like this. Alexis Paige is pretty good at doing different voices as well and she has a nice voice that is easy to listen to.

Jesus the drama!!!!

Jesus the drama!!!! This story was good - I hate that it is a cliff hanger but it was a good story. There were some parts where I felt like there was a gap in the story and maybe that will be filled in the next book. Overall tho a good story.

No Pucking Way

⭐⭐⭐ 3 Stars

🌶️🌶️ 2/5 pepper

🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration

I was really excited to read/listen (I read and listen in tandem) to No Pucking Way, as I’ve been on a huge C.R. Jane kick lately. The story was extremely intriguing to me; however, it was painfully clear to tell that this book was written by two different authors, which I know can be very tricky when doing a co-write. However, it was easy to tell where one author started and the other ended.

I honestly hated all the MMC’s but Greyson. He was the only one not involved in her ‘new life’ so he’s much easier to forgive, but the other guys not so much. I bet if C.R. had written the whole thing their behavior would have been a lot different, but just my take. This is definitely not a spicy book, so I’m interested to see if the heat picks up in book 2.

The narration was absolutely phenomenal. I’ve fallen in love with Alexis Paige’s narration, and she really brought the character of Kennedy to life. And there’s never any question that Troy killed it, as usual.

what a reeling storyline

this was a good one. I can't wait to get into the next one! 3.5 out of 5 on the spice scale

Meh

Too much going on in this book between 4 men and 1 woman. Ended on a cliffhanger but don’t really care what happened. Too much information left out of the story and too many men reminding her she is theirs. Just a very odd storyline and it’s hard to connect with. Love the narrators though!! Both have amazing voices that are easy to listen too.