Rebel Bride

A Teammate's Ex, Forced Proximity Hockey Romance

By: Kate Meader

Narrated by: Mary Pochatko, David Lane

Summer
I can’t marry him. I have no good reason to jilt my hockey player fiancé, except that the closer we get to the big day, the more I feel myself shrinking to a hollow shell. Two minutes after I slip into the church bathroom to calm my pre-wedding jitters, I jump out the window to make my escape . . . and land on Hatch Kershaw, my fiancé’s teammate on the Chicago Rebels. This guy has always hated me for reasons I can’t fathom. Half the time he looks right through me, like I’m no better than the ice shavings on his skate blades. The other half? That brooding green gaze strips me bare and sees right into my soul. Neither option is good for me, so I really shouldn’t want his help . . . should I?

Hatch
The bride hit me like a ton of bricks. The last thing I expected was for my teammate’s bride to ask for my help in fleeing her wedding. Make that the second last—even more unexpected is that I said “yes.” Before I know it, I’ve driven her to my family’s vacation home because I’m a nice guy and she needs to catch her breath. Only now, I can’t breathe around her. Summer Landry and I have never hit it off, so why the hell am I going along with this madness? Every stolen glance and accidental touch tell me she’s off-limits, while each torturous second with her in our lakeside hideaway has me questioning everything I thought I knew about who she is and what she’s hiding. No one can know what I did—not my teammate, not my family, not the media—or all hell will break loose. Most of all, Summer can never know why I dislike her so much. Because if she did, I might not recover.

©2025 Kate Meader

Beautiful

An endearing, heartwarming, sweet and beautiful romance. Hatch and Summer are perfection together. They did have some obstacles to overcome but with the deep unconditional love they have for one another pulls them through. I enjoyed going on this adventure with them.

I think a few changes could have made all the difference.

I like this universe but this one rubbed me the wrong way. Also didn’t love the narrator which always makes a big impact on overall appeal. While I didn’t like Dash Carter I do feel like the author didn’t make him enough of a villain to warrant how it went down without making summer a little unlikeable. In addition I think that Hatch genuinely acted like he hated Summer even his internal dialogue. I feel like the internal dialogue should have reflected his deep feelings so it all didn’t seem so out of the blue and unbelievable. I adored book one and am excited for book three because I love this Rebel crew!

Hatchling

I love Theo aka Superglute’s family so much, this was a cute story. The characters are very well thought out and the author just has a knack of writing so beautifully. Can’t wait for Frankie and Jason’s book

Great story, great narration!

I loved this story and the narration! I was hooked the whole time! Thoroughly enjoyed.