Settling the Score

The Karma Club, Book 4

By: Clare Connelly

Narrated by: Sandra-Mae Lux

One week. One wedding. One last chance to break his heart… before he steals hers all over again...

For fans of Ali Hazelwood, Abby Jimenez and Meghan Quinn!

Tropes:

Second chance romance

Enemies to lovers

Forced proximity (destination wedding)

Redemption arc

Hockey player MMC

Karma comes to those who wait…

Small town sweetheart, Sienna Mastrangelo has spent years dreaming of payback against her ex. Why should Aiden Carter—NHL superstar and global heartthrob—get to leave her behind while she picks up the pieces of the life he shattered? So when The Karma Club formed, it felt like fate had stepped in. Along with her new best friends they each had a chance to serve up some just desserts on the ex’s that wronged them. But when plans for Aiden’s comeuppance fall through, it’s time for Sienna to settle the score!

Now, with a gorgeous Italian island wedding as her playground, Sienna has one week to make Aiden fall hard, beg for a second chance… then dump him without a backward glance. Throw in a few pranks, some strategic seduction—easy, right? Except their chemistry is hotter than ever, and as the games heat up, so do the long-buried truths...keeping her heart locked away becomes a challenge like none other. But when it comes to this hockey god, there’s no way she’s handing over the key again, even if Karma does have some plans of its own.

©2025 Clare Connelly (P)2025 Boldwood Books

Love Sienna & Aiden!

The chemistry between Sienna & Aiden is simply too strong to fight from the beginning. Sienna might have plans to spend her friend's wedding showing Aiden how unaffected she was when he left her behind for a bright future with the NHL however she really does not know how to keep it together once she sees Aiden again. Aiden thought seeing Sienna again would not bother him much. Unfortunately, he loses the battle & cannot stay away. He never shared his true reasons for leaving & abruptly breaking-up with Sienna so long ago.

I did not really enjoy listening to the narrator for this book. There is very little inflection or adjustments made to voices especially male voices. Although, changes in the female voices was much better. If not for the story itself, I might have passed on the book.

The book is filled with some great tropes: second chance romance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, hockey player, surprise pregnancy. The Karma Club Series is so much fun! Just to note though, this audio can be listened to as a standalone.