Sin Bin

A Carolina Comets Standalone

By: Teagan Hunter

Narrated by: Tim Paige, Callie Dalton

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

I should stay away.

Emilia Anderson is the team’s social media manager, and there are strict rules about not fraternizing with the staff. It doesn’t matter that we already accidentally broke them—we can’t let it happen again.

Besides, my time in the NHL is winding down, and this is my last shot at winning the Cup. I need to focus on the game, not some girl I have no business chasing.

She’s ten years younger than me.

She’s the assistant coach’s niece.

And she works for the team.

She’s off-limits…and too hard to resist.

I know better than to play this game...but it looks like I’m heading to the sin bin.

Sin Bin is a standalone age gap, forbidden romance, hockey romcom with lots of steam, wit, and fun!

©2022 Teagan Hunter (P)2023 Podium Audio

Laugh out loud, 2nd chance (kinda) hockey romance

Teagan Hunter’s Carolina Comets series is such a great read if you’re looking for a sports romance that is easy to read and hilarious. Sin Bin is the 4th book in the series and I was so excited to get an audio copy from Teagan and Valentine PR! I binged this series at the end of last year so getting to relisten to it on audio was amazing- it’s such a comfort read.

Sin Bin follows Emilia, social media guru for the Carolina Comets and Owen, a Comets player. When Emilia is assigned to do a player profile on Owen, things get a little tricky since they actually met 2 years prior and had a one-weekend-stand before they realized they worked for the same organization. Their chemistry hasn’t gone away over the last two years though, and keeping themselves in check is just a little harder than they hoped it would be.

This book made me laugh and the narrators did a phenomenal job with Emilia and Owen. If oyu want a laugh-out-loud sports romance, this series is the one for you (both as a book and in audio)!

Great book in the series!

I have been waiting for Smith and Emilia's story! We have gotten bread crumbs dropped throughout the other books and I couldn't wait to see what happened between these two!

Once again this story brings the witty banter along with the heartfelt moments. Smith and Emilia have a forbidden relationship and of course when you have that, what can go wrong? When it comes down to it though, these two show up for each other and I couldn't love them more. I love that Smith is an older hero since my husband and I are 10 years apart I can totally relate. Great story in this series!

Loved the narration. It really kept me engaged and into the story.

Sooo good!

I know you guys are probably sick of me talking about this series, but you’re going to have to deal with it. Like, 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝓎𝑜𝓊. The books are good, but the AUDIOBOOKS…whewwwwwww! Especially this one.

Emilia meets Smith in a bar after a bad break up. She decides to go home with him for a weekend between the sheets (a steamy weekend because Smith is a total 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚) before starting her new job in the social media department for the NHL team coaches. They parted ways, agreeing to never see each other again. Imagine Emilia’s surprise when she shows up to her first day of work to find that Smith is a player on the team. They immediately know they can’t move forward with any type of relationship…which works well enough for the next 2 years.

Up for a promotion, Emilia is saddled with the task of following Smith for a player profile. What starts as business ends up turning into pleasure when the 2 can’t fight the pull any longer. The team has a very strict “no fraternization” policy, but will this couple be able to keep from getting caught doing just that?

Smith is 10 years older than Emilia, which really makes for some good banter between the 2. He’s also super broody and yummy the male narrator is 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 with it. As always, Teagan’s audiobooks hit and I will definitely be circling back around for a re-listen of this one.

Audio just hits differently

I knew I loved it, but I loved it so much more when it came to life. Smith 4eva.

Such a great book!

I enjoyed book #4 in the Carolina Comets series. Emilia & Smith’s journey was funny and steamy. Their connection could definitely be felt throughout the story. I loved getting glimpses of the other characters in the series again.

Tim Paige & Callie Dalton did an amazing job portraying all the characters in this book.

Sin Bin: A Carolina Comets Standalone

OVERALL: 4.5 "oh so good that I bumped it to 5" STARS

The Carolina Comets series has been a fantastic listening experience for me thus far, and I could listen to Sin Bin forever and ever! THIS.STORY. I was entertained from beginning to end with every single circumstance in the storyline and the fire between Emilia and Owen was pure magic on all fronts!

PERFORMANCE: Tim Paige & Callie Dalton once again did a wonderful life bring this story to life for me. They work well together and do a really good job with their voices for secondary characters.

One tiny thing though (which is really not a negative or positive, but more of an opinion on my part) is that I REALLY wish the same narrators weren’t always the ones to narrate every story in a series because when you binge (like I do on many occasions) the same voices doing different main characters can really take me out of the story and sometimes it’s just really hard to imagine one voice on several different leads … I dunno, it makes me #twitchy lol

STORY: What I loved more about the journey was how it was sexually charged but not sexually driven. You’d think those two would go hand in hand, and I’m sure they could, but Teagan did this absolute word wizardry thing and made this journey a slow burn so full of sexy steam that my girlie parts were on full alert at all times! The underlying chemistry and tension was superbly done in this book and I am so frikkin happy about that because it fit not only their character, but also where they were in their own personal life journey. I know everyone has already experienced this story for over a year so I could spoil this and go into detail but I don’t want to because it took me by surprise, which is no easy feat, and I want any new reader who happens to bump into this review to be just as deliciously surprised at every turn like I was. Honestly, I could read/listen about these two forever!

This is the only series I’ve been able to read by Teagan but I’m hoping I can go back soon and enjoy some of her backlist because she has proven to be an excellent fit for me as a reader!!

I love this series so much!!

I absolutely love every one of these Carolina Comets!! Smith and Emilia are so great together. The chemistry between the two was fire from the start. I’ve been waiting for this story through the last 2 books in the series and it did not disappoint. I love the risk factor involved in their forbidden relationship and the sacrifices made were beautiful!! Tim Paige and Callie Dalton were so perfect in bringing these two to life!! Now I can’t wait for Miller!!!

More hockey fun

Smith and Emilia deliver more laughs and love in Sin Bin. The series keeps us entertained. It does not get old. The narrators made Smith and Emilia come alive. The up and down emotions were done well and made the story believable. Our characters have fun but real life interferes and they have to make a choice that could end their careers or leave them broken hearted.


Age gap/ he is 38 and she is 28. Lots of laughs and jokes.
Forbidden romance: Owen(Smith) and Emilia met 3 years ago and had a weekend stand. Then they realize their true identities. He is a NHL star and she works for the team. It’s against the rules to date the players.
Close proximity: to get a promotion, Emilia has to do one last assignment. She had to film and report on Smith for team fans. They can’t keep their hands off each other.
This story had plenty of fun. The banter and text messages were fun and sometimes dirty and steamy.
The chemistry between our characters was off the charts. Of course we get to revisit the other characters. They are a family and as with most family, they stay in your business.

loved it!

Omg Smith was amazing!! I loved his story. Such a great hockey book! I love seeing all the different relationships throughout this series.

Clueless meets clever and proves hard to resist.

Clueless meets clever and proves hard to resist. Hunter is at her best when she breaks all the rules of romance with tempting accuracy. Smith and Emilia fit that pattern to a "T". Between forbidden attraction and irresistible romance, Sin Bin is a "WINNER". Hard to forget, easy to love.