The Ice Kiss: Rick & Gio's Story

Standalone Fake Relationship Hockey Romance

By: L. Steele

Narrated by: Shane East, Samantha Brentmoor

Length: 15 hrs

Publisher's summary

He’s the new hockey team captain
Also my roommate
And now my fake fiancé....

When I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me, I quit my job, and move to take up a role as the PR manager for a hockey team.
Only problem? There’s a mix up.

Now I’m stuck sharing a flat with the grumpy, hockey captain who's a former marine.

Worse? (or is that better?) there’s only one bed!
Even worse? My ex too has moved, as the captain of the rival team, ugh!
When my enigmatic roomie realizes how much I want revenge he comes up with a plan.

He asks me to pose as his fake fiancée on his trip home.
In return I get to be seen with him, and show up my ex.
I’ve sworn off men, there’s no way I can fall for him.
But what happens when sparks fly?

This is a standalone roommates to lovers, fake relationship, one-bed, hockey romance with a possessive hero, a woman who doesn't hesitate to go toe-to-toe with him, and a champagne guzzling Great Dane who plays matchmaker by mistake. HEA guaranteed. Download NOW.

©2023 Laxmi Hariharan (P)2023 Laxmi Hariharan

Excellent hockey romance!

The Ice Kiss, an Audiobook by L. Steele is the deeply emotional, vengeful, touching story of Rick and Gio (Goldie). Oh my!!! What a convoluted, tragic, tender read!! Rick is the new Captain of the Ice Kings hockey team. Gio is head of marketing and PR for the team. But, there is more here than meets the eye!!! There are ulterior motives at work…things aren’t what they seem. Full of twists, turns, and shocks! My head was swimming from all the twists.

Loved the two characters and their push/pull relationship that continues throughout the book…plus, a multitude of revelations that occur when you least suspect them…they’ll make you grind your teeth!!! Then there’s some surprise appearances by some unexpected treasures!! LOVED THIS STORY!!!

This Audiobook was narrated by Shane East and Samantha Brentwood. Love Shane’s voice!!! His smooth, lyrical, masculine tones really breathes life to Rick’s character and makes him sound divine! Samantha brings out the spunk and fortitude of Gio…as well as the angst she brings to the table. Wonderful performances all around!!

WOW!

No one can write HOT and STEAMY like L. Steele! This book had me laughing crying and whatever comes between. You get it All, perfectly imperfect. Georgina and Rick has chemistry like off the charts!!My ears are on fire and if this was a physical book and if this was Medieval times the pages would be on fire. But I digress. If you want panty melting narration get Shane East to read your books! The man is a genius when it comes to narrating a book. Bravo L. Steele and Shane East job well DONE!!!

Emotional and sizzling romance!

This fake relationship romance was an emotional and steamy rollercoaster ride. Giorgina (Gio) moved to London after leaving her cheating ex to become the London Ice-Kings new PR manager. What she didn't expect was to have to room with their new hockey team captain, Rick Stone. Rick is ex-military, ex-bodyguard, and all grumpy, bossy alpha-male. They but heads at first, until they need each other to pretend they are engaged. What they didn't expect was to start to fall for each other. Gio sees the tender, vulnerable man behind the gruff exterior, and Rick is begins to realize that Gio is a strong, kind, loving woman who thinks of everyone before herself and who would never hurt anyone. When Rick wants to make it real, he must first reveal all his secrets that will break both their hearts. Rick and Gio's heart-pounding story is filled with humor, drama, and sizzling passion.
Shane East, Samantha Brentmoor are fabulous together as Rick and Gio. East was able to balance Rick's grumpy, bossy alpha side with his softer, thoughtful, loving side, and Brentmoor played the strong, feisty Gio with her heartbreaking vulnerabilities perfectly. Their chemistry was just as hot as they brought these characters and story to life making this emotional and sizzling story even better.

Best Sports Romance!

The Ice Kiss by (Morally Grey Billionaires Series) brings a fabulous standalone sports romance with a fake relationship/marriage of convenience subtrope. The team captain and the pr manager clash. I found Rick's (Stonecold) character the ideal beau boyfriend. He was an alphahole with a protective side. I loved Giorgina's character, her sassy ways. Her character's strength and confidence were admirable. The spice is sweet as honey and spicey as jalapeños. The unexpected plot twist was a bombshell of a revelation. And the angsty moments were real and heart crushing. Rick's grandmother stole my heart. Grams was the favorite. I also loved Tiny. The champagne loving Great Dane is a great asset to the story. The appearance of characters from this universe was the icing on the cake. I loved Rick and Gio's romance as I cried and laughed listening to this angsty love. I highly recommend reading/listening to this sports romance.

Shane East, Samantha Brentmoor dual narration was flawless. Absolutely love listening to Shane East perform and this was an excellent performance. His inflection is smooth and so easy listening. Great voicing the Rick's character. Samantha Brentmoor brought Gio's character to reality. Her inflection is easy to listen to. I loved both narrators.

Didn't feel it...

I am a big fan of L. Steele's interwoven universes and have listened to every single audiobook. So I hate to say it, but this one fell flat for me. I'm a total sucker for the fake fiance trope, but this story was all over the place and felt so disjointed. There were things mentioned about the characters' pasts that were glossed over or dropped completely, that I feel were huge missed opportunities. I wanted so badly to love Rick and Gio too. The constant whiplash between them just became tedious. Then there was the "big twist" which made me lose all respect for Rick. He never fully recovered in my eyes. On another note, I'm a massive hockey fan and the lack of knowledge/research showed. I cringed a few times over the terminology used. I only got though it because I LOVE the narration of Shane East and Samantha Brentmoor. They were flawless as usual.

Funny fake fiance sports rom

Spicy and witty enemies to lovers love story narrated by 2 of my favorites and Shane and Samantha do not disappoint. This was funny, engaging, the banter was just hilarious and their love is hot hot hot! These two really dont like each other but they end up working together, living together and fake engaged. For ed proximity at its finest! You will laugh all the way through. Dont miss this one!

GIO and RICK

Loved their story I mean Rick was definitely an alpha hole but I can see where grief can warp things. I loved that there were mentions of mental health issues and how it’s important to check on the ones you love. The fact that gio suffered from emotional and even mental issues made me love her so much . The characters were so real and holy wow the spicy scenes were dirrrrty but I loved them. Hats off to the narrators for their awesome job for bringing these characters to life. I swear some of the scenes had me blushing others had me laughing. All in all this book was fabulous .

“There can never not be an us.”

The Ice Kiss was an angsty, emotional story full of passionate moments between a couple that are the definition of push and pull. Rick and Gio are drawn together by their magnetic chemistry and believe that they hate each other, but there’s a very fine line between love and hate. Their journey is complicated, heartbreaking and full of heat and drama and it’s obvious that these two are meant for one another.

Gio was a surprising mix of a driven woman of the world and a naïve innocent. She was lot softer and unsure than I was expecting and it made her that much easier to relate to. She has trusted in the past and been burned and she’s determined to keep her shield intact even though her feelings for Rick are extremely complicated. I loved when she finally let her vulnerabilities show and let Rick see her true heart.

Rick was so torn in his feelings. Deep down, he knew how he felt about Gio, but he was so conflicted about what he thought he should feel and what he actually did feel. He was such a possessive and protective alpha of a man. He was so wounded and hurt that while he made mistakes, you couldn’t help but feel for him. His gestures to prove himself were absolutely swoonworthy.

The snarky banter and simmering attraction between Rick and Gio was absolute fire. They were so back and forth, but the pull between them was palpable. I loved watching them both finally let their guard down and to open up to each other.

Shane East and Samanthat Brentmoor narrated the audio and they were superb. I enjoyed the story when I read it, but listening to it gave me a new appreciation for it and I honestly fell in love with it even more. Every emotion and sizzling situation was portrayed perfectly by these two narrators and I was lost in the story.

Full of lies, betrayal, secrets, mouthwatering heat and undeniable love, The Ice Kiss was an addicting story the will keep you on your toes with all of the unexpected twists. Rick and Gio were worth the wait and their angsty and emotional journey was worth every twist and turn. Now I’m so excited for Edward’s story.

Amazing

This book is amazing and so is all books by L.Steele! I love Rick and Gio! I feel for Gio back in The Rebound! Gio is so much like myself! I’m glad the story ended like it did! I have read almost all her books and they are all amazing!!

I Loved It

Shane East and Samantha Brentmoor were fantastic with bringing this book to life. They each are able to provide a male and female voice which makes listening to the storyline realistic. I was screaming at Rick in my mind to get his head out of his backside. He was so mean Geo. He definitely needed to grovel. I cannot wait for the next book.