Play Your Part

Author: Kathryn Kincaid
Title: Play Your Part
Publisher: Kathryn Kincaid Publishing
Date Published: 08/03/2023

Read Dates: 07/09/2023- 07/11/2023
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

This one started off very cute and I thought maybe a bit forgettable but it definitely grabbed me towards the end. It was just a bit of a slow starter but worth the read.

This is a fake-dating hockey romance between hot-headed hockey star Alexei Volkov and the owner’s daughter, the grieving and somewhat stalled Kennedy Cole.

It’s a dual POV enemies-to-lovers romance that balances a little banter with some heavy plot lines

Things I enjoyed:
✔️ slow burn
✔️ fake dating
✔️ only one bed!

Three months. Two enemies. One goal. Zero time for distractions.

Kennedy Cole’s life stalled one year ago after she tragically lost her mom. She abandoned her plans to finish college and quit working for her family’s professional hockey team, the Palmer City Wolves. She’s finally ready to move forward with Wolves star player Justin Ward at her side, but when he’s traded to another team, he hightails it out of town, leaving Kennedy behind.

Alexei Volkov is known for his hotheaded reputation, on-ice antics, and rivalry with Justin. After being fired by his last team, the Wolves offer Alexei a one-year contract to prove he can stay out of trouble. When a misleading photo of Kennedy and Alexei in a compromising position goes viral, his career is in jeopardy, along with the team’s public image.

Alexei wants nothing to do with the sassy brunette who got him into this mess. Kennedy would rather avoid the arrogant hockey player. But pretending to date each other can fix the negative press. The agreement was simple: three months together, with clearly outlined rules. But the more time Kennedy and Alexei spend together, the harder it becomes to fight the sizzling chemistry between them, making it difficult to know where pretense ends and reality begins.

Fans of Elle Kennedy, Mariana Zapata, and C.W. Farnsworth will enjoy this dual-POV steamy contemporary romance featuring enemies-to-lovers and fake-dating tropes.