Painfully shy Liz Argon
probably shouldn`t be dreaming of Veikko Aho, star goalie for the
Philadelphia Wildcats. As she works side by side with 'The Count of the
Crease' on his memoirs, she finds herself falling for the handsome
goaltender. His tender ways with her and her mentally fragile mother are
slowly claiming her heart. If only Veikko wasn`t already engaged to a
woman far better suited to move in to 'The Count`s' world. In book two
of the To Love a Wildcat series, we`ll see if a glass slipper can
survive in the rough and tumble world of professional ice hockey.
I am a sucker for a sports romance, and increasingly I love for those
romances to feature hockey. It just
seems like the perfect sport for really rough but sweet alphas…and this is
exactly what you get in this book.
We met Liz in book one of this series.
She is a painfully shy obituary writer and she is completely smitten
with the goalie of the Philadelphia Wildcats, Veikko Aho. When she finds herself in a pinch, she signs
on to help write his memoirs. Will she
be able to resist Veikko’s pull, even when she has to be with him constantly for
whole month in order to write the book?
This book is just a really sweet love story. Veikko is awesome. He is this big, rough guy (hello…professional
goalie!) but he has a very deep sweet side and that comes out when it comes to
Liz. What throws a wrench in the
potential between Liz and Veikko, who so obviously belong together, is Veikko’s
fiancรฉ. Ugh. She’s terrible!
What I really found myself liking about this book was the pace. It’s a slow building book and I loved
watching the friendship between Veikko and Liz grow and deepen. They are two really great characters who you
just want to have a happy ending.
I will warn you that this book does not have a lot of sex in it. I mean, I still enjoyed it even without the
explicitness I usually like, but I think it’s fair to warn some of you more
hard core smut lovers out there that this book is pretty tame in that
department. But still worth the read, in
my opinion.
Overall, I like this series and this book was a good read. 4 stars.
That was fabulous! I love, love, love
Lizzie. She might be a shy and withdrawn introvert around most people, but she
has a wit that is sharp and sarcastic and kept me laughing throughout the book.
Her internal monologue was just as funny as her external dialogue. While she
might allow some people to walk all over her, they better watch out when they
are inappropriate toward those close to her because she defends them with
vigor. That she is in lust with a six-foot-plus Viking god just makes her that
much more relatable. Her shyness is painfully hilarious when faced with said
Viking god aka hockey goalie Veikko Aho. Case in point, “My brain was screaming
for someone in my cranial language department to make words. Obviously they
were on a coffee break. Some weird gurgle happened in my throat.”
As for the Viking god, Veikko is HOT. As
much as I liked the way he treated Lizzie, I loved the way he was with Lizzie’s
mom. It spoke volumes about his character and made is so easy to fall for him …
Lizzie never stood a chance. Of course there’s the icing on the cake … the sex
was superb. Ms. Locey wrote some panty-melting scenes between Lizzie and
Veikko. I’d like to order me up my own Viking god hockey player. While there
was not a lot of external drama, what did occur made my heart hurt for Lizzie.
Granted, after reading Pink Pucks &
Power Plays I expected a happy ending so I wasn’t ready to fling myself off
a roof along with Lizzie, but I still hurt for her.
A
Most Unlikely Countess
is a great sports romance that kept me laughing throughout the entire read. Ms.
Locey’s writing flowed smoothly and I enjoyed spending time in Lizzie’s head –
again, killer inner monologues. I liked the first book in the series, but I
absolutely LOVED this book. While I think it’s going to be tough to out-do this
one, I am looking forward to reading O
Captain, My Captain – Maggie and Derrick’s story should be a blast too.
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V.L.
Locey loves worn jeans, belly laughs, anything romantic, Greek mythology, New
York Rangers hockey, comic books and
coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband,
her daughter, one dog, two cats, a steer named after a famous N.H.L. goalie, a pig with the same moniker as a famous
President, and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.
V.L. is a self-published and
conventionally published author. She is a proud Torquere Press and Secret
Cravings Publishing author. When not writing romantic tales, she can be found
enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a
cup of fresh java in hand, writing, or cheering on her beloved New York
Rangers. She can also be found online on Facebook, Twitter, and GoodReads.
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