The
team owner/head coach relationship can be a tenuous one at times.
Isabelle Lancourt can testify to just how stressful it can be. Ever
since her husband passed away, leaving her his beloved Wildcats, she and
Philip Moore have been at loggerheads. When the opportunity to sign a
Russian hotshot presents itself, Isabelle leaps at the chance to prove
herself as more than just a pretty face.
Dealing with hot flashes, salary caps, and trade deadlines she can handle with ease. The aftermath of an ill-advised, but erotically superb, rendezvous in Siberia with the handsomely annoying Coach Moore? That was not in any Wildcats playbook. Can Isabelle and Philip handle the changes life is about to throw at them? Or will combining their personal and professional lives prove to be a misconduct penalty that the league simply cannot overlook?
Dealing with hot flashes, salary caps, and trade deadlines she can handle with ease. The aftermath of an ill-advised, but erotically superb, rendezvous in Siberia with the handsomely annoying Coach Moore? That was not in any Wildcats playbook. Can Isabelle and Philip handle the changes life is about to throw at them? Or will combining their personal and professional lives prove to be a misconduct penalty that the league simply cannot overlook?
One of the most striking things about
this series is that each of the women that have been the focus of the books is
completely different from the others and Ms. Locey has done a superb job of
writing each of the leading lady’s story from a unique perspective. There is no
confusion from one character to the next because they come from different
backgrounds and have different life circumstances, thus making each of their
voices unique. The Wildcat’s owner, Isabelle Lancourt is no exception and Ms.
Locey has created a character that is so beautifully cultured yet fiercely
driven that I found myself swept up in her story.
I found Isabelle to be utterly
charming and surprisingly funny considering her circumstances. A widow of less
than a year, she finds herself having to prove that she does indeed know hockey
and is well qualified to be the Wildcat’s owner. As if being a woman isn’t
enough of a handicap, that she is a former model and black just seems to add to
the strikes against her. Determined to prove that she is more than just arm
candy, she takes off to Russia in order to secure an up and coming hockey
player. Unfortunately the Wildcat’s coach, Philip Moore finds out about the
trip and intercepts her at the airport and accompanies her to Russia. During
negotiations tempers flare and Isabelle finds herself between Coach Moore and a
wall and gets a starring role in one of the hottest wall-sex scenes I have read
in a while. Oh my goodness I was jealous as could be. Russia proved to be a
VERY successful trip for Isabelle as she got both of her men. ;)
I really enjoyed the chemistry between
Isabelle and Philip and how Ms. Locey injected a healthy dose of reality in one
of the sex scenes when his back started bothering him. I loved that they could
both laugh about it rather than getting upset with one another when their age
(50) reared its ugly head. Admittedly there was a time when I would have
cringed at the idea of a couple in their early 50s having sex, but with age
comes wisdom and the fact that these two are smoking hot in their own right
made Reality Check an immensely
enjoyable read. My only complaint about the book was that it ended before I was
ready for it to. There are questions I need answers to. As such, I cannot wait
for the next book in the To Love a Wildcat series because I am really hoping
for news on the progression of Isabelle and Philip’s relationship and how their
unexpected expansion pans out.
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Locey loves worn jeans, belly laughs,
reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, 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 named after a famous President, and a
flock of assorted domestic fowl.
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