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Just what every bride dreams of\u2014running straight from her cheating fianc\u00e9 into the arms of a hot hockey star\u2026 and then getting hired as his kids\u2019 nanny.<\/b><\/p>\n
Tyler Falcon is protective, flirtatious\u2026and frustratingly responsible. We <\/span>almost<\/span><\/i> did something reckless when he found me alone in my wedding dress, and I blurted out all the things I\u2019d never truly experienced.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, the sexy single dad is saving me again with a job I desperately need\u2014and a promise to never mention The Night of 1001 Confessions.<\/span><\/p>\n I live in his house. Take care of his kids. Pretend I don\u2019t notice his heated gaze lingering on me after they fall asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n Until one night, the tension snaps.<\/span><\/p>\n Now we have a deal. Five lessons in seduction. No strings attached.<\/span><\/p>\n But he\u2019s not just good in bed. He spoils me with thoughtful gifts and supports my dreams. For the first time, I feel like I belong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Except\u2026this was never meant to last. I\u2019m his employee. He has kids to protect. And neither of us can afford to make a mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n The more nights we spend tangled up together though, the harder it is to pretend it\u2019s just physical. Because I\u2019m not only falling for my boss\u2014I\u2019m falling for the man whose kids have stolen my heart.<\/span><\/p>\n Tropes:<\/b> single dad\/nanny, runaway bride, forced proximity, spicy lessons, she’s his daughter’s skating coach, confession of all secrets, love notes, found family<\/span><\/p>\n Find\u00a0The Overtime Kiss\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tyler<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \u201cAre you a troublemaker, Tyler?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMaybe I was. Back in the day,\u201d I say.<\/span><\/p>\n Her lips shift in amusement. \u201cThink you\u2019ve still got it in you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThose are fighting words.\u201d I drum my fingers on the counter. \u201cHow about trouble in the form of a spicy margarita? Can you handle the heat?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Her smile falters for just a second, as if I\u2019d asked about more than a drink. \u201cI don\u2019t even know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Her blue eyes flicker with something deeper\u2014with uncertainty, maybe, or a vulnerability she\u2019s trying to hide. Or possibly\u2026interest. Since for a moment her gaze lingers on me, roams over me, like she\u2019s trying to figure something out.<\/span><\/p>\n Like what she wants me to do to her tonight?<\/span><\/p>\n What the f*&k?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n That is not a thought I should be entertaining. Too bad my lust-struck mind is already running away with the image, imagining what could have been if she wasn\u2019t wearing that damn ring. <\/span>Not today, brain. Stand down.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s find out,\u201d I say, as I resume the role of runaway-bride wingman. I change her order, and when the bartender returns with the margarita, we toast again, her with her cocktail, me with my lager, which\u2014as Ike promised\u2014is incredibly good.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTo the opposite of today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe opposite,\u201d she echoes, her gaze\u2026curious. But I don\u2019t want to read into it even though I want to read everything into it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n The Overtime Kiss<\/i> is the fifth book in the Love and Hockey<\/i> series and features Tyler and Sabrina. Tyler is a single dad who plays hockey with the Sea Dogs and Sabrina is a figure skater who sometimes performs during the intermissions at hockey games. Ever since setting his eyes on Sabrina, Tyler\u2018s always been interested, but she was engaged so he crushed on her from afar.<\/p>\n Then, when the night of Sabrina\u2019s wedding doesn\u2019t go as planned, she runs into Tyler and they end up hanging out and having a great time. Because of a little too much alcohol, she opens up to him about things she wouldn\u2019t have said if there wasn\u2019t drinking involved, and though there\u2019s a spark, nothing happens that night. As fate would have it, just when Tyler thinks he could make his move, she ends up being his nanny so he knows that spark they felt can\u2019t grow into more.<\/p>\n I really enjoyed Tyler and Sabrina\u2018s story. Tyler is a loving father, a great athlete, and an all around good guy. Sabrina is a talented figure skater who almost made it to the Olympics, and now since she walked away from a marriage to a jerk, is trying to make her way on her own away from the people who don\u2019t support her but teaching skating. She is a sweet, friendly, wonderful woman who cares about people and the kids she teaches, and a lot of fun to be around.<\/p>\n When Tyler and Sabrina hang out, there\u2019s definitely chemistry but because she\u2019s the nanny, she\u2019s now off-limits. I love this trope because when done well the sexual tension grows until you know they\u2019re going to explode. This is how Tyler and Sabrina are. They\u2019re so good together and have amazing chemistry, but they also care about the same things, and he\u2019s a loving father and she\u2019s wonderful with his kids.<\/p>\n Sabrina and Tyler also decide they can have a little no-strings attached fun as they work through some of the ideas she had the night she opened up to him. I love that they find a way to work around the whole boss\/employee challenge by giving into her desires, which are very much his desires too. I really enjoyed being along for the ride as they get to know each other and learn what they really want. What they don\u2019t expect is their feelings to start getting in the way of their perfect plan.<\/p>\n We might have a game plan for sex\u2014we might be mostly sticking to it\u2014but what\u2019s the game plan for\u2026well, life? <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Tyler and Sabrina are just what the other didn\u2019t know they needed. They have fun but they can be real with each other. I also love that they don\u2019t let a bunch of drama get in the way.<\/p>\n I also adore the kids and I even loved his relationship with his ex-wife. Of course I enjoyed seeing the characters who we\u2019ve met in previous books again, and they all add to the storyline making the whole book enjoyable from the first page to the last.<\/p>\n *ARC generously provided by the author*<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Boyfriend Goal (#1)\u00a0<\/strong>– (Josie & Wesley) The Romance Line (#2)<\/strong> – (Everly & Max) The Proposal Play (#3) <\/strong>– (Maeve & Asher) The Girlfriend Zone (#4) <\/strong>– (Miles & Leighton) The Overtime Kiss (#5)<\/strong> – (Tyler & Sabrina) The Flirting Game (#6)<\/strong> – (Ford & Skylar) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that\u2019s cute but spicy. 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