Title: Hat Trick
Author: Kristen Hope Mazzola
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Hockey
Release Date: Paperback now available/ eBook releases Oct. 17th
Synopsis
One accident – a freaking car crash.
That’s all it took to send my brother’s and my life into a tailspin with no end in sight. I was going to be something. I was going to be the best. I had the Olympics in my sights. And it all went to shit in one flash. Brayden wasn’t ready to raise a younger sister when I was thrown into his lap. He had his life and everything going for him. Thankfully, he was still drafted to his dream hockey team. The same one dad played for when we were growing up.
It took time, but I started to get better, started to open up, started skating and even dating again. I even thought I found the perfect guy for me.
Isn’t it funny how guys hit on you when they know you’re not available, but when you’re single they won’t give you the freaking time of day? I guess the game is more fun that way. And for the captain of my brother’s team, that’s exactly what I was. A hat trick is three goals in hockey. Some say three is a crowd and they might be right.
I was Gavin Hayes’ unobtainable goal.
A No Cheating Standalone
My Thoughts
Hat Trick centers around two feuding hockey players and a sister. Hat Trick is also told from three different POV’s.
I loved each and every POV. Brayden is a fierce protector of his little sister Myla. Myla is trying to find a new path in life after a tragic car accident disrupts her previous path. Gavin is trying to make his dad (Coach) proud but is unable to. Then when the POV’s combine within each other, that’s when shit hits the fan. When Myla and Gavin meet for the first time an off the charts connection is formed and sparks fly as they do with every romance novel. But this time we have an over protective big brother that has seen Gavin’s playboy ways and wants nothing to do with Gavin and his sister hooking up.
“I knew in that instant that i needed to get to know her spirit, feel that fire, dive into that passion-and i didn’t even know anything about her other than the fact that she was my teammate’s sister and her name was Myla”
BRING ON THE DRAMA.
“Rumors get started with a kernel of truth”
My only downside was, i felt Hat Trick was a little on the short side. I would have loved this novel to have been a little longer. I was left wanting more from Brayden, Myla, and Gavin. Hat Trick is pretty fast paced also so beware if you like slow build-up novels.
Peace, Love, and Happy Reading,
Alecia @ The Staircase Reader