A new entry in Jami Davenport's latest series about four friends who play in the NHL, Scoring. Kaden has achieved his dream of playing in the NHL for the Seattle Sockeyes but it has turned to dust. He is currently suspended from the team and the woman he loves has disappeared. Life sucks!
He hires a former player now a professional PI to find the woman he knows as Lanie. Lanie is actually Delaney, a member of a prominent family who knows something she shouldn't and has been on the run for a while. When her past caught up with her in Seattle, she ran away to protect herself and Kaden.
Having read the earlier books in the series, it's nice to finally find out what is going on with the mysterious woman Kaden has been seeing. He gets his act together and is reinstated on the team and now he needs to get his personal life in the same place. When he finds out where she is, he and the gang head to Madrona Island. Note: this is a shout out to other books by Ms. Davenport. The interesting part comes when teammate and friend Steele, lets it be known that he can help because "he knows people". This seems to be a recurring theme in a lot of these hockey themed books- the team is like your family and they are there for you through thick and thin. Even the WAGS (wives and girlfriends) add their support and advise wanted or not.
Needless to say there is lots of drama in this book, some secrets are revealed, and of course there is plenty of hot sex! Sometimes, I find these damsel in distress books to be annoying, but this one worked perfectly well with a little stretch on the bounds of reality. As in the other books there is just enough information about other characters besides the lead to make you anticipate the next book in the series- hint: hope it's Steele!
I was never a hockey fan but I came across her book Crashing the Net, an early Sockeyes novel and loved it. Now I'm a total hockey romance fangirl. Maybe I'll actually watch a game soon!
