Wild Ride by Kate Meader

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Wild Ride by Kate Meader, book eight in the Rookie Rebels series, is an emotional, intriguing, opposites attract, single mom, bad boy, hockey romance. Dex O’Malley is a player both on and off the ice, and this time he has gotten himself into hot water that could see him kicked off the team. With his hockey career on the line his PA and the team come up with a way for him to rehabilitate his image, and what better way than to volunteer at an animal shelter. This is so not what Dex had in mind but he without any other choice he goes along in the hope the boss will let him take some photos and be on his way.


Shelter manager and single mom Ashley Adams has enough on her plate without having to indulge new volunteer Dex; especially after he gets bitten on his first shift. If she can deal with her nine year old Willa she can deal with Dex. What follows is an entertaining, heartwarming story about a mom, her daughter Willa who loves everything about butterfly’s, a dog called Bandit and a hockey player finding himself and love. For her part, Ashley is wary about taking this five years younger hockey player at face value. She’s been burned by her ex, and wants to protect her daughter at all costs. As Ashley and Dex are forced to spend more together, Ashley doesn’t believe that Dex’s flirting is genuine; that she just happens to be a convenient woman to have around while he’s cleaning up his act. I love the way how easily he shows Ashley and her daughter how important they really are, and how much he likes spending time with them.

I loved everything about this book, I smiled, giggled, laughed out loud, but most of all I fell hard and fast for Dex and Ashley, but it was Willa who really stole my heart. Bandit, the rescue, showed Dex unconditional love and helped him grow. As with all of Meader’s hockey books, the found family of teammates who have each other’s back is there; stronger. I especially loved how the guys encouraged Dex to go after what he wants. What started out as a fling suddenly becomes a whole lot more. I look forward to the next book in this series.

 

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