⛸ Sarina Bowen 🏒 BIG STICK ENERGY 🔥 New York Legends Hockey #2 🩷

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• 30 June 2026
• Book #2 in the New York Legends Hockey series

★★★★★

4.65 Stars

A hockey team captain and a bubbly staffer mix business with pleasure when they start fake dating through the wedding season in this hot sports romance perfect for fans of Mariana Zapata and Elle Kennedy.

Darcy Kendrick is used to putting out fires. As an overworked admin to a hockey team, she’s seen it all. But nothing prepares her for accidentally DMing her very private, very NSFW fantasy to the subject of this fantasy: team captain Eric Tremaine. Nobody actually dies of embarrassment. Right?

But when a wedding invite puts them on a collision course with her chaotic family and his emotionally fraught past, Eric suggests a plan: they fake-date their way through the “Wedding Experience.” It’s mutually beneficial. Totally strategic. And definitely not real. Except between mini tacos, slow dances and lingering glances, Eric starts to wonder if the sharp-tongued assistant with a bottomless to-do list might be the one person who truly sees him. And for Darcy? The fire in her heart might be the only one she can’t put out.

It’s supposed to be fake. It’s supposed to be temporary. So why is it so hard to walk away?

ARC received for an honest review

 

Oh, how I loved Thrown For A Loop, so of course I was excited for Big Stick Energy.

 

And I was not disappointed.

 

If Eric was a dog, he would be a Lab, always helping and people pleasing.  Darcy is more the bubbly but anxious chihuahua, always running back and forward.  But together, they are just *chef's kiss*

 

And I love how when they decide to hook up, they think they are so secretive bahahaha

 

Look, I am a hockey fan from way back, and sometimes there is no enough hockey, or too much hockey.  Ms Bowen gives us a wonderful balance of both. I also liked getting more of the behind the scenes of the sport, the admin of getting a pro hockey team sorted.

 

My best part though, is the way Darcy is with her boss.  He could have come across as a bit of a real dick, but she is like nope, and talks to him the way I bet everyone wishes the could - and gets away with it because that is the great relationship they have.

 

It was also great to see more of Chase and Zoe from Thrown For A Loop, and learning more about the other guys on the team, and I have my fingers crossed we get lot more of them in the future 

 

 

Darcy + Eric

We all remember team captain Eric and GM assistant Darcy.

Darcy has had a bit of a crush on Eric for years.

But Eric thinks that she kinda hates him - him! He, who is so nice and kind to everyone.

When a super sexy text accidentally lands in his inbox instead of Zoe's - it's on! Eric can't stop thinking about Darcy. About her thinking of him that way.

When they're both - separately - invited to a wedding near their home town ...they decide to go together.

LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN...

That was so adorable!

Eric is this super hot golden retriever hockey captain - we can't fault Darcy for having a thing for him. Same, girl!

The season's over and now they have time to get to know each other as fake dating wedding guests. But the more time they spend together, the more real it gets.

But we also have lots of complicated family and work problems. So it won't be easy for our darlings.

I really enjoyed reading this. We don't get too much over the top drama and silly immature stuff. 

This was a sweet and sparky and funny and just adorable hockey romance without too much hockey in it - loved that!

I also loved all the adorable cameos. Can't wait to read DeLuca's book next!

BIG STICK ENERGY was such a cute romance! Sparky, Funny, Sexy, Adorable...

I loved reading it! Run to your nearest bookdealer for your own Eric!

↓ LINKS TO THE BOOK & AUTHOR ↓

 

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Sarina Bowen writes steamy, angsty Contemporary Romance and New Adult fiction from the wilds of Vermont.

She is the author of The Ivy Years, an award-winning series set amid the hockey team at an elite Connecticut college.

Waiting for more Ivy Years? You can read more about upcoming volumes in the four book series at http://www.sarinabowen.com/theivyyears

Also, the Gravity series.

Sarina enjoys skiing, espresso drinks and the occasional margarita. She lives with her family, eight chickens and more ski gear and hockey equipment than seems necessary.

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