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• 5 May 2019
• College Hockey Romance
• standalone
Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their ๐๐ผ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป end in heartbreak?
• College Hockey Romance
• standalone
★★★★★
4.75 Stars
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you look beyond labels and take a chance on love.
๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ: ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ.
Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad boy athletes . . . until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.
If only he knew she was alive.
Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible.
Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom—but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does—frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.
But after one smoking-hot hook-up, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.
Sugar desperately wants to get into law school. But she's been waitlisted. She needs Zack to play her fake boyfriend to impress the dean!
There's mega insta attraction between Sugar and Zack, but for Sugar it's all about getting into law school and Zack? He's reminded of someone else when he's looking at Sugar. He hasn't really dealt with everything in his past yet. Plus he's really busy trying to win the championship this year.
But of course, as we all know, once those two start fake-dating, those fake-feelings will turn into real-feelings...
And the reader has a great time watching those two 'not-falling-for-each-other'. LOL!
Adorable college sports romance - with some verrry sexy and adorable moments and some very serious and heartbreaking moments.
It wasn't anything new or รผber exciting. I've read a million sexy and funny sports romances. BUT - I love those books!!!! I loved Zack and Sugar - I loved the roommate and the besties. The brother and that Veronica person pissed me off a bit. But I really adored the story! I even had to cry a bit here and there. There are some very real-life problems in this story.
I wouldn't mind seeing this on Netflix one day. *CoughNoahCentineoCoughEvenThoughHeLooksNothingLikeZack*
BOYFRIEND BARGAIN was an adorable & fun & sexy & moving college hockey romance!
Run to your nearest amazon for your own Zack - this one is MINE!
Run to your nearest amazon for your own Zack - this one is MINE!
There were some tiny problems that stopped me from giving the whole five stars.
First ... the thing I always complain about in romances, but it will never change, because it's romance law I guess. There's this lie or lie of omission or misunderstanding, and instead of talking about things early on, they don't and end up fighting or breaking up later! Ugh. I hate that. But it belongs in these kinds of books!
The other thing. I hate nothing more than religion and even though this book is not religious and I'm sure the author didn't mean to write a Christian Romance - the word GOD appears SIXTY FOUR TIMES in this book! 64!!!!! Plus a handful of Jesuses thrown in. I know we all use God as a curse word or whatever - I do too, but it was just way too much. Sixty Four. That's ridiculous. Maybe Ilsa did intend to write a Christian Romance! Or she secretly and psychologically tried to recruit us for her religious cult!☺ Too much - an editor should've cut at least half of them. Exchanged them for something else! Jeez is a good word. Doesn't have to be God all the time! I didn't like that at all.
Oh and another little thing - there were a few ten dollar words in here that I had never seen/heard in my life and I doubt a 21 year old kid would use them in conversation with another 21 year old.
ARC received for an honest review
The college-hockey-hottie-is-a-player is not new.
The "I'm not his type of girl" is not new.
The fake relationship things is not new.
Them falling for each other is not new.
However, Boyfriend Bargain drew me right in and I enjoyed every second of it.
There was more depth to our lovely Zack than I expected form reading the blurb. There's amazing instattraction between our lovelies, and it was a joy to watch them fall.
There are great secondary characters - though there is one in particular that needs a swift kick in the bits!
Cute, fun and flirty, with a dash of heartache thrown in for good measure, this was an enjoyable read.
Little Excerpt
“We should kiss, just get it out of the
way and move on," I say, sure of the crazy idea as each second passes.
There’s a hitch in Z’s breath, and his
eyes go straight to my lips. “Works for me.”
“But just one. None of that fancy
tongue work.”
“Afraid of falling in love with me?” He
grins.
Well. My eyes take in the broad shoulders
and the dragon tattoo on his muscled chest. He’s definitely my type: pure,
grade A male hotness—exactly what I don’t need. “I won't fall in love.”
Another grin. “Liar.”
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...other books by Ilsa:
Spider
Fake Fiancรฉe