ItaPixie's Book Corner

      Synopsis: I've been a backup goalie my entire professional career. I've bounced around from team to team, never staying anywhere long enough to feel at home. When I join the Sockeyes, and their starter is injured for the season, I finally have a chance to prove I belong in the league. My career might be on an upward trajectory, but my personal life is in the dumps. I've become increasingly close to a teammate's estranged and emotionally abused wife, Inga Chowaski, rescuing her from situation after situation, causing friction on the team and disrupting my normally quiet existence. As I resist my growing attraction to the sweet, shy Inga, I have to wonder who's going to rescue me from myself?   Review:   Misconduct tells a beautiful story of survival and rebirth.   Vick and Inga discover an instant connection, but their lives are complicated, and to begin a relationship could be risky. They have to be cautious and patient to finally get the opp...

      Synopsis:   Maeve Carter, the Boston Bucks’ team physiotherapist, is the definition of beautiful. As a former model, her stunning looks have defined her—just ask the paparazzi or the stalker who made her life miserable. But I see more. Want more. And she can never know that. You see, she’s my oldest teammate's daughter, and I can’t touch that with a ten-foot hockey stick. Until a single mistake puts her in my bed, turning everything upside down. You know what they say about the best laid plans—pun intended. I should walk away. I need to walk away. Except now that I have her where I’ve always wanted her, I’m hooked…hard. But then we have to fake a relationship to appease my meddling mother. Only problem is, I don’t want to fake it anymore. What do you think I should do about that?   Review:      Hook ‘em Hard is the last book in the Bang Brothers Hockey series, it tells Tanner, the youngest of the family, and Maeve’s story. Maeve is...

      Synopsis:   A grumpy, reclusive New York billionaire meets his match in the maid who makes his bed (in more ways than one). When an older guy with a dirty grin and an expensive suit flirts with me from the next barstool, I don’t realize I’m about to have a one-night stand with the man I desperately want to work for. After a night that leaves my world (and body) shaken, I start my summer job housekeeping in a five-star hotel even though I’m determined to kickstart my career in tech. As I dust and polish the Park Suite, in walks Mr. Dirty Grin—now with an icy glare. Why is the man from last night who was so charming (and good with his tongue) so furious this morning? As I piece together the puzzle, I discover the guest in the Park Suite is none other than Ben Fort, the reclusive tech mogul I want to work for. Ben has kept his identity hidden for years and he wants to know how I figured him out overnight. As he questions me, I don’t waste time telling h...

        Synopsis:   A young widow is determined to give her son a quiet Christmas in their new town. Will a restless cowboy turn all her plans upside down? When Cora Davies packs up her life and travels to Trinity Falls just before Christmas, her goal is simple. She wants to raise her seven-year-old son in the same small town where his late father grew up. She buys a cute little cottage on the edge of the woods and puts up a wooden fence to keep her son out of the creek—never expecting that this simple act will put her in a passionate conflict with a man who is known in Trinity Falls for his impulsive energy and his dark good looks. Jared Webb has had his eyes on the property next to the old fishing hole for months. But by the time he manages to put his offer together, an outsider has already had her bid accepted on the land that means so much to him. And the first thing she does is block off access for everyone else. A calmer man might have trie...

      Synopsis:   Annie Bang I’m thrilled to be working in professional hockey, since my five brothers are all hockey players. My new role as skating coach to the New York Bears is the perfect fit and I can’t wait to whip all these guys into shape so we can win more games. Except one of the guys is Logan Coates—the guy who sent my brother to the hospital in a memorable game three seasons ago. I want nothing to do with him. Logan Coates I don’t need some tiny figure skater telling me what to do. I know how to skate. I wouldn’t be in the NHL if I didn’t. Although, I am a fourth liner. I do want more ice time. I want to make a difference on the team. But learning how to figure skate isn’t it. Especially from Annie Bang, who hates my guts. Speaking of guts…she has ’em. She’s a pint-sized badass. And that’s sexy as hell. When I’m around her, my skate blade’s not the only thing made of steel.   Review:    I loved Light 'em Up from the first cha...

      Synopsis:   Flowers are Florrie Appleton’s life, so when her beloved Aunt Ada passes, and she’s swiftly issued with an eviction notice and told to vacate Rose Cottage, shutter her Vintage Flower Van business, and leave behind Ada’s gorgeous gardens, she’s devastated. But Florrie is not one to go down without a fight, even if the developer she’s taking on is run by Tom Houston, the man who broke her heart at uni all those years ago. Tom may have had the upper hand then, but Florrie has the whole of Heartcross behind her now, and as history has shown, there’s nothing this tiny Scottish hamlet can’t accomplish when they band together… Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what.   Review:    I was delighted to be back one more time at Heartcross village, because the setting is charming and the beauty and the friendliness is in the air. The Vintage Flower Van On Love Heart Lane tells Florrie's story. When her great ...