A review by pgchuis
Irresistible You by Kate Meader

3.0

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via Netgalley.

3.5* rounded down.

Harper and her half-sisters have inherited a hockey team, the Chicago Rebels, from their father. Harper's newest recruit is player Remy duPre, and he is furious because this is the last year he plans to play hockey and he wants to win the Stanley Cup with his old team. Instead he is forced to join Harper's Rebels, the second worst team in the NHL.

There is A LOT of hockey in this book although, thankfully, no play by play action. If I hadn't been reviewing it, I'm not sure I'd have got past the beginning, where Remy is disrespectful, petulant and downright unpleasant. Fortunately he undergoes something of a personality change after having blackmailed Harper to get his own way and turns into a complete charmer, who won't even sit if a woman is standing.

I enjoyed the scenes with Remy's delightful family and the scenes where Harper interacts with her sisters and Remy with his teammates were well done. Generally the book picked up after the first 20%. The ending was perhaps a little "open" - what is going to happen at the end of the season? Is Harper going to give Remy the babies he seems to crave? Harper's sisters, who are by no means quite as estranged/unco-operative as the blurb suggests, are clearly going to get books of their own.