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Sin Bin by Teagan Hunter
5.0

Teagan does it again! This time, we get an age gap, forbidden love/workplace, one night stand sport romance

Owen Smith is the old man of the team who throughout his career, has made hockey is life, his focus, his everything. Emilia is new in town and accepted a new position with the Comets after she found out that boyfriend was not only cheating on her with the neighbor, but fathered a child with said neighbor. Owen and Emilia's story start with them meeting at bar. They flirt a little bit and Smith ends up taken Emilia home with end result of having a one night stand but both feel it as more. One minor detail they did not know at the time is that Owen plays for the Comets and Emili's new job is working with the Comets. This puts them both not pursuing anything more....for TWO YEARS. WHY...well no fraternizing with the players. For two years they are able to keep feelings at bay, but two years is along time and they are both at their breaking point wanting to give in to what they both want.

We get the details of the steamy night and then brought to present time where they have the avoidance, the hiding the feelings, the tension. With Smith being older, he is at the point in his life where retirement may be approaching, unsure what life holds for him outside of hockey and we have Emilia who is just starting out her career and wants to do well and gain the promotion she know she deserves.

Smith was a smoke show and boy did he have a dirty mouth on him. The did have an age gap of 10 years but honestly, the only way you can tell was when it was actually mentioned. These two balanced each other out. I like how Teagan gave us Smith on one end who was at the end of his career and Emilia who was just starting. They balanced each other out. As always, we got the banter from the characters from the past book and MILLER!!! I cannot wait for his book. He had me LOL-ing every time he said something.

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