A review by stephreviewsbooks
Hotshot by Lane Hayes

5.0

Loved this, I have enjoyed this series, but this one was definitely my favourite. Denny and his Gram were featured in the previous book, but now he is grown up and signed to the NHL. A gorgeous man in a cowboy hat, and a sensitive sweet hockey rookie was always going to be a winning combo. Denny was so confident on ice, but off the ice he was an introvert, with a lot of deep thoughts. Hank was meant to be helping to improve the image of his family's mill and who better to help than the town's favourite hockey player. They have an agreement to help the locals soften to Hank and the mill, but Neither of them realised that they would fall in love. Their time together was pure and simple, they were insatiable together, a real addiction that just felt so special. Denny isn't sure he wants to announce his bisexuality, not sure he wants that to be the focus in his rookie year, but his feelings are getting harder to hide and it causes him extra anxiety. Hank and his horses both fell hard for Denny. Lots of heartfelt memories made this sad at times, especially when Denny spoke about his parents deaths. I loved that there was no angst, there was a real sense of calmness when they spent time together. The epilogue jumps forward five years and was lovely to see how their relationship had developed and how the town had fully accepted Hank. A really happy ending where Denny gets his cowboy.