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Consider Me

Consider Me, September 2024
Playing for Keeps #1
by Becka Mack

Zando-Slowburn
480 pages
ISBN: 1638932417
EAN: 9781638932413
Kindle: B09QK389GG
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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"Truly amazing cast of characters"

Fresh Fiction Review

Consider Me
Becka Mack

Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted December 24, 2024

Romance Sports

What a hoot combining two entertaining elements in one book. Hockey and Romantic Comedy. That’s basically what Becka Mack does in her new series. CONSIDER ME has a cast of amazing characters that keep your attention throughout. I feel confident that these characters just might become some of your favorites. Lots of angst is thrown in as we are asked not to judge why some seem less than confident. People generally react to situations in many diverse ways. And Becka Mack’s characters certainly do.

Take Carter Beckett for example. He is captain of a Canadian major league hockey team. Huge tough guy. Great with his teammates. Loves his family. A mouth like a toilet. Keeps a condominium downtown for his one-night stands. Totally commitment phobic.

But you see Carter has a huge heart. He takes care of people in his life and that includes his teammates.

Enter Olivia Parker. High school gym instructor. Where Carter is tall and built like a wall, Olivia is diminutive and curvy. Candidly she is rather taken aback by this guy who seems to have no filter or scruples it would seem. But don’t let the first impression put you off.

So we have lots of descriptive personal scenes that give a clear picture of how attracted these two are to each other. Olivia has been warned about Carter’s reputation with the ladies. Carter has been told hands-off by Olivia’s best friend.

The dialog is fast and curiously funny. Carter's mouth definitely spouts some shocking conversation bits. But it is done in good spirits. His mother has a curse jar just begging for Carter’s contributions. His sister enjoys egging him on.

Where Carter has lots of confidence, that’s where he differs from Olivia who shies away from relationships. She lacks confidence in her appearance and her height deficit. So of course she is taken aback by any attention thrown her way by this tall, muscular, cursing hockey star.


Raw, poignant, sexually explicit, heart-rendering, romantic comedy from an author who figured out to make these ingredients into a laugh-aloud heartwarming story about folks with flaws and a huge heart. CONSIDER ME is the first of a four-book series by Becka Mack. I’m onto book number two with lofty expectations. Definitely should be read in order as the character lineup is connected. But either book can easily stand alone. Bring a fan and totally expect to break out in smiles and laughs as Becka Mack does her magic.

I am a huge fan of Susan Elizabeth Phillips whose series of books starring a football team remains at the top of my list. Becka Mack‘s series brings to life her hockey team with an added element of steamy sex. Enough to melt the ice.
 

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SUMMARY

In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic to charm the woman he is desperate to win over.

The first book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series.


For a shot at love, he’ll do whatever it takes…

Carter Beckett is the NHL’s best player—both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his friends are performing better than ever, and there’s no shortage of women to spend the night with. What more could he want?

Olivia Parker isn’t new to professional hockey players, thanks to her best friend’s boyfriend, but she has no interest in dating one herself—no matter how hot he is. And anyway, she loves working as a teacher and hanging out with her best friend, drama-free. Why would she want to spend her time stroking the ego of an arrogant athlete?

But once Carter meets Olivia, he can’t think of anything else. Too bad for him, Olivia is hellbent on keeping him at arm’s length, with no intention of giving into his charms. Perhaps it’s time for Carter to up his game…after all, nobody said he had to play fair.

Sparks will fly as Carter does whatever it takes for Olivia to consider him.


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