Review Tour and Giveaway: Sugar and Ice by RJ Scott and V.L. Locey

18 July of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Another great book from RJ and VL!

and V.L. Locey

Genre: Contemporary, Sports, Romance, Hockey, GLBTQ, MM

Released: July 12, 2020

Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd.

Series: Arizona Raptors, Book 4

Length: 51,000

Cover Design: Meredith Russell

Synopsis

When love is on the line, the worst decisions can end up having the best endings.

Tate Collins, an all-American hockey phenomenon, was the highly marketable face of Dallas hockey. Loaded down with endorsements and playing his best game, he was a superstar and a household name. No one ever expected him to fail, but overnight, after the worst decision of his life, everything spirals out of his control. Abruptly, his reputation is in tatters, and he’s traded to the Arizona Raptors in a shocking move. Brushing off the wild and unfounded accusations that he faces on social media, and stuck on the second line, he keeps his head down and works hard to earn his spot. Tate knows he can make a difference if only his teammates would let him. Something has to change for him to earn their respect, but falling for the captain might not be his best move.

Vladislav Novikov has been called many things over his long and illustrious career, but the new nickname of Iceberg seems to fit best. Perhaps it’s due to his icy blue eyes, or the way he rams into opposing players as he defends his goalie. Or maybe it’s because of his cool demeanor when not playing the game he loves. Whatever the reason, it’s why he’s the perfect team captain for this wild bunch of puck-pushers. His perfectly controlled life is smooth as ice until Tate Collins rides into Tucson with his apple pie ways and those damn dimples. The young superstar immediately catches his eye. Despite knowing better than to start something with a teammate, the big, bad Iceberg is about to have that chilly veneer around his heart melted away by Tate one sweet kiss at a time.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Another great book from RJ and VL!

I love the hockey books written by RJ Scott and V.L. Locey. I am not a fan of any sport but I really love romance books that have a sports related theme. The ones written by this fantastic duo are among my favorites.

The relationship Tate has with his new teammates gets off to a rocky start, no thanks to his ex-fiancé. He just wants to keep his head down and play hockey. Vlad is the Raptor’s team captain and he doesn’t like the reaction his body is having to the new guy. He has to hide who he is because of his family back in Russia.

Sugar and Ice created a variety of emotional responses in me. It was a times funny and snarky and, in some places, sad. I felt so bad for Tate and what his ex-fiancé put him through; she is truly a troubled individual. I also felt bad for Vlad that he has to hide his feelings for Tate and can’t be out.

I didn’t feel like this story was as angsty as some of the previous one and I kind of liked that for a change. We are living in some weird times these days of COVID isolation and while I certainly wouldn’t call this book fluffy, it had just the right balance of emotion so that I didn’t feel overwhelmed at any point.

I am really looking forward to more books in this wonderful series.

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About Author

USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott writes stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, a happily ever after.

RJ Scott is the author of over one hundred romance books, writing emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.

The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.

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V.L. Locey

USA Today bestselling author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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