Confident, cocky, and straightforward, Ilya doesn’t care about what others think about him and knows he’s good. The characters always hate each other for like, 10% of the book, and later on start developing feelings, whether romantic or sexual, that the hate is suddenly invisible. In the prologue, Shane mentions that Ilya has a broken nose and his teeth have gotten replaced quite a few times throughout their hockey career by then, but not once does any of that actually come up in the story as we progress through and see their relationship play out during that time? I couldn't put the story down all day, and I read it straight through in less than 24 hours, even at over 300 pages long. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

It’s absolutely wonderful—sexy, emotional, well-written—and I have no clue what the reviewers who said there was “too much sex” were complaining about.I guess I’m just feeling really raw from reading all this where Ilya’s father is concerned because no one really mentions anything about this and I entered this book thinking it’s all fun and games between two rivals and then there’s THIS to deal with. What nobody knows is that Shane and Ilya have been meeting in secret for over six years to fuck each other senseless. The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.

Instead, he crushed their mouths together and kissed Shane in a raw, uncontrolled way that felt like an apology.The writing of how the two MC's communicate with each other, and how their relationship develops over time through each stolen moment had me laughing, crying, worried, pained and ultimately bowled over. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. The way he was obsessed with Shane’s freckles -and Shane, in general- since the beginning and kept fooling himself saying he was only into the forbidden aspect of it. And the author mostly told their love story and their character growth through sex – I thought it was not a small feat to accomplish, especially to convince a reader like myself.