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It is time to reunite with the Buffalo boys, one of my favourite hockey teams, thanks to Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood for creating them! These guys are the best, they are quite good at hockey too it would seem!

This team are one big family, they all have one another's backs (and fronts) they love to mercilessly tease but they will also stand up for and by one another no matter what. Gabe is their goal keeper and he is one half of the pair whose story this is - don't worry many of the other players have important roles to play and pop up throughout the story. Brody is the newcomer, the new defenseman and it is not just nerves about joining a new team as the result of a trade, which are affecting him.

Brody is hoping to leave behind a very traumatic past, his old team turned on him in the nastiest of ways and he hopes that this new team will become his new family, accept him for who he is and let him do what he does best. Play hockey.

Gabe can hold the line under pressure, keeps the other team's puck away from his goal and is strong on the ice. Off the ice life is a bit more of a disaster, especially his dating life!

Brody and Gabe meet in the park, the one by both their homes, for little do they realise that they are neighbours. Gabe is thrilled when he learns the news, Brody a little more reticent. After all he finds Gabe insanely attractive and far too perceptive. Gabe it seems has a knack, he can break down Brody's walls far too easily, he seems too genuine, too kind but Brody soon sees that it is all real, all honest. The team, the nosy but wonderful extended family they are, see it too, the spark between their goal keeper and D-man.

The spark is there and it grows into something deeper, something meaningful but there is going to be angst and not just because of the hurt Brody holds inside. A playful bet, a misunderstanding and everything could fall apart, could break both their hearts. But one of them is nothing if not persistent, the other has a very strong-willed best friend, hopefully with them, the cutest dog and the best of teammates the pair will work through their angst and find themselves the happy ending they deserve.

This is the second book in the series but stands entirely alone. It focuses on Gabe and Brody, their character development is fantastic, there is a real depth to the story and the romance, the tension is blended expertly with the hockey. It feels very real and is very steamy. With many tropes, mixing together to make a story that I could not tear myself away from, this is another outstanding book from an outstanding pair of authors.

Be warned this book will steal your heart, and that is just when you meet Otto for the first time, "the little traitor remained glued to Gabe's feet, looking up at him adoringly." Then there is Gabe " mn far hotter than I ever saw." And of course Brody, "drop-dead gorgeous." They are going to face their own challenges but that is nothing compared to what they put my poor heart through. I am happy I survived to share the story, this is one not to be missed and that I already want to revisit!