Jaci Burton’s characters are realistic and their road to love isn’t always easy but love prevails and that is so sweet. ~ Amanda, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
No one brings the sexy out in sports like Jaci Burton, the author of the New York Times bestselling Play-by-Play novels. Now, she puts together a holiday hat trick with three novellas featuring the hottest sports around: baseball, hockey, and surfing—because hard bodies are always in season…
Holiday Games
For the high-achieving Elizabeth and her husband, baseball player Gavin Riley, failure is not an option. So when it comes to making a baby, they’re not about to let any holiday distractions get in the way of their necessary pleasures…
Holiday on Ice
It’s the season for giving and superstar hockey player Patrick “Trick” Niemeyer is ready to give dancer Stella Slovinski his heart wrapped up in bow. But he’ll have to melt the ice surrounding her heart to keep her from walking away…
Hot Holiday Nights
Christmas in Hawaii brings sports agent Tori Baldwin two presents: a young surfer at the top of his game and his business manager. But this hot threesome has to decide if the romantic wave they’ve caught is nothing more than a vacation fling, or the kind of love that could change their lives forever..
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Mistletoe Games is an anthology of the 3 novellas in the Play by Play series by Jaci Burton. Each takes place during the Christmas holiday and are short for a great evening read.
The first story is Holiday Games, and my favorite, which is revisiting Gavin and Liz Riley. Liz is anxious to get pregnant and takes every opportunity to have sex with her husband anywhere, anytime and frequently. One thing I love and can almost be guaranteed are sexy, hot sex scenes. Jaci Burton never disappoints. Most of the other Riley’s show up for football games, a bachelorette girl’s weekend away and of course a Christmas gathering. It is sweet how they all look out for one another and genuinely care. The story may be predictable but I love their happy ending because the sure do deserve it.
The second story is Holiday on Ice and revisits two secondary characters from Melting the Ice (Play by Play #7) of Stella Slovinski and Patrick “Trick” Niemeyer. They hooked up in the past but let things slide when busy schedules prevailed with hockey season and her dancing career. But a chance meeting at his favorite bar after a game brings these two once lovers back together again. Stella was hurt badly in the past and will not let another man close to her heart again but somehow Trick makes her feel things again and it feels right. Trick is feeling the same thing and wants what his other teammates have for himself. Sex was off the charts for Stella and Trick and definitely HOT. Jumping to the wrong conclusion happens in this story but it all comes out right in the end for this couple. The tree decorating and ice skating scenes were favorites of mine and shows the couple growing closer and falling in love. The story was well written and definitely heartwarming.
The third story is Hot Holiday Nights and is about sports agent Victoria Baldwin enjoying her Christmas holiday vacation in Hawaii and meets Alex McConnell a competitive surfer and his agent Ben Reynolds. She starts a holiday fling with Alex even though he is younger. What she wasn’t counting on is finding herself attracted to Ben also. The sex was off the hook especially when Ben joined Alex and Victoria. However I didn’t feel a connection to these characters and the I love you’s came way to soon. I felt it was more I lust you and a happy-for-now ending. I also wonder if it will work out for them in the long run. The other 2 stories felt like the holidays but this one didn’t as much.
Jaci Burton’s Play by Play is one of my favorite series to read and I highly recommend it if you are looking for a sports related contemporary romance. Her characters are real and their road to love isn’t always easy but love prevails and that is so sweet.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Amanda