Title: Mile High
Author: Liz Tomforde
Series: Windy City
Source: Kindle Unlimited.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Trigger Warnings: Fatphobia, parental abandonment.
Explicit? Very much so.
Summary:
Zanders
Chicago hockey isn’t complete without me—everyone’s favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night.
What I don’t like is the new flight attendant on our team’s private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I’ll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she’ll be begging to quit her job.
But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can’t quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button in order to push her buttons or if it’s more than that.
Stevie
I’ve been a flight attendant for years. I thought I’d see it all, but when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL, I start to second guess everything. Including the promise I made to myself of never hooking up with an athlete again…no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be.
Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his own good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it.
Everything but him.
My Thoughts:
It’s been a while since I’ve read a sports romance, but being Canadian means hockey is something I’m pretty familiar with, sometimes even against my own will (Sorry Leafs fans).
It’s been so long since I read a sports romance that I forgot how much I love them. There’s just something about the angsty and tension that comes with sports that seems to work so well when it comes to romance.
And a bad boy who actually isn’t one and has a heart of gold? Yes please, I am there.
A sassy, bad ass full figured woman who also has a heart of gold? I knew I was going to love this book.
But perhaps the most surprising moment for me was realizing how much I didn’t want this book to end. I could gladly read about Zee and Vee for a long while, witnessing them grow and learn more about each other.
Zanders is the tough guy, the enforcer, and unfortunately for enforcers they’re often known for being knuckleheads, tough guys, without a brain between their ears.
Stevie is expected to be one thing, by her mom, and by those who see her weight as something that needs to be changed. But she is glorious and wonderful, and I love them so much.
Chicago and the various cities as the backdrop to their romance makes so sense, and even the hockey parts had me happily cheering for a team I would never cheer for. (We know who you’re meant to be, Raptors).
And if you’re wanting spicy scenes? You’re going to get them in SPADES.
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