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Boarded Hearts: A reformed playboy and single mom hockey romance : Seattle Scorpions Series Book 1 Kindle Edition

by Ruth Stilling (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.8 22 ratings

Book 1 of 2: Seattle Scorpions Series

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My whole life I’ve come out on top.

One of the finest players ever to grace the NHL? Check.

Most prolific playboy with an enviable reputation between the sheets? Check.

Award for the cockiest athlete in America? Also check, and well deserved I’d say.

So why does my life feel anything but the perfect image I project?

And why won’t the one woman who came crashing into my life and knocked me on my six-foot-four ass take me seriously?

She doesn’t even recognize me, let alone worship the ground I walk on.

I’m in uncharted territory, tearing up my rule book and unearthing buried demons in my pursuit of her affection.

I always get what I want in life, but apparently, Felicity Thompson didn’t get the memo. I want her in my bed, but all she offers me is her witty British tongue and no-nonsense attitude.

It isn’t supposed to be this way. She’s supposed to unravel for me. Yet the harder I pursue her, the more my own layers peel away.

Felicity Thompson is fast becoming not just what I want but the very woman I need in my life, and I’m terrified to admit that when it truly matters, I might not be coming out on top after all.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CTYFPTPJ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (May 9, 2024)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 9, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2898 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages

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Ruth Stilling is a lover of all things escapism and can be mostly found with her head buried in a spicy book, writing her latest romance novel or out in the open air and nature, away from the bustle of life. As clumsy as she is crazy, Ruth enjoys creating relatable, loveable, swoon-worthy and strong willed main characters who find their happy ending. That said, she prides herself on taking her readers on emotional rollercoasters and always recommends reading her books with tissues on hand to wipe away the tears of joy, laughter and sometimes heartache.

Ruth lives in Derbyshire, England with her own personal book boyfriend (lucky girl), her six year old son and her two feisty chihuahuas.

Keep up to date with Ruth's latest content and exciting projects by following her on social media: @authorruthstilling

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Litwak Library

Hockey Romance PERFECTION 😍

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024

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Well this book was 310 pages of pure adorableness! Honestly, it’s one of the cutest hockey romances I’ve read. 𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 is an absolutely delightful read. Hockey romance girlies, and fans of the Playing for Keeps series will adore this book! I am so impressed by the fact that this is the authors debut novel. It’s wonderful. The MMC, Jon Morgan, is the new standard 👏🏼 The man was obsessed and had me swooning throughout the entirety of the book. The way he paid attention to the little details and took care of his people was everything. I also loved the FMC, Felicity. She was such a kind, and loyal character. I loved the way she stuck by the MMC through his dark times. Overall, 𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 is a great read. The main characters, and side characters are impossible not to love. PERFECTION 💖 10/10 recommend, friends!

That HEA made my heart happy. I cannot wait for more from this series 💕💖💓

“𝙄'𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛**𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪."

When Kate said…
"𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗻, 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹." I FELT THAT! Jon Morgan is a book boyfriend dream 💕

Tropes:
🩷 Single Mom
🏒 Hockey Romance
🩵 Reformed Playboy
🧠 Mental Health Rep
❤️‍🔥 No Third Act Break Up
😍 Boy Obsessed
🧩 Autism Rep

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Brittany @happy.ending.always

Infinity Stars! Jon & Felicity Forever!!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024

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Why can’t I give this more than five stars, because that is what this story deserves!!! Legit infinity stars! ♾️⭐️ How is this Ruth’s debut novel? This is incredible. The characters are phenomenal! The story is soooo heartfelt and beautifully written. Wow, absolutely amazing!!!!

🏒Hockey Romance
💖Incredible FMC
🏒Reformed Playboy
💖Single Mom
🏒He Falls First, & Hard
💖Reverse Age Gap
🏒Mental Health Rep

Felicity sweet, strong, incredible Felicity! You are soooo relatable! There were moments I felt myself nodding along with everything you were saying. Everything you are put through you stomp over and persevere!!!

Jon, you wonderful, fantastic, incredible character! Everything you did, everything you are, is absolutely amazing. Reformed Playboy, so hot! Protective, yesss please! An incredible brother, son, teammate, partner and man! I love you fiercely! You had me wanting to read so fast to see what you would do next. And yet, I didn’t want the book to end because of your amazingness!!! I love you, you spicy mmc!

Again Ruth are you real? I am still so blown away that this was your first book! You deserve all the praise and high fives for how incredible this book is. I am sooooo excited to see what is next! But mostly, thank you for bearing your soul to us in this story. It is the perfect amount of spice, humor, heartfelt, and soooo much love! Jon & Felicity are perfection! ♾️⭐️

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Briana Bailon

Reverse Age Gap, Hockey Romance, Single Mom

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024

*Thank you to Word Smith Publicity and Ruth Stilling for providing me with an ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

*Check Trigger Warnings Before reading.

4.75⭐️/ 4🌶️

Even before reading this book, I WAS SO EXCITED! This story followed, Felicity Thompson, who originally lived in England, but moved to Seattle when due to some work thing with her former husband. Now two years later, Felicity was living on her own, single, and balancing work and being a mother to her two teenage children. On the other hand, Jon Morgan was a notable famous NHL hockey player, beloved by all, and had quite the reputation for being a playboy. When a chance encounter brought Felicity and Jon to meet, Jon fell first and HARD for Felicity! With tropes from, reverse age gap, single mom, reformed player, and highlighting topics such as, mental health, this hockey romance book had a great range of things to capture my attention.

I’ll say this again, I love sports romance, but I’m not entirely a sports girlie haha. I try to, but still working on it, but anyways, this hockey romance was great! With Jon as team captain and a well known player on and off the ice, he was easy to fall for. I love a good sports romance, but I especially love it even more when I see such a strong athlete become instant putty for the object of his affections a.k.a. Felicity. Jon was use to having women falling at his feet, and trying to be his next one night hookup, but Felicity wasn’t the “one and done” type of woman. If anything, Felicity wasn’t an easy type of woman, she was strong, and it intimidated Jon in a good way. For Jon to have met Felicity it meant he had to work hard to show her he was serious about her, which is always appreciated.

Felicity’s life had changed a lot over the last few years from, moving to a whole new country, getting a divorce, and starting at a new job. For Felicity, it would have been understandable if she felt stressed, but with her grace and determination she thrived in her new single life! Working at her new job kept her plenty of busy, and she had her best friend, Kate there as well. Felicity in the story was finding her way through her new normal, but it changed when she met, Jon. Jon wasn’t the kind of man that Felicity would have gone for, but that didn’t take away from her appreciating how handsome he looked. Felicity wasn’t much older than Jon as she was thirty-nine, and Jon was thirty-four, which you would think would be a big deal, but it wasn’t. Felicity took a chance at enjoying her time with Jon and for once she felt like she genuinely met someone who cared for her in all aspects.

I LOVED THIS STORY! Felicity and Jon were great together! The way Jon fell first and HARD for Felicity was clear as day with the way he was attentive, and did a variety of things to show he cares about Felicity. I could tell Felicity wasn’t use to having a man show her genuine affection as seen with her previous relationship, but Jon stepped up to the plate and was more than ready to show Felicity all the things he adored her. Get yourself a man that can cook, listen to you, and overall be a wonderful person. Jon was a lovable person that was highlighted in the times he hung out with his friends, family, and Felicity. Even as Felicity was hesitant to taking things further with Jon, she knew deep down that Jon wasn’t going to hurt her, he was always going to keep her safe. I especially loved the moments when Jon became protective and lowkey possessive over Felicity!

Oh my goodness, this story took me on a ride, one in which I COULDN’T STOP READNG! I was initially hooked with the whole reverse age gap and hockey romance part of the story, but it also gave me more to love about this story. From Jon’s friends, Felicity’s journey to reclaiming her independence, and just a whole lot of sparks flying between Felicity and Jon. Jon fell hard for Felicity, but he was also her biggest supporter. The reverse age gap wasn’t a big gap in my opinion, and I felt like the way Felicity and Jon were together, I often times forgot about the age gap. Guess you could say that when it came to Felicity and Jon’s relationship, their ages didn’t matter. This story also covered the topic of mental health which was also good to highlight especially within the sports world, and covering Jon’s journey through it. There was plenty of spice going on between Felicity and Jon that my goodness gracious I wasn’t prepared for, but gladly excited about haha. All in all, this was a great reverse age gap romance within a sports romance that had hockey, a bit of found family, tons of swoon worthy moments provided by Jon, and much more. A wonderful debut novel for Ruth Stilling, bravo, and I cannot wait to read the next book within this series, and more books by Ruth!

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pearl baker

Addictive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2024

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I could not put this book down! I need more!

Lianne Thomas - McCormick

Love!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2024

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I absolutely loved loved this whole story.
I found both Felicity and Jon relatable in different ways.
Felicity is strong and brave, finding herself after leaving her marriage behind and being free to move forward how she wants to.
Jon is such a sweetheart! He's so lovely and caring to everyone around him. It was sad to see his struggle, but I think a lot of people probably handle it the same way and will see themselves in Jon.
They are such a cute couple, just perfect for eachother.
And, that ending!! Oh my god, he had me melting 🥹