Faking It With The Hockey Star

by Erin Beckett

Rule number Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend

Especially if he’s a billionaire hockey player who’s also your boss.

Oops.

Here I am, wearing a fake ring from Ryan, but the sparks? Those are real.

Every debate, every touch, is like a power play in overtime.

And that look in his eyes? It's got me wondering which moves are for show and which are for keeps.

This fake engagement is skating on thin ice, and I’m afraid of falling—hard.

For a man I thought was my enemy, now the only teammate I want.

But when the final buzzer sounds, will we win this love match, or is it just fantasy?

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 22, 2024

Reviews

[Grinning Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cat’s Stats
MMC/FMC- Ryan and Olivia
Genre- Sports Romance (hockey)
Length- 114 pages
Heat- 🌋🌋 They do the thing without naming the parts.
Series? N
Safety? Y
Tropes- Brother’s Best Friend, Fake Relationship, Secret Relationship, Workplace Romance
Mewsings
I wanted to like this book. In theory, it had a lot going for it. I did like Ryan, but I felt that we didn’t see enough of his POV or emotions. I just didn’t care for the heroine. It was hard to put my finger on it, but I think it’s because she’s too self centered. Plot lines were teased (the Ebil Ex, the rivalry with and possible villainy of the team captain), but they didn’t go anywhere. It was an okay book, but I didn’t really care for it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5* - Rounded up to 4...

Ryan is Olivia's brother's best friend, and after a deal, he's now her boss too... AND one of his brand sponsorships would prefer if he had a fiance or wife, so Olivia is now ALSO his fake fiance! But they have a complicated history, and Olivia has some past trauma as well, that certainly complicates things.

It's always difficult for Novella's to get a full impact across, and to really let the reader get to know the characters, which certainly makes this type of story more difficult for me to enjoy. But we certainly get enough of Olivia's backstory to understand where she is coming from, and to help us to enjoy her character growth over the course of this story, making it an enjoyable quick read overall.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Susa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightly confusing …🤔

Honestly, this story left me slightly confused. Olivia and Ryan have known each other for a long time, now they meet cause she needs to get a deal with him to save an animal shelter ….but the moment she takes his offer you hear no more about this project. He then gets offered a brand deal and needs a fake fiancée which infuriates her brother and makes his teammates suspicious. Throughout all this their chemistry is boiling over and he gets her pregnant …
I wish the story was a bit longer and I could get more background information out of it to make the plot more logical.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Ineta · Rating 5 out of 5]

From fake relationship to real sparks and falling in love, from enemies to lovers.
Becoming assistant to billionaire, professional hockey player, who is also brother's best friend, complicates everything.
Keeping secrets changes dynamics and adds intensity in relations. What is fake and what is real now? Who plays in your team and who is enemy?
Easy to read, I like characters and story line.

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[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Faking It With The Hockey Star was a great sports themed romance by Erin Beckett. I am a hug fan of hockey so I was excited to read Olivia and Ryan's story. It certainly did not disappoint. Enemies to lovers Olivia agrees to be Ryan's assistant and pretend fiancee to secure a business deal. Neither expect the fake relationship to feel so real. Once I began reading I simply couldn't put it down. Great read.

[Nate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was Ryan and Olivia’s story. Rule number one: Don’t fall for your brother’s best friend. Especially if he’s a billionaire hockey player and also your boss. But here she is wearing a fake ring from Ryan, but the sparks? Those are real. Every debate, every touch, is like a power play in overtime. What will happen next? Am voluntarily leaving this review.

[Sharon Dubuque · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!

Ryan is a billionaire hockey player. His best friend is Olivia’s brother. He was told to not go out with Olivia. But to make deal happen she has to be Ryan’s PA for six months to a year. In that short time he fell for her.

[Barbara Atkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book 📕

I just loved reading this Book by: Erin Beckett., I loved the Characters-
Ryan and Olivia- Those two were made for each other!

[thelisa.ɤ · Rating 2 out of 5]

idk why this has such a high rating cause damn wtf was this actually lol it was all over the place and too fast paced and just nahhh

[Fiona Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely story

Super cute brother's best friend romance. Loved the ending and how it all came together. Give it a read for yourself you won't be disappointed

[Fran · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow!

What a wonderful book. If you don’t read this I tell you, you are missing a great read. It made me smile.