Delayed Penalty: An M/M Hockey Romance

by Brigham Vaughn

518 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2025

About the author

Brigham Vaughn is on the adventure of a lifetime as a full-time writer. She devours books at an alarming rate and hasn’t let her short arms and long torso stop her from doing yoga. She makes a killer key lime pie, hates green peppers, and loves wine tasting tours. A collector of vintage Nancy Drew books and green glassware, she enjoys poking around in antique shops and refinishing thrift store furniture. An avid photographer, she dreams of traveling the world and she can’t wait to discover everything else life has to offer her.

Reviews

[Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delayed Penalty, Scoring Chances Series book 4, by Brigham Vaughn is a great read. We've been waiting for Thad's redemption arc since we met him in book 2, which features his brother, Gavin, GM of the Boston Harriers (a fictitious pro ice hockey team.) Meanwhile, Graham, who has been the good-boy assistant captain of the Harriers is trying to figure himself out. Think serious type-A, driven, hard-on-himself, but sweet as can be. Thing is, he can't keep up the façade anymore, and his friendship with Thad has potential that even he can't ignore. Thad and Graham have tension to burn, and a good relationship already in place, but circumstances will push them to figure out whether they have what it takes to be more.

[Readingbks · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the fourth book in this amazing series b the wonderful and talented Brigham Vaughn! This is Thad's story and it was worth the wait! I loved it! It was emotional, heart-warming, romantic, steamy and filled with wonderful characters from the start! You will be sucked into this emotional story! I read an advanced copy of this story and this is my unbiased review! I loved it!

[Ann ☕️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book, I really did. But in need of edits and removal of random plot points (like that Bobby guy causing trouble in the locker room. Why?) I’ve liked the other books in the series fine, but this was my least favorite.