The Final Score
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3.9 • 18 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A USA Today Bestseller
A hockey player and a grad student are on thin ice until they meet their match in this sexy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson.
Jack Baker is on top of the world now that he’s back on the rink where he belongs. But the high comes crashing down when he reinjures his arm immediately following his return to the ice, and this time, he might never be able to play again. After a lifetime as the strong, happy hockey guy whose sister needed him, Jack is left questioning everything he knows about himself.
Abigail Thompson feels like she’s hit rock bottom. It’s only been a few months since the massive scandal that finally severed the cord between her and her narcissistic father. And now, in her last weeks of grad school, she’s been kicked out of her building with very short notice. The last thing she wants to do is ask her half-brother for help after what she’s put him through, but it’s looking like his best friend’s spare room might be her only choice.
Jack is flighty, flirty, and a little full of himself—all the things Abby’s learned to avoid in men. However, spending every day together breaks the ice between them, and she starts to realize that Jack might not be who he seems. It’s possible that maybe, just maybe, he might be struggling as much as she is. Soon, confiding in each other leads to falling into bed, and this fling will either play with their hearts—or score them the ultimate goal of love.
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Ferguson shines in her sequel to The Game Changer. Graduate student Abby Thompson has had a hell of a year following her mother's death, and while she's estranged from her narcissistic father, she's closer than ever to her half brother, hockey player Ian Chase, the protagonist of book one. When an unexpected flood in Abby's apartment leaves her temporarily displaced, she crashes with Ian and his new girlfriend Delilah for a while before starting to feel like a nuisance. Enter Jack Baker, Ian's teammate and Delilah's brother, who offers Abby his spare room, which she reluctantly accepts. Jack goes out of his way to make people think he's happy-go-lucky—indeed, Abby thinks of him as "flirty, flighty, and the definition of a fuckboy"—but secretly suffers from anxiety and depression. Despite Abby's initial mistrust of Jack, the mutual attraction between these two erupts in some scorching moments even as both battle demons, including Abby's family trauma and Jack's fears that, after aggravating the injury that kept him benched the previous season, he may never play hockey again. Their vulnerabilities, turbulent emotions, and well executed enemies-to-lovers arc keep the pages turning. Hockey romance fans will eat this up.
Customer Reviews
Three stars
I hate to give this three stars because her writing is superb, I loved her two main characters and their banter was funny and realistic
. The plot was great and a nice mix of drama and comedy but once they got into each other there was scene after scene, each at least 4 pages long, of having sex. And fairly graphic. If you like a lot of sex in your books you’ll love this book. If you’re like me, where one sex scene can be explicit and the others I prefer less so…well… just too much sex for my tastes. A personal preference and a personal opinion.