Review – Power Play Rivals by Ivy Fox

Power Play Rivals; Puckered Hearts #2
(#2 within a series)

Publication Date: March 28, 2024

Genre/Tropes: Sports/Enemies to Lovers/Forbidden/Age Gap Workplace Romance

Author: Ivy Fox

Review Rating: 5 Gold Stars

Review/Synopsis:

Review:
Ivy Fox promised heat and angst and oh-my-overheated-cheeks and overworked heart agree with her!! Power Play Rivals had both my panties in flames and my heart in knots. What a fantastic ride!

Trent Nichols and Piper Lee begin the story with explosive heat. I’m talking fireworks on the fourth of July type of intensity. They banter, they squabble, they fall into bed, and their chemistry never wains. However, do these two jump into a relationship…heavens no, because neither of them recognize their feelings…at least right away 😉. I mean, who wants that since banter is the best foreplay and then when the moment hits – BAM 💥 like a bull in a china shop, my heart nearly exploded. But until that moment strikes these two battle like it’s life and death. It’s glorious to read, although, at moments also quite angsty.

There are some very cute secondary characters that sort of play cupid, that ironically enough aren’t Lottie, Piper’s best friend who is a matchmaker. Rex, the hockey team owner, and Caleb the young goalie. They both have their inspiring and funny moments which made them quite endearing.

The entire book is great and while it could be read as a standalone, is best read in series order for the best reading enjoyment.

Synopsis:

Never fall in love with a client

Just one of the many guidelines you must follow when you represent the best athletes in the game.

The rule never bothered me.

A pretty smile from a cocky player couldn’t do it for me anyway.

As a no-nonsense sports agent, I’ve seen it all in this cutthroat world of athletic negotiations and powerplays, and say what you will about me, I know how to handle business.

The only person who pretends I’m not a freaking badass is Trent Nichols, the infuriating, albeit sexy-as-all-hell, Boston Guardians general manager.

With his dark eyes and even darker soul, Trent doesn’t bend to my will like the rest of them, which is a problem.

Especially since one of my hockey players is under threat of suspension.

That can’t happen. Not on my watch.

If Trent wants to play hardball, I’m more than happy to give him a run for his money.

I’ll show him what a real rival looks like.

And who knows? Maybe I’ll have a little bit of fun too.

While the first law of being a good agent is to never fall for a client, there’s no written rule that says I can’t mess around with their boss behind closed doors.

This is the second standalone novel in the interconnected Puckered Hearts series.

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