The Wedding Winger by Delancey Stewart

 

Title: The Wedding Winger

Series: The Zamboni Diaries

Author: Delancey Stewart

Genre: Sports (Hockey Romance), Rom Com, Second Chance, Matchmaker, Single Mom

Release Date: September 21, 2023

Cover Design: Kelly Lambert Greer

Sly Remington has a plan. And it does not involve falling in love with his high school crush, the literal girl next door. But sometimes, fate makes plans of its own...

Pro hockey has always been my destiny. And now that I’m right wing for the Wilcox Wombats? It’s my past and present… but I’m not so sure if it’s my future. I’m on the older side now, as hockey stars go, and I’m starting to worry about my lack of a backup plan.

The issue?

I’m no rocket scientist. Hockey’s what I’m good at. Sure, I graduated high school (with the help of my ultimate high school crush, Clara Connor, who was literally the girl next door.) And I got through college because everyone there was pretty invested in keeping me on the ice.

Now?

I’m working on the next phase of my life, but I can’t pretend I’ve got much faith that it’ll work out. I know who I am and what I’m good at. The same thing the women I date see: an athlete. Period.

But when my little brother drops the bomb of his engagement and Mom insists I come home solo, everything gets thrown into question. Not because Mom doesn't want me bringing a puck bunny to the wedding, but because she's got a matchmaking master plan up her sleeve.

And guess who she has in mind? None other than my HS tutor, Clara Connor, the newly divorced single mom living right next door. Did I mention she has a five-year-old daughter who’s better at getting my goat than my little brother on his best day?

Clara is a scientist now, and she’s got a lot on her plate already. So when Mom thrusts us together repeatedly, I do my best to be a good guy. Standup. Respectable. Friendly.

The thing is, Clara still gets under my skin. And when she tells me she had a crush on me back then too, and that maybe she still does?

The gloves are off.

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My review:

The Wedding Winger is the first book in the hilarious The Zamboni Diaries series.  There is a prequel to the series, Checking the Center, which isn’t necessary to read but it is entertaining. 

Wilcox Wombats right winger, Sylvester (Sly) Remington goes home for the off-season and his brother’s wedding.  He discovers Clara, the girl he had a crush on in high school, has moved back into the house next to him.  He wasn’t expecting his mother to try and fix him up with her.  He has enough on his hands secretly working on his MBA and feared he might not be good enough to get it.

After moving back to her childhood home, newly divorced Clara Connor is struggling to balance life.  She loves her job as a biologist in the field but wants to spend more time with her daughter.  Falling again for her high school crush was not in her plans.

I have enjoyed the series so far and I love the theme of the matchmaking Zamboni driver in the series.  This was an easy book to read, and I couldn’t put it down once I started.  It grabbed my attention from the beginning.  I cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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