Puckheads [Kindle Edition]

SUE SWIFT (Author)

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Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic) How far would you go to win your lifelong dream? When Zoë Whipple agrees to make a documentary about a hockey team’s season, she doesn’t sign on for scandal, crime and murder. But she discovers that players, rabid to win the championship, don’t let morality or the law stand in the way of their ambitions. When a rookie dies from cardiac arrest, Zoë is saddened but not suspicious until another player, in the grip of ’roid rage, goes berserk on the ice and ends up in the hospital. Digging into the mess reveals illegal painkillers and steroid abuse among most of the team. Zoë, whose reputation for honest filmmaking is at stake, threatens to expose the scandals. Is her new lover, team captain “Crash” Crasseau, responsible for the harassment and vandalism meant to scare her into silence? When Crasseau’s ex-wife is murdered and Zoë’s daughter is threatened, Zoë must choose between her career ambitions and her child’s safety.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 449 KB
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave (October 29, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0032C99LO
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,448 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Best-selling, award-winning author Sue Swift has written over a dozen novels, plus several short stories and non-fiction articles. She writes in numerous subgenres including paranormal, historical and contemporary comedy.

She has earned a 2d degree black belt in kenpo karate and used to play amateur ice hockey in a rec league. A former trial attorney, her hobbies are yoga and world travel; she has lived and worked in places as diverse as Luoyang, China and London, England. She's working as an editor in northern California and writing her sixteenth manuscript.

Her current blog is at http://www.fearlessfastpacedfiction.com and her website is http://www.sue-swift.com.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I never knew the game of hockey could be so intense., February 5, 2010

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Detra Fitch "Always hunting good books." (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puckheads (Kindle Edition)

Zoë Whipple's filming company is known for being one of the best. Zoë's perfectionist attitude always has her digging for answers and trying to find beauty in her work. Zoë agrees to film a documentary about the Portland Thunder hockey team's championship season. She never expects to fall in love with the team's captain, Daniel Crasseau, or for him to feel the same way. Neither does Zoë expect to find herself in the middle of a major media scandal or the target of vandalism by an unknown person.

When a rookie ends up dead on the ice, Zoë begins searching for answers and discovers that illegal painkillers and steroid usage is very common. A leak to the press has the team members blaming Zoë for all their recent misfortunes and at least one person is out for Zoë's blood. Even Daniel believes Zoë is the one who leaked out the drug news, despite her denials, and accuses her of imagining nonexistent conspiracies. Can Zoë continue making the documentary? Can the Thunder team still somehow win the championship? And is it possible for Zoë and Daniel to survive it all and remain together?

**** FOUR STARS! I could not help but like the character of Zoë almost instantly. She is intelligent, full of life, honorable, and the pride in her work clearly shows. I am disappointed in the character of Daniel though. I understand that "hockey players are poisoned by testosterone overload" (quoted from story), but no matter what he thought to himself or told others, his actions simply never showed he really loved Zoë. (At least not enough for me.)

As for the story itself, the author clearly showed how loud, thrilling, and intense the game of hockey is. I could almost see Zoë's jump and yell in excitement as she attended her first live game. The pressure players are under to perform well on the ice is shown too. It is no wonder that there is a lot of potential for the use of steroids and the abuse of other drugs. Whether you are a fan of sports or not, I have no doubt that you will enjoy this romance. ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.