Fake dating a hockey player for Christmas wasn’t on my bingo card.
Clare Johnson’s job is handling PR for the Dallas Stampede—not getting tangled up with one of the players. But when Mitchell Drake—charming forward, fan favorite, and very off-limits—asks her to pose as his girlfriend for one week in small-town Minnesota, she reluctantly agrees. What’s the worst that could happen?
Mitchell’s had six months to get over his very public broken engagement, and his family is done waiting. The last thing he needs is pitying smiles and whispered gossip. Clare is smart, sharp, and strong enough to hold her own with both fans and family—the perfect fake girlfriend.
But holiday lights and snowy nights have a way of blurring the line between pretend and real. Clare fits too easily into his world—bonding with his grandma, winning at pond hockey, and looking unfairly good in his flannel. The more time they spend together, the less fake it feels.
Full of small-town holiday magic, meddling relatives, and sizzling chemistry, Checking It Twice is a hockey romance about second chances and falling in love when you least expect it. Perfect for fans of fake dating, one-bed tension, forced proximity, and happily-ever-afters wrapped in Christmas lights.
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Tropes:
Hockey Romance
He Falls First
Found Family
Christmas Vacation
Only One Bed / Forced Proximity
Slow Burn
4.5 Stars
This is book three in the Must Love Hockey Series but can certainly be read as a standalone. Who doesn't love a hockey holiday romance story? And this one was full of fun and smiles, holiday cheer and fine lines with fake dating.
Clare is determined that she will never cross the line with a hockey player again, once was enough on her heart. With the holidays fast approaching and zero plans thanks to her parents and their new lives she really isn't looking forward it. So when Mitch asks her to go home with him and pretend to be his girlfriend, she really doesn't have any reason to say no.
Mitch is long since over the ex-fiancé leaving him for his best friend but he know that going home for Christmas will be full of questions. Questions he doesn't want to deal with. He has watched Clare from afar for a while now and when the idea of the fake girlfriend pops into his head, she is the only one that fits.
Will Mitch and Clare survive 5 days of pretending without crossing the lines to far? Could the time spent without all the pretenses of the hockey world in their faces give a new perspective? Will either of them be the same once they get back to Dallas?
Grab your copy, snuggle up by the fire and enjoy a fun filled holiday read.
*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***
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