I received a copy via Booked With the Emily’s. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was such a fun read! 

Olivia Griswold and her brother’s best friend, Aaron Marino, hate each other, they always have. After years of traveling, Olivia moves to Atlanta to be near her NHL player older brother again. Unfortunately, Aaron Marino is on the NHL team and after 10 years the teasing is still there.

When Olivia’s roommate situation becomes unbearable, Aaron offers up a solution: live with him until the New Year. In exchange, Aaron needs someone to bid on him at the team’s auction. Aaron’s been dealing with an unhinged fan who won’t seem to go away and Olivia is the perfect person to help him out. As the two spend time together, Olivia begins to realize that maybe Aaron isn’t as bad as she thought. 

Aaron remembers so many little details about Olivia and would do absolutely anything for her. He is such a softie— crocheting animals as a pregame ritual, donating his time to the Children’s Hospital, and he is willing to do anything to make Olivia happy. 

Read if you like:
• dual POV
• brother’s best friend
• hockey romances
• books set during the holiday’s
• dislike to friends to lovers
• forced proximity
• steamy, closed door romances