Thank you to Emma St. Clair for the book to review. All opinions are my own.

Parker is the social media manager for the Appies, a minor league hockey team. And she enjoys planning trendy tik tok videos to get the team in the public eye. But when a major player, Logan Barnes, is bumped down to this team, he says in his first meeting: "I signed a contract to play hockey. Not dance." And Parker knows she's in trouble. Not just because of his dancing resistance, but because he was her brother's best friend growing up and she's had a crush for years. The catch is, he ghosted them when he left town. Too bad her crush didn't leave with him. 

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What a way to kick off this Sweater Weather series! Emma St Clair excels at not only fleshing out her main characters but giving us just absolute gems of side characters. This book is no different. All the hockey players were so fun and their dynamic felt so true to the personalities that make up a good team. 

I also love a protective male lead and Logan does not disappoint. He goes out of his way to care for Parker, even when he doesn't recognize his own feelings. 

A bonus in this one is Parker has never been kissed. I was that trope (I just realized I never added that to my trope post about myself and my husband, but you get it here now!) and so I am sensitive to how this is portrayed. And I think she nailed it! 

Somehow this author takes tropes and delivers them in a much less formulaic way than other books I read. I believe her character's motivations and can justify their behavior. She will always be a auto-read for me! 

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This is a closed door romance. 

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