Bad Boy's Downfall: A Surprise Baby Hockey Romance

Gina Azzi

Mar 2023 · Tennessee Thunderbolts Book 6 · Three Cities Publishing LLC

About this ebook

Word on the ice: the only thing worse than knocking up your teammate’s sister is knocking up his daughter.

I have no business tangling up with Lola Daire. She’s a smart, idealistic, college senior planning to take on Silicon Valley. I’m an angry NHL player with a chip on my shoulder.

She smiles rainbows; I spit fire. She’s a daddy’s girl; I’m the last guy her father wants her to date.

A man with my past and demons will only corrupt a good woman. I know better than to give in to her playful flirting, but when Lola finds herself in a compromising situation, I break the rules to keep her safe.

We have nothing in common, save for the attraction we feel. We have no future, except for the moments that stretch between us. But our desire is insatiable. Our chemistry, off-the-charts.

One night turns into more and our casual understanding takes an unexpected turn.

I may be the cliché bad boy, but my downfall is the good girl with a baby on the way.

Ratings and reviews

Bad Boy’s Downfall is book six in the Tennessee Thunderbolts Series and River Payton and Lola (Lol) Daire’s friends to lovers journey is the perfect addition to this wonderful series. River and Lol realise very quickly that they want to be more than just friends but her father Brawler is River’s teammate and that should mean a line has been drawn. But we can’t always control our heart and sometimes we have to do what’s right for us, so what happens when this couple move from friends to lovers……

Score!! That’s exactly what this book did for me. I loved River and Lola’s story from the get go. River’s past had made him into this “bad boy” image but Lola knew more and she had been crushing on him. The problem was trying to get past the unwritten rule of not dating your teammates daughter. Brawler had warned the guys away from his beautiful daughter but River and Lola had this special connection and had been friends first.

I loved their journey as they moved from friends to lovers. Their journey was emotional and had it’s challenges but what a journey it was. It was further complicated by the fact that Lola’s father is Brawler who also happens to be River’s teammate. Bad Boy’s Downfall was a raw, realistic story that was both heartbreaking and heart warming as they came to terms with the past.