Reviewed by Jen B.
TITLE: Common Goal
SERIES: Game Changers #4
AUTHOR: Rachel Reid
PUBLISHER: Carina Press
LENGTH: 282 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2020
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New York Admirals goalie Eric never thought his friends-with-benefits arrangement with much-younger Kyle would leave them both wanting more…
Veteran goaltender Eric Bennett has faced down some of the toughest shooters on the ice, but nothing prepared him for his latest challenge—life after hockey. It’s time to make some big changes, starting with finally dating men for the first time.
Graduate student Kyle Swift moved to New York nursing a broken heart. He’d sworn to find someone his own age to crush on (for once). Until he meets a gorgeous, distinguished silver fox hockey player. Despite their intense physical attraction, Kyle has no intention of getting emotionally involved. He’ll teach Eric a few tricks, have some mutually consensual fun, then walk away.
Eric is more than happy to learn anything Kyle brings to the table. And Kyle never expected their friends-with-benefits arrangement to leave him wanting more. Happily-ever-after might be staring them in the face, but it won’t happen if they’re too stubborn to come clean about their feelings.
Everything they both want is within reach… They just have to be brave enough to grab it.
Game Changers Series:
Book 1: Game Changer
Book 2: Heated Rivalry
Book 3: Tough Guy
Book 4: Common Goal
REVIEW: Another wonderful addition to the series. Here, we have veteran NHL goalie, Eric (Benny) Bennett who is reaching the end of his career and facing retirement. He is also facing life after divorce and wanting to explore his bisexuality with no idea where to start. Thankfully, he meets fun and flirty bartender, Kyle. They hit it off and Kyle ends up being the first person Eric confides in. Their friendship grows and Kyle agrees to lead Eric on his journey into the gay sex world, no strings attached. So, as you can predict, things don’t work out exactly as planned.
What ensues is a fabulous fun and sexy relationship with these two with Kyle bound and determined to show Eric all of the wonderful things involving gay sex. It is pretty predictable that feelings are going to grow with these two, so no surprise there. Eric, however, has no intention of getting past the age gap issue, although he has no trouble with it in the bedroom.
I loved these guys. Kyle is wonderful, flirty and fun with a wonderful attitude. Thankfully, he doesn’t let Eric’s insecurities get to him too much before pressing forward. And Eric is fabulous as well. Poor guy is dealing with the loss/ending of his career and teammates, coupled with his feelings for Kyle and not only coming out but doing so with a much younger guy. Eric’s friends aren’t going anywhere though, and things all work out in the end.
That said, this doesn’t have quite the heat and excitement as my favorite book in this series – Heated Rivalry. But it is not too far behind and definitely recommended as a significant part of this series. There are snippets of our guys from that book here, and the promise of more from them in a future book. Until we get to that, we have some delicious stories about some of the other players involved, and I can’t wait to see what’s up next.
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