Reviewed by Mal
TITLE: Breakaway Goals
AUTHOR: Beth Bolden
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 395 Pages
RELEASE DATE: Aug 20, 2025
BLURB:
Tampa Sentinels Captain Hayes Montgomery has hero-worshipped Morgan Reynolds his entire career, watching as the larger-than-life hockey star has racked up stats that always seemed unreal. Unattainable. Unreachable.
Until Hayes himself is labeled “the next one” and to his surprise, he and Morgan end up on the same team together, playing for Team USA in a nation versus nation tournament.
Now Hayes’ hero isn’t just his teammate, but his linemate. They’re hot on the ice, and despite Morgan’s straight reputation, off it too.
It’s only ten days, but it’s the best ten days of his life. That shouldn’t be long enough for a hockey crush to morph into a real crush, but Hayes falls head over heels, launch-himself-off-a-cliff, wildly in love with Morgan, anyway.
They don’t play on the same team or even on the same coast. Normally, they’re never in the same zip code, but that doesn’t change Hayes’ feelings—or his regret when the fling ends.
Fast forward six years. Morgan’s retired, Hayes is writing his own name in the record books, and he’s sure he’s over it. Over him.
But then Morgan arrives in Tampa to watch his rookie son play for the Sentinels.
He doesn’t want to be hung up on his teammate’s dad, but it doesn’t matter how long it’s been or what he’s tried. Morgan still makes Hayes’ knees weak.
And when it turns out Morgan has his own Hayes’ shaped regret?
Maybe they can finally find their way back to each other again.
Breakaway Goals is a MM hockey standalone romance, but spins off from Beth’s Portland Evergreens series.
REVIEW:
Oh wow, seriously I just finished the book and I feel like I need to gather myself before I do a review but also I just need to shout and share and fan girl about his book. Honestly spectacular- Beth Bolden made me love Hayes which fair was going to happen but made me fall madly in love with Morgan which no fair I wasn’t really expecting that but it happened it’s here to stay Morgan will be etched forever in my mind. What an interesting complex perfectly imperfect character.
God the swoon in this book is just next level, the banter is aces and the pining is sublime. And their chemistry, is off the freaking charts! Throughout!! No joke!
Also some of the absolute best ever I Love You scenes I’ve read in a book… honestly the swoon is swooning I cannot say this enough.
I loved how the rivals (kinda one sided cause Hayes is honestly the best ever! I will hear no more on this) to friends to lovers to second chances to an utterly perfect full of grovelling and recompense making redemption
I loved seeing Finn and Jacob and Gavin and Zach. This book is a complete stand alone so you don’t need to read the Portland evergreen series but why wouldn’t you it’s also spectacular
I just loved this book, I highly recommend this beautiful age gap, hockey romance with some impossible odds and a smidge of a secret relationship. Read it! Tell me how you liked it.
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