Reviewed by Lady Macbeth
TITLE: Slew Foot
SERIES: Scoring Chances #3
AUTHOR: Brigham Vaughn
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 500 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 19, 2025
BLURB:
The last thing Rafael Moon needs is to fall in love with another teammate …
Following a painful breakup, Rafe is looking forward to a fresh start in Boston, and he’s thrilled when he immediately clicks with his new D-partner, Mickey Krause.
Mickey’s smart, talented, and loves telling Rafe what to do. It feels good to have some structure and, finally, Rafe’s life is coming together on and off the ice.
As their friendship deepens, Rafe slowly realizes he’s falling for Mickey. Too bad he’s been down this road before. He knows exactly how badly it could end.
Roles are defined and tension smolders, but neither of them can stop their out-of-control feelings.
An independent perfectionist, Mickey’s had a rough season so far and he’s immediately smitten with Rafe’s sweet, earnest vibes.
Finally having someone who works well with him in the bedroom and beside him in a game has him hitting all his goals.
But when Mickey’s world is turned upside down following an altercation with Rafe’s ex, he’ll have to learn to let go and let someone else lead for once.
Their relationship and the team depend on it.
CONTENT WARNING:
Character injury, discussions of medical issues and mental health struggles, including vague references to suicidal ideation a minor character.
Mild kink, including bondage and edging.
REVIEW:
n this third book of the Scoring Chances series we see love blossom between Mickey “Mouse” Krause and Rafe “Turtle” Moon.
Rafe has just been traded to the Boston Harriers after a painful breakup with his boyfriend and teammate Logan. The end of their story affected the whole team and Rafe needed to go away and have a clean slate.
Mickey has been with the Harries and, generally in the NHL, for a few months, but he hasn’t found the right defenseman partner despite various attempts of his Coach to pair him with different players. When Rafe arrives to the team, he and Mickey hit off almost immediately.
As their friendship grows stronger, their performance on the ice improves too: they have a strong connection, a very good dynamic where Mickey is more bossy and Rafe feels comfortable in having him calling the shots.
Physical attraction grows too, but while Mickey is more than ready to start a relationship, Rafe is more guarded and the scars of what happened with Logan and the team are still too fresh.
I completely adored the first part of the book when they’re utterly enthralled by each other: their feelings are overwhelming, they keep gravitating around one another and they spontaneously behave like boyfriends all the time. I loved that they shared an apartment with Tanner, his obnoxious presence made things hilarious and lighter and, sometimes, he gave them the push they needed.
Rafe and Mickey’s sexual relationship made this story more kinky than the previous ones: Mickey’s bossy side was not confined on the ice, but it was very much present in the bedroom too. While theirs was not a Dom/sub kind of relationship, he’s definitely predominant and Rafe feels completely at ease by letting Mickey take care of him.
I found the part about Mickey’s injury very well handled by the author: I love how she described all the challenges and the difficulties that they had to face while navigating the early stage of their relationship. Instead of living a honeymoon phase, they had to deal with Mickey’s constant pain, they went from enjoying their first sexual experience together to suddenly not being able to be intimate and having to find another way to stay together and not let Mickey’s injuries affect their dynamic.
I adored that they leaned on their teammates and friends to seek help.
What prevented me from giving five full stars:
I needed a bit more from the epilogue.
Next book will be about Thad and Graham and I’m so very ready for it. I wanted an HEA for Thad since his story was hinted in the second book.
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