Reviewed by Lady Macbeth
TITLE: Game Misconduct
SERIES: Scoring Chances #6
AUTHOR: Brigham Vaughn
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 606 Pages
RELEASE DATE: Augustus 7, 2026
BLURB:
The last thing Tanner Clayton needs is to fall in love with his rival …
He loves playing defense for the Boston Harriers, hooking up with anyone he wants to, and hanging out with the boys.
Settle down? No way!
Especially not with Leif Rasmussen—top scorer for their divisional rival—who he loves to torment during games.
But the more time Tanner and Leif spend together at skills camps and tournaments, the harder the sparks fly on and off the ice.
As the top line center of the New York Rockets, Leif is desperate to live up to the legacy of his superstar father and hold his team together while their captain is out with a long-term injury.
Tanner is nothing but a distraction … and everything Leif refuses to admit he wants.
And when the Harriers and the Rockets go head-to-head in the playoffs, there’s more than just the Cup on the line …
There’s a chance at love.
TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: Realistic depictions of hockey player injuries, mild homophobia from secondary characters, and a side character threatening self-harm.
REVIEW:
This is the last book of the Scoring Chances series that could not end with Tanner’s story!
Since he appeared in the first book, he’s been a lous, chaotic, happy character, a bit annoying too sometimes (ask Luke Crawford how he knows…), he also may have spread a little bit of illness through the whole team, but oh well!
Tanner has known Leif for years, since they played together in Juniors, and they’ve been on each other’s nerves since then. No game passes that doesn’t see them riling up one another. But you know how it ended up with rivals, right? All that tension simmering that reaches the boiling point and explodes into a very hot hookup. Maybe the most surprising part about the whole thing for them is that they have a great chemistry in bed: they have fun, they push each other playfully, they’re also very respectful and they just are what the other needs. And soon enough it becomes difficult to ignore the feelings that little by little grow behind video calls, funny texts and silly pictures they start sharing.
At some point Leif needs more reassurances and certainty but he’s scared to lose Tanner’s friendship, while Tanner has mixed feelings that confuse him and he doesn’t understand what he really wants, he just knows that Leif makes him feel better.
What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
Leif and Tanner become aware of their feelings for each other at different times, Leif first and Tanner later. I’m not blaming Tanner for needing more time to sort out his feelings, he has never been in love before, so it was pretty normal, and I’m not shaming him for being cool about a hypothetical non monogamy in the physical part of a relationship either, because he considers sexual activities funny, refreshing and also stress reducing.
But I needed him to be more adamant about monogamy because it was clear that Leif was very much anxious about it.
I also struggled with the length of the book: I’m used to 500 pages stories from this author, but this book is 600 and sometimes I had trouble keeping my focus on it.
I adored how Leif and Tanner helped each other with coping mechanisms, it was another way for them to be a perfect match.
The whole Boston Harriers family is amazing, I’m both sad to let them go and excited to see how things will go in New York.
Lastly, thank you Brigham Vaughn for letting me have a glimpse of Gabriel Theriault, he will always own my heart.
Recommended.
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