Hot Flashes and Hockey Slashes by Marika Ray
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As a older lady Olivia is thinking she is past all the dating game and is happy with her chaotic life at the moment, but when her Ex-husband is remarrying and is is invited to the wedding Olivia decides that she is happy going to the even single, but her grown up children decide to enrol a friend as a “Fake Boyfriend” for her.

Having check into her Island bungalow a knock arrives at the door and when she open’s it, there standing in all his glory is Hockey star Roman all muscles and hunky. How is she suppose to navigate the situation when she is instantly attracted to him?

Roman is starting to feel his age, although in other profession being 41 would be the pinnacle of life but with his body feeling the pressure of a professional athletic he is starting to doubt how long he can go on. So when his friends convinced him to play the role of the “Fake Boyfriend” so when he arrives and starts seeing they have more in common and an attraction, can he just be platonic or push for more?

I love Sylvie Stewart books so with her name on the cover as well as Marika Ray I knew I would not be disappointed and I definitely wasn’t. The story is well developed and the characters were brilliant to drive the story forward. I so related to the character of Olivia with the start of the menopause I feel the insecurities and the hilarious commentary had me laughing out loud.

I loved the character of Roman who was a perfect equal to Olivia’s character as the doubts and vulnerability of growing older and finding the love they deserve. The way he stuck up for her and understood the insomnia and being that support that she had not had was lovely to read. I could not put this book down and can’t wait to read more from this partnership.