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I spent the night with this book and I have absolutely no regrets.

I have been following this series for a while now, and Common Goal did not disappoing.
This book brings us back to some familiar faces we met during Game Changers - but don't worry if you haven't read that or any other books in the series, the beauty of it is you can absolutely start with this one (or whichever one strikes your fancy). Though I highly recommed you give this series a shot. Unless you hate fun. If you hate sexy, funny, charming, ridiculous boys you should absolutely avoid this series. You've been warned!

Eric "Benny" Bennett is a seasoned goalie, though his teammates would probaly choose a different word. The jerks. The Canadian sweetheart has played plenty of successful seasons for the New York Admirals, some all the way to the Stanley Cup for crying out loud. At 41, Eric is starring down the barrel that is retirement. Instead of being able to look forward to a calmer lifestyle with his wife, after years of drifting apart and finally calling it quits, Eric is now single & lonely. With no idea how to get back into the dating game, and even less so of how to explore the part of his sexuality that he's always ignored, Eric ends up stumbling into an arrangement that just might be more than he bargained for.

25 year old Vermont native Kyle Swift left behind a painful past for the proverbial New York City Fresh Start TM. Scarf & glasses wearing grad student by day, and bartender at a sorry-excuse-for-a gay bar at night - though he has to admit, ever since Scott Hunter, star of the New York Admirals and the first openly gay hockey player in the NHL made the Kingfisher his go to hang out, things have been looking up at work... What with it being frequented by hot professional athletes more often than not. Kyle is no stranger to falling for the wrong men, usually older men that want to use Kyle and his youth and be done with him. It's just his luck that for the first time in basically ever he has feelings for someone his age, it's Scott Hunter's freaking fiancé and Kyles coworker. So after his path crosses with one hot silver fox goalie way too many times, he's desperate for a distraction. Kyle thinks he can just show Eric and thing of two and help him with his confidence - seriously, the man doesn't know how hot he is! Though not even intellectual Kyle could predict just how deep they both would get.

I'm so smitted with this series. Every time I meet a new hockey player character I think to myself "ooooh, I hope the next book is about him!" I have no issues with it going on and on forever.

Really well written and honest book. I loved how the sex scenes actively pushed the plot forward in a way that so many don't. The emotion and the way both main characters had revelations and discoveries that they had to interrogate later was wonderful and masterful. Overall an excellent book, I appreciated the references to previous books and loved the interplay between sport and student.

3.5 stars. cute, definitely couldn't keep track of the two hero's names in the audio version.

Okay so.

I struggled with this one, not gonna lie. There were some great moments and it was nice seeing everyone from the other books playing a role in this one as well but. I just couldn't warm up to Kyle and Eric's situationship. Individually they're both great and I enjoyed reading their scenes interacting with others but for a good chunk of the book it was just them, navigating that mess they threw themselves into and quite frankly I just didn't enjoy that a lot.

Nevertheless they had their fair share of moments and also Ilya Rozanov remains as the very best character in this series.

Worst book in the series. It was boring. It was mostly miscommunication and inaction. Their fights don’t make any sense. Why they get back together makes no sense. Two spinelessly MCs who can’t make up their minds.

I also hate “I’ll teach you” troupes.

Okay Eric and Kyle were fun! And hot. I was a little frustrated with Eric’s tunnel vision regarding the age gap, tbh. But I guess for some people it IS a real issue

I absolutely LOVE the hockey world that Rachel Reid has created, and although Ilya and Shane will forever and always be my favorite couple, I love reading about everyone else too! (Although I'm desperately waiting for the direct sequel to Heated Rivalry that she has promised us!)

I love age gap and bisexuality discovery - seriously those are two of my top favorite things in mm romance these days, so I really enjoyed this! This one was a bit slower pace, still fun, and with some great cameos too. Another great entry into the series.

Fans of hockey romance, I recommend this ENTIRE series - and I really, really, really wish Carina would put these out in paperback or print on demand so we can have some physical copies!