Pipe Dreams

By: Sarina Bowen

Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Rock Engle

A goalie has to trust his instincts, even when taking a shot to the heart.

Mike Beacon is a champion at defending the net, but off the ice he's not so lucky. A widower and a single father, he's never forgotten Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life. When Lauren reappears in the Bruisers office during the playoffs, Beacon sees his chance to make things right.

Lauren hates that she's forced to travel with the team she used to work for and the man who broke her heart. There's still undeniable sexual tension running between her and Mike, but she won't go down that road again. She's focused on her plans for the future - she doesn't need a man to make her dreams of motherhood come true.

Lauren plays her best defensive game, but she's no match for the dark-eyed goalie. When the field of play moves to Florida, things heat up on the beach.

One of Mike's biggest fans - his teenage daughter - doesn't approve. But a true competitor knows not to waste the perfect shot at love.

©2017 Sarina Bowen (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

My favorite of the series!

My absolute favorite of this series. I loved Mike and Lauren’s second chance at love storyline. Their chemistry is sizzling and their journey bittersweet. Loving all the characters and their books. Narration is #goal! A must listen!

Great story!

I loved finally getting Lauren’s story. There is sooo much more to her and why she acts the way she does. I loved watching her come back to life and start really living again with all the things she enjoyed. Mike had some making up to do and she made him work for it and prove that he meant it. I loved watching these two work things out as they were meant to be and circumstances screwed them over 2 years ago. This book can be read as a standalone but you do see characters from the previous and future books so added bonus if you have read the others and continue to series. I can’t wait for the next one.
The narrators did a great job with the personalities and bringing these characters to life.

Nothing wrong with a sweet cry.

This story took me everywhere from extremely sad to brokenhearted to tearjerkingly happy and so on. There's just a lot of emotions in this one.
I don't do spoilers but I will tell you that you are going to love this book!! lol. Highly recommended!!!

Woah, how did Sarina Bowen do that?

I'm actually surprised by this book!

Narration:
Nicol Zanzarella and Rock Engle-both 4 stars because though they're mostly pretty good, their sexy times/whispers/moaning/groaning are a little awkward

I'm just going to mark it all as spoilery stuff:

Knowing a bit of the background story from previous books (and even in the beginning of this book), I thought I wasn't going to hate this story. I figured it would be eye rolling and a lot of "seriously???" going on in my head. I mean come on, why would you go back to your wife after she cheated. Yes, she's terminal, and it's super sad, but she made her bed... And the daughter, please, she could live with her dad... I kept thinking this story would be extremely frustrating. Yeah, I was so completely wrong. I don't know how she did it, but Sarina Bowen wrote this in a way that you actually understand the characters and their actions. You understand their motivations and you really feel for them. The story line made sense to me, and it worked well. Normally, I'd be ranting in the review by now, but here I sit wondering how the author took a story I knew I'd hate and turned it into something I would read/listen to again!

Good second-chance romance.

Seemingly cold-hearted Lauren, and widower Mike Beacon are reunited for a second chance at love in this beautifully written hockey player romance. The story smacked of reality with the needs of an emotional teenager thrown in to destabilise the fragile re-connection of two good people who cared about each other but were familiar with sacrifice. The emotional highs always seemed at risk because of this couple’s history, and so I was on tenterhooks for them even though I knew a happy ever after was inevitable. This was an emotionally tender and a satisfying read. The writing style included flashbacks to the past when the romance was new - it was a format that worked well and was easy to follow.

I enjoyed this romance and recommend it. The narrators were great.