A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy. THE RISK takes you back to the world of hot hockey players, feisty heroines, bro banter, and steamy scenes...

Everyone says I’m a bad girl. They’re only partly right—I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy. As the daughter of Briar’s head hockey coach, I’d be vilified if I hooked up with a player from a rival team.

And that’s who Jake Connelly is. Harvard’s star forward is arrogant, annoying, and too attractive for his own good. But fate is cruel—I require his help to secure a much-coveted internship, and the sexy jerk isn’t making it easy for me.

I need Connelly to be my fake boyfriend.

For every fake date…he wants a real one.

Which means this bad girl is in big trouble. Nothing good can come from sneaking around with Jake Connelly. My father would kill me, my friends will revolt, and my post-college career is on the line. But while it’s getting harder and harder to resist Jake’s oozing sex appeal and cocky grin, I refuse to fall for him.

That’s the one risk I’m not willing to take.

I just LOVED The Risk! Enemies to lovers is one of my favorite troupes… what do you get when you cross the daughter of the hockey coach of Briar with the captain of the rival Harvard hockey team? OMG Jake Connelly and Brenna were simply AMAZING! Their banter, their flirtatious encounters, the sarcasm, the heat, the attraction… ALL OF IT was just to die for!

Jake gets under Brenna’s skin like no other but there is a reason for that… he is sinfully sexy, and the confidence that oozes out of him, just make him such a great guy. Brenna is strong and independent—and while she has a rough relationship with her dad, she is a good girl at heart underneath the sarcastic, hard exterior.

When Brenna needs Jake to help her get a coveted internship to impress the male chauvinistic pig of an employer, he proposes that for every “fake date”, they go on a “real date” too. I have to say that I LOVED this aspect of the story and wished we got more of it. I loved them getting to know each other outside of their hockey perceptions of each other and just loved the butterfly feeling I had in my stomach watching love grow.

I truly love the characters in this series… each adding something fun and exciting to the story. It’s almost like family. You just want what’s best for all of them. You want them happy.

There were some serious things touched upon in this story which just added another layer to an already great book. I was happy, laughing, emotional, and crying… Elle Kennedy truly pulled out all the stops with this one. I have loved everything that this author has written to date and I can’t wait for more happily ever afters for our beloved hockey boys. <3 <3

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