Playoff (LA Phantoms 4) by Kat Mizera-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 20, 2025

Turning thirty shouldn’t be a big deal—unless you’re a minor league hockey player starting to realize the big leagues might never call. It’s a tough pill to swallow.

But then, out of nowhere, I get my shot. The L.A. Phantoms are in the playoffs for the first time in decades, and with their roster decimated by injuries, they call me up.

I’m ready to warm the bench, but with a solid season behind me, they’re willing to give me some ice time. This is the chance of a lifetime. Until she walks in.

My first love. The one I never forgot.

But dating her could risk everything we’ve both worked for.

How are we supposed to choose between the future we’ve dreamed of and the past we never let go of?

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REVIEW:PLAYOFF is the fourth instalment in Kat Mizera’s contemporary, adult LA PHANTOMS erotic, hockey romance series. This is twenty-eight year old, minor league hockey player Blake Rourke, and team trainer Rowan Taylor’s story line. PLAYOFF can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Blake and Rowan) PLAYOFF follows in the wake of the team’s bus accident on their way to the playoffs against the Alaska Blizzard. With several players injured including trainer Gene Perrault, assistant trainer Rowan Taylor has her hands full Without a full compliment for the playoff, a number of minor league players are called up for duty including Rowan’s high school sweetheart, the man who broke her heart. Enter Blake Rourke. For close to ten years, Blake has regretted his actions including his choices both on and off the ice but with his chance to make things straight, Blake sets out to seduce the woman he still loves, a woman who is caught between love and a future with the team.

The world building focuses on the past; the team’s fight for a championship cup in the wake of the accident; Blake and Rowan’s rekindling romance; and the possibility of a future going forward.

The relationship between Rowan and Blake is forbidden; a second chance romance between two people whose lives imploded ten years before. Blake is struggling with his family’s dysfunctional family dynamics, and both Blake and Rowan are struggling to prove they are worthy of a permanent position with the team. As Blake and Rowan’s relationship quickly turns into something more, the fall-out could end both of their careers.The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and interesting secondary and supporting characters including the previous story line couples: team owner Harper Barrowman-DeLugo;, and her husband goalie Gabe DeLugo; and Coach Vanek. We are introduced to several minor league players who have been called up including Bodi Michener, Dylan Hayes, Warren Franco and Mikey Stevens; Blake’s sister Phoebe, and their father Ethan.

PLAYOFF is a story of second chances and forgiveness, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is effective and captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined, dynamic and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kat Mizera was born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of Wanderlust. She’s lived from coast to coast, and everywhere in between, but home is wherever her family is. A devoted mom and wife to her wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat loves to travel the globe with her adventurous, hockey loving family. Greece is at the top of that list. She hopes to one day retire there, spending her days writing books on the beach.

Kat is former freelance sports writer who now writes steamy hockey romance about her favorite fictional teams, the Las Vegas Sidewinders and the Lauderdale Knights. The library of novels she’s penned also include sexy contemporary stories about baseball stars, alpha sex club owners, bodyguards, rock stars, and royalty. Regardless of genre, her books about bad boys with hearts of gold will steal your breath, rock your world and melt your heart.

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