There’s also plenty of Isaac Drake, which I especially enjoyed because I already read Empty Net, which is about him, and liked him in that. There ends up being no drama, instead there’s a romance and a journey of self-forgiveness and sometimes there’s hockey. They’re hired to coach the Spartanburg Spitfires because the team’s manager thinks that the potential drama will be good for ticket sales. The two men had never expected to see each other again, so of course it’s no surprise (to us) that they do and that their eventual reactions to each other is basically ‘Oh no, he’s hot’.

Max, however, has moved on with his life and is now happy to have a chance to coach the game he loves. Misha accidentally caused Max an injury that ended his professional hockey career, and he’s never really gotten over it. Max and Misha are more or less strangers who are forever tied to each other because of one event that changed both of their lives forever. In a change of pace from the other books in the series, the romantic couple aren’t hockey players, but former hockey players who are now hockey coaches.

I still love this series, and this was another wonderful addition to it. All the things he wanted that he couldn’t have.” But when an unwelcome visitor targets a player, Misha revisits his darkest days, and that might cost him and Max the beginning they've worked so hard to build.“Misha’s words were all stolen away, taken from him by Max Ashford’s pretty eyes and his easy smile – all the things he was giving to Misha that Misha did not deserve. Not only must they navigate Misha's remorse and a past he's spent a lifetime trying to forget, but also a sleazy GM who is determined to use their history as a marketing hook. Max's optimism plays havoc with Misha's equilibrium-as does the fierce attraction that springs up between them. But nothing prepares him for the shock when he learns the new head coach is Misha Samarin, the man who caused Max's accident.Īfter spending years guilt ridden for his part in Max's accident, Russian native Misha Samarin has no idea what to do when he's confronted with Max's presence. Despite everything, Max gets back into the game he loves-only this time, behind the bench as an assistant coach of the Spartanburg Spitfires, the worst team in the entire league. A freak accident during the Stanley Cup Playoffs put an end to Max Ashford's hockey career.

Power Play by Avon Gale