**I voluntarily read an early copy of this title courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

Play to Win is the first book in Kelly Jamieson's new Wynn Hockey series and a great start it is! I can already tell this is going to be one heck of a series based on the family dynamics between all of the Wynn family members! They are an intriguing bunch for sure and watching it all unfold is going to be a treat!

Theo Wynn wishes he was still playing hockey, but an injury forced him into the front office, which he loves as well. He's a numbers geek and he loves his charts and figures. He's a very regimented guy who is a workaholic, likes order and he doesn't like to deviate from plans once he's got them set.

Lacey Olson is doing the best she can in life. She's lost her mother to cancer, her twin brother is in so deep with a gambling addiction that it's starting to affect Lacey's life as well and all she wants to do is help him. She's independent, but loves to have a good time, yet she doesn't have time for much fun or a love life due to all of the hours she's trying to put in with her jobs.

When Theo meets Lacey and realizes she's in trouble, all he wants to do is help. What he doesn't realize is this woman has the power to turn his entire world on its head. When he suggests a quickie marriage that will benefit them both, little does he realize that this temporary arrangement might be the best thing that's ever happened to him. Will he be able to step out of the office and realize that maybe work isn't the be all, end all?

I really liked the start to this series. The characters were great and there are some seriously complicated family dynamics! I can't wait to see what happens as this series rolls along because it has the makings of some really entertaining books! Kudos to Kelly Jamieson for another stellar hockey book!

This was good, not as good as some of the previous ones but still entertaining.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher

4.5 stars!

Another amazing hockey romance by Kelly Jamieson This one incorporates the Wynn family (which is big) and all their drama. They might not all be professional hockey players, but they are still hot and wealthy and super fun!

Théo Wynn kicks off the series with him taking over as GM for the Los Angeles Condors. His family owns them. They actually own 2 hockey teams! You know what this means?? LOTS of future hockey romances!!!

This is a brand new hockey series and I fell hard for the whole Wynn Hockey Family. I cannot wait for more in this super fun series.

Theo Wynn has been hired to run his grandfathers hockey team in LA, he is currently running a team in Vegas. On his last night in town he meets, marries and takes Lacey with him to LA. IN LA he introduces Lacey to his crazy family and they are totally dysfunctual but fun family. I loved them so much.

Lacey is perfect for Theo and she helps him fit in with his family and socially in his new town. They have a really sweet and great relationship and thats why I loved this story so much. This romance is sorta like the nerd and the social butterfly romance and it really worked for me.

I received an ARC of this book through #Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

It’s been about a year ago that I read my first Kelly Jamieson book and it still stands as one of my all time favorite, hot reads and one of my rare 5 ⭐️ ratings. Since then I’ve read several more, so I was so excited to get the opportunity for my first time ARC of one of her books and for it to be the first in a series. I am not usually a fan of series books, but Ms. Jamiesons books are complete, stand alone novels without a hint of cliffhangers, just memorable support characters that you will remember if you read more of the series. What I also love about this author and her team, the editing is spot on! Nothing kills a book faster for me than misspelling, grammar and situational mistakes. This was an ARC, normally there is unfinished editing which is cleaned up prior to publishing, but even at that, there were maybe only a handful of things needing edited through the whole book. A good book with great editing makes me swoon. 😁

Although most of the other books that I have read by this author are HOT, this one was more sweet. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of sexual tension, but it didn’t drag on forever and there was plenty of varied hot scenes, just with characters that started out in the relationship for something different and weren’t in a hurry to muddy the waters with sex, no matter their attraction to each other. True to this author’s style, every hot screen in the book is different. Location is different, position is different, words spoken are different, descriptive words are different. Super imagination that keeps the reader from reading the same scene repeatedly.

The story was a somewhat predictable HEA although this author always keeps things fresh by making the background story a little different from everyone else’s. I am not a hockey fan or non-fan for that matter. I just live in a part of the US where other sports are more prevalent so I am also usually not quick to read hockey based books, since I know nothing of the sport, but again, LOVE this author. Hockey did take a big role in the story, family background and life approach for Theo, but Lacey knew nothing of the sport so each thing that wasn’t known to someone like her or me, was explained simply, so that it was easily understood, not condescending and not drug out until the details made you want to skip over it.

This reader, who is not a hockey fan and not a book series fan is DYING for the next book already. How does this happen??? Oh right, spectacular writing. This book is definitely worth your time and a paid read or listen!