"Warm Up" by Cathryn Fox is a steamy and passionate romance that will leave readers feeling the heat as they follow the sizzling chemistry between its characters.

This was my first book by this author but it won’t be my last! I would definitely suggest reading this book if you enjoy sports romance!!!

Warm Up is sweetly endearing and full of all the warm, buttery, never-want-to-stop-reading feels. This was quite a nice read. The romance between Kennedy and Matt was quite sweet, they were both very into each other in a way that was quite endearing and I thought they had some lovely moments together. There was decent chemistry between them and I thought the sex scenes were hot and well-written.

This is a good book. The two main characters are Kennedy and Matt. Kennedy is a college student and a mother, Matt is a college student and hockey player. There is an instant attraction when the meet. Matt and Kennedy have a one night stand, but decides to have sex with no strings attached once they decide that one night is not enough. Matt’s grandfather comes to see him and meets Kennedy. His grandfather is very controlling and tells Matt to break up with Kennedy or he won’t finance his college. Matt must make a difficult decision. He does and chooses Kennedy and falls in love

A really god read. I found it hard to put down, it has all the making of a good book, interesting story, some drama and right amount of chemistry. Enjoyable light afternoon read.

WARM UP is the second instalment in Cathryn Fox’s contemporary, new adult SCOTIA STORMS: REBELS-THE ACADEMY YEARS hockey, romance series. This is college hockey player Matt Morgan, and single mother/music student Kennedy Walsh’s story line. WARM UP can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storyline is revealed where necessary.


Told from dual first person perspectives (Kennedy and Matt) WARM UP follows the building romance and relationship between Matt and Kennedy. Kennedy is a single mother who works two jobs in an effort to support herself and her daughter but getting fired meant Kennedy was desperate for a job, and found herself cooking and cleaning for an on campus frat house that housed several members of the college hockey team. Enter Matt Morgan, the man with whom Kennedy will fall in love. Matt Morgan’s reputation both on and off the ice precedes his introduction to our story line heroine but neither Matt nor Kennedy is looking for a permanent relationship, and a friends with benefits affair is perfect until the heart wants something more. As Kennedy and Matt’s relationship begins to take on a life of its’ own, perceived betrayal threatens to destroy the couple’s tentative hold on a happily ever after, for now. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Kennedy and Matt, and the potential fall-out as Matt’s future plans do not involve a ready made family.


Kennedy Walsh is a single mother, struggling in the wake of betrayal and lies. Living with her mother, Kennedy works two jobs, attends college, and raises her daughter without the support of her ex or his money. Kennedy never expected to fall for a man whose reputation as a one-night stand kind of guy threatens all good sense but Kennedy’s heart wants something Matt may be incapable of giving. Matt Morgan’s plans for the future include making it big in the NHL but Matt found himself falling for a young woman and her infant child, falling hard in the face of warring emotions.


The relationship between Kennedy and Matt is one of immediate attraction that begins when Kennedy is fired without cause. The Frat house needs a new cook and house keeper, and Kennedy is the perfect candidate, desperate enough to ignore all the potential rumors about Matt and the players. Matt Morgan quickly pulls Kennedy under his wings, falling for a woman who is perfect for Matt but not necessarily perfect in the eyes of everyone else. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.


The secondary and supporting characters include Kennedy’s mother Barb; Kennedy’s friends Amy, and Piper; as well as Matt’s brother Liam, and their grandfather Gary. We are reintroduced to Sawyer and Chase (Away Game #1), as well Sawyer’s friend Daisy, and fellow hockey player Beckett. Piper and Beckett’s story is next in CRASH COURSE.


WARM UP is a story of family, friendships, betrayal and love; a story of relationships, misunderstanding, and acceptance. The character driven premise is captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are charismatic and perfect for one another.





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I am a sucker for any hockey romance book. this was absolutely amazing and now I need to go back and read the other two in this series.

I enjoeyd Kennedy and Matt's story. I loved both of their characters. They're so fun, entertaining and really sweet. I especially loved their banter, back and forth. Though they didn't want to date each other, they couldn't deny the chemistry and attraction between them. But Matt has his work cut out for him as Kennedy has been burned before.

I loved their sweet and heartfelt romance. I really enjoyed it.

College hockey player and single mom singer,

When Matt rescues Kennedy from a drunk, their paths cross and keep crossing.
Though they are in very different lanes. Matt is a college player and hockey player and doesn't deviate from his goals.
Kennedy is a shy, quiet single mom, who gets up on stage and performs with her guitar.
Recommend.

Warm up (The academy years book2)
By: Cathryn Fox

📚💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💕📚

Can love be enough?

When two beautiful soles get to know each other in a sweet slow burn you just might find forever. Matt believes he’s only good at one thing and that’s Hockey and Kennedy believes since she a mom, and college student she needs to put her own needs aside. Matt want to show her that she matters but his fears of inadequacy comes from years of a mentally controlling grandparent. Can the be so much more together?

The author writing is flawless, and the words are so captivating, the plot had so many twists and turns and none that I was expecting, and many shockingly intimate I have become a huge fan of this author. The author writes with so much intensity and emotion pulled from each book it’s felt page after page. Some are quick witted story lines are so perfect and lets you believe you have a front row seat. So being able to read this love story didn’t disappoint. The authors ability to have two separate individuals struggling in their everyday life and try to navigate someone else’s thoughts, needs and desires was intense and gives all the fills.

Authors Blurb: He’s a defenseman on the academy’s hockey team – a well-known player on and off the ice.

It’s a reputation he wears proudly…flaunts, even. The only one he has to look out for is himself. No one expects anything else.

Thanks to past mistakes, I have a whole lot of responsibilities outside of the academy, and have no choice but to put others in my life first. They count on me, but you know what? I’m lonely.

I guess that’s why I got all tangled up in the guy whose only focus is on hockey – and fun.

What I hadn’t meant to do, however, was fall head over heels for the player who only wanted one thing from me. Can you say been there done that?

But I think, underneath it all, there’s a lot more to him than even he knows and maybe his choices aren’t his own. Maybe someone else is pulling the strings.

Either way, when past mistakes catch up with me again, the team’s biggest player must decide whether to follow the path carved out for him and walk away from me, or shape his own future, and become the man he keeps well hidden.

This book has everything I love in a book. Then you add that it's beautifully written and believable. It is easily a five star read. Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book. It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

Thanks Netgally for letting me read and review.📚💕

This is book two in The Scotia Storms series and it is Kennedy and Matt's story and it is definitely a must read. Matt is a hockey player and he also has a reputation when it comes to women and he also doesn't do relationships or commitments as his main focus and goal is to play in the NHL so being care free suites him just fine. Kennedy is a single mother to her daughter Madeline and she works two jobs while going to college so life is very hectic and hard but when she looses one of her jobs she needs another and that is when she ends up cooking and cleaning at the house on campus that houses the hockey team. When Kennedy and Matt meet there attraction and chemistry is instant but neither want a commitment especially after Kennedy was lied to and betrayed by her ex so they end up being friend's with benefits not knowing that it will not only change there lives but also complicate things even more. I couldn't put this book down as it was a real page turner and so addictive. The characters and storyline pulled you in right from the start and kept your attention throughout and I can't wait to read more book's by this author in the future.

I Voluntarily Reviewed a Copy of This Book.

I do love a good ice-hockey story. It’s probably one of my favourite sports, if not THE favourite. Yeah, it’s my fave! I fell back in love with ice hockey after reading a Chapters story and now I’m obsessed!

I’m putting this book in the same group as Elle Kennedy’s The Deal before I read it, so I hope it’s something like that. Obviously not the same story, but a similar sort of feel.

This is the second book in her Scotia Storms series, so this means I now need to find the first one. Damn you, Cathryn!

We have college student Kennedy Walsh, a singer/songwriter who doesn’t date… so guess what? Someone’s going to come into her life and change all that! Of course! And I love it.

Enter the lovely Matt Morgan, defenseman for the ‘Scotia Storms’… and I’m already in love with him only three pages in. He’s polite, charming, and a complete gentleman. He is always saying “you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to” and apologises for touching her arm, very innocently may I add, without permission…yeah. I like him.

I am absolutely in love with their sarcastic bantering. It’s written and said so naturally that it feels like these things could happen, these things would be said at that moment. In other books I’ve read where they’ve tried to put in humour it hasn’t worked, but Cathryn is brilliant and every word seems natural.
One thing I was rather annoyed with was there was limited ice hockey … actually, there was only one game Kennedy went to that we were a part of. For a guy whose life revolved around hockey and the NHL and the book series following the players, I expected a few more hockey scenes. I get it, it was more about his life off the ice and what else he offers. But, a bit more could’ve been included.

Also, Kennedy became their housekeeper but again not much happened with it. It’s mentioned obviously but I feel like it could have been kept out. The only bit where it sort of worked was when Matt introduced her to his granddad. And their banter on the first day with the lasagna. But, I’m sure she could’ve weaved those things in still in a way. Or made the housekeeper part a bit more.

Maybe that was it though. We are more than our jobs, our college life (which again was hardly mentioned), and our future. Maybe that’s what Cathryn was trying to show. But I don’t know, I kind of thought some things could’ve been worked on a little or seen if it was actually worth it.

Even after those minor points, I still give it five stars because I LOVED it! It didn’t drag, you could feel the relationship building, duel POVs work well so we can see where both people are at. When it’s just one POV it’s hard to know how the other person is feeling when they act and do certain things. Sometimes they just look like a dick and then a relationship comes from nowhere, when actually they weren’t being a dick on purpose, they were just shy or idiotic when trying to portray how they are feeling.

Kennedy is an aspiring musician and single mother, trying to make ends meet whilst studying, whilst Matt is their college’s hockey star with a reputation on campus for being a player. Sparks fly when Matt intervenes with a rowdy drunk at one of Kennedy’s performances, though both of them are reluctant to pursue the attraction between them: Kennedy wants to protect her young daughter and Matt’s had it drummed into him since he was a child that he needs to keep his focus on hockey. But when they keep on running into each other, they find it harder and harder to ignore their real feelings.

This was quite a nice read. The romance between Kennedy and Matt was quite sweet, they were both very into each other in a way that was quite endearing and I thought they had some lovely moments together. There was decent chemistry between them and I thought the sex scenes were hot and well-written.

I did think though that some of the writing could have been a little tighter - there were some slightly clunky moments and some of the plotting felt a bit rushed, and I found the characters a little bit bland. Overall I thought the book was quite a nice read with some good ideas, and I enjoyed reading it. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing a free copy of this book.

Content Notes: Sexual harassment, mild violence, hospital scenes, mild injuries, on-page sex, unprotected sex, infidelity / cheating.

Warm Up by Cathryn Fox is the second romance in the Scotia Storms series. This romance features Kennedy, a singer song writer, and Matt, a star hockey player. When Matt stands up for Kennedy when a guy approached her at one of her gigs, a romance starts to bud and quick turns into so much more.

I really wanted to love this book, my ideal romance has college hockey players and your girl next door, which this book had, but I just couldn’t connect with this romance. Maybe it’s because I’ve read so many other college hockey romances that were spectacular that this one fell short for me. I enjoyed the characters and the sweetness between them, but I started to lose interest in their romance along the way. This was still a good and well written romance that is worth a try if college hockey romances are your thing, I just couldn’t connect like I wanted to, but I still think this was a good book.

I really enjoyed this story and plan to purchase the first one in the series. This story is about Kennedy and Matt. They have known of each other for a while but meet officially when Matt steps up to help her in a bar. The story moves along at a quick pace, we learn a bit more about Matt's background (and a little of Kennedys). They developed a romantic relationship that is both sweet and sexy. This was a great story from start to finish.