A sweet romance about getting a second chance at love!
Kiki and Dan were high school sweethearts who only broke up because he was headed to Yale to play hockey. It’s been ten years since they’ve spent any time together but when they get together again, it’s like no time has passed at all. At least until she becomes a little insecure….
I enjoyed this one and thought it was well written.

The Rebound Play is a fairly quick, clean, second chance romance. It follows the rekindling romance between Dan and Keira. I liked both characters, but this story and the book in general just didn’t do it for me. I wish I could put my finger on exactly what the issue is, but I cannot. I will say that I will always sign up to a newsletter to get another epilogue to a book, but this is the first time I decided I didn’t care about what happened next. Just a 3 star read for me. Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

I LOVED every second of this book. The moment it was over I immediately added the rest of the series to my TBR list. I can’t wait to read them!

In this story we follow FMC Keira (Kiki) and MMC Dan. They were high school sweethearts but when they went to different colleges they amicably broke up. Fast forward ten years and Dan is a star hockey player in Chicago and Kiki is working at the farmers market in her hometown. When a small injury gives him the opportunity to head back to his hometown for a charity event, he knows this is his moment to rekindle his love with Kiki.

While this is a short novel and surface level, I loved the characters, plot, and writing style.

The characters tugged at your heart strings and made you want to know more about each of them (side characters included).

The plot was easy to follow and a standard second chance romance/ hockey romance cliche, but who cares! It contained all the love and heartbreak is romance readers love, so I was game the whole time.

I was in a reading slump before this book, and I’m completely cured! If you want a book that is easy to read, pick this one up on August 29.

*An ARC was received in exchange for an honest review.

Grab some hot chocolate with extra marshmallows and cozy up for this sweet read!

"This could be our rebound play, and I’m not going to let her slip through my fingers."

This second book is a sweet second-chance romance for high school sweethearts, Dan and Keira. When Dan left for college and on to the NHL, he and Keira decided to leave their relationship behind. But they were always the ones who got away, so when Dan shows back up in Maple Falls for a charity hockey tournament, he is determined that hockey isn't the only thing he is going to win at.

"We might have lost the game, but I’ve won back the person who’s been missing from my world for what feels like a lifetime."

I adore a second chance when both know they really want to be together! With the addition of the small town vibes, Dan and Keira get a lot of extra support from people they've known their whole lives. Their "re-meet cute" and their first date are some of the most adorable moments I've read in a second chance romcom! Their chemistry is extra special with the shared history, making this second book in the series another big winner.

This was a sweet, short read good for fans of clean hockey romances. No spice!
The characters were really cute and sweet towards each other.
If you’re in the mood for a quick easy sweet read, this is a great book.

I would have liked more antagonistic things happening, maybe Keira hates him for some reason and he has to win her over, or there’s something in the way that they have to overcome rather than just romancing their way back to each other.
It was slightly cringey as well at times.

A nice lil read!

Es una lastima que sea tan corto ya que con pocas hojas es difícil desarrollar la historia.

En teoría tiene todo lo que me gusta: jugador de hockey, segundas oportunidades y puertas cerradas, pero como dije antes, todo se dió rápido y no llegué a disfrutar al 100%.


Me hubiera gustado saber más sobre lo que hizo Keira en el tiempo que estuvieron separados.



Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the a

The Rebound Play by Kate O'Keefe was a sweet and fun second chance romance.

After professional hockey star Dan is injured and out for a few months, he is given the chance by a former teammate to come back to his hometown to participate in a charity game. Once home, he sees the girl he left behind, Keira, and is determined to win her back.

The story of Dan and Keira was joyous and their attraction to each other (STILL) had me from their initial reunion.

I loved reading about them finding their way back to each other and to them finally getting their happily ever after.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed reading this book! I loved the whole town of Maple Falls so much. Everyone was connected or knew each other and it was so fun! It was such a quick and sweet hockey romcom and I enjoyed every minute of it. I can’t wait to read the rest of them in the series!

A huge thank you to Wild Lime Books for the advanced copy. All opinions expressed above are my own.

Super quick and easy read. I love hockey romance and this book fit right into it! I love the small town, second chance romance. Dan is a NHL player returning home and runs into Kiera. Dan was very much not feeding into “puck bunny” behavior and I loved that. Overall I loved their relationship and loved the writing .

3⭐️ Thank you to NetGalley and Wild Lime Books for an advanced copy of The Rebound Play.

Keira has her hands full with her job, helping to care for her sister Clara, and running her niece and nephew around to different activities but she takes it all in stride. Until her famous and attractive NHL star ex boyfriend Dan comes back to town and throws her life upside down. They were high school sweethearts and both secretly still in love with one another. Will they get a second chance at love?

I liked this book it was a cute second chance at love romance but it was a little predictable.

The Rebound Play: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Keira and Dan were high school sweethearts who called it quits when Dan left for college. Keira, aka Kiki, has been back in their small town of Maple Falls for awhile now, helping her sister, but she never forgot her first love, Dan. When Dan has a chance to come back to Maple Falls for a small hockey tournament for charity, he jumps at the chance, especially as he wants Keira back. But Keira is a little hesitant to try their relationship again, especially when Dan has a firm date for when he leaves. Dan on the other hand knows that Keira is his forever, so he does everything in his power to help Keira make the right decision, to choose them.

This was such a cute second chance romance. I laughed out loud at all the ways that Kiki successfully avoided Dan whenever he came back to Maple Falls for his quick trips, and especially her epic fails once Dan is back for an extended visit. Dan was a little too cocky for me at the beginning, but Kiki helped soften his slightly rough edges. I’m loving watching the world building between the different books in this series, and the map at the beginning really helped keep the placement of everything straight in my head, but I’m probably going to have to make a map of characters and how they are all connected, especially over the rest of the series. I highly recommend this new hockey sweet romance series!

This book was fun in a lot of ways. It had the small town charm and the plot and characters were fun. For me it just got boring and too predicable. I felt like I wasn’t very invested in their relationship. I also did not enjoy the one-dimensional “puck bunnies,” they were used as a way to hate women and pit women against each other unnecessarily.