Author: Rachel Gibson
Tyson Savage lives to win the Stanley Cup. His old man is a hockey legend in Canada, but even he never got his name on the cup and Ty is determined to see that his is. When Virgil Duffy, the owner of the Seattle Chinooks, offers him good money to join a team with a good shot at the cup, he leaves Vancouver in favor of Seattle. Who cares if the entire country think him a traitor? He's not letting anyone or anything get in his way.
Faith Duffy is a trophy wife and not shamed of it. So what if people think she seduced a man 50 years her senior to get her hands on his cash? All her life she's done what she had to in order to survive and she's not going to apologize for that. She's gone from stripper, to playmate, to the wife of Virgil Duffy, a multimillionaire who expect nothing more from her than that she make him look good in public and be a friendly companion in private.
When Virgil dies, leaving Faith his hockey team, Ty is greatly concerned about his shot at the cup. In fact, most of the team is concerned about what sort of trouble being owned by a gold digging bimbo with no knowledge of hockey could cause the team. For her part, Faith doesn't want the team and is perfectly willing to sell it Landon Duffy, Virgil's awful son. The team thinks this is a fine idea until rumors surface that Landon plans to move the team. When Landon tries to humiliate Faith about her past in front of the team, not only does he cement the teams negative impressions of him, but he angers Faith enough that she decides to keep the team.
From the first time she travels with the team to an away game, Faith feels the sparks between Ty and herself. As his boss and a woman that is determined to keep her old party girl persona in check, she's sure she needs to keep her distance from Ty Savage. Unfortunately, he's feeling them too and though he knows getting involved with the team owner is the worse idea possible, he can't seem to stay away. With Landon lurking in the wings trying to get his hands on the team, Faith's ex-stripper mom and Ty's dad sneaking around together and the playoffs in full swing, can either of them afford to fall in love?
I really liked this one. I enjoyed both the lead characters, but I think what really made this book for me was Faith. There aren't many heroines in romance who have a past like hers and aren't either trying to hide it or feeling guilty/bad about it. I think that's what I found refreshing about Faith. Her mom was a stripper and a party girl who changed men like most people change their clothes. Faith was following in her footsteps until she was discovered by Hef and became a playmate. When she married Virgil, she molded herself in to a good society wife for him, leaving behind the party girl. She became what he needed her to be. When he died and left her a wealthy widow she was free to finally find out who she was or could become. Through out all that, she refused to apologize for her past or to be made to feel ashamed. I thought that was pretty damned kick ass. And Ty! Once he realized that Faith was special to him he didn't try to weigh which was more important to him, hockey or Faith. H knew what he wanted and id what he had to get it. It was Faith who wanted things between them kept secret because she worried so much about the team and his career. She was just sure Ty would never choose her when it came down to it that she kept trying to put distance between them. Luckily, Ty didn't put up with much of that nonsense.
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