The Book I Love: Book review: Hard Luck, by Brenda Rothert & Kat Mizera

Monday, December 26, 2022

Book review: Hard Luck, by Brenda Rothert & Kat Mizera

St. Louis Mavericks #4

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s always a great read with these two authors and the Mavericks hockey team! In this story we get to know silent Konstantin Volkov, the Russian player who is quiet, not very social, but still a good friend. We’re also close and personal with Sawyer’s grief after losing his wife Anne.

When Lucy Cain, Sawyer’s sister, arrived in St. Louis to stay with Sawyer for some time, he didn’t go to pick her up from the bus station, he sent Kon to pick her up. Immediately, he was taken with this sweet woman, and then more when she invited him to a home-cooked meal. When they arrived, Sawyer’s personal state and the state of his house, drove her plans out of her mind. Her life for the first days was filled with her brother, his drunken constant state and the need to bring his house up to decent conditions. Kon, ever the quiet loyal friend, was there to give a helping hand and support to Lucy, feeling guilty that he hadn’t been more present to Sawyer’s grief.

And here we have a beautiful story, two new friends with a ton of chemistry they had to keep on hold while they fight the uphill battle to get Sawyer out of the depths of despair from which he didn’t want to emerge.

I loved Lucy’s quiet sweetness, her witty banter with Kon and how she brought out the sweetness out of that gentle giant. Even though his past was shrouded in darkness, he had light in his interior, he just needed the right woman to bring it out.

Lucy was running from a scary man and together Sawyer and Kon were working to help her out. There were scary parts, very sweet parts with the guys from the bakery, Luigi and Mario, and lots of support and friendship from the rest of the hockey team. Every time they called their friends, even for a naughty selfie, the response took minutes to arrive.

It was heart-warming, a little suspenseful, with steamy parts and emotional parts. A perfect read for one lazy Sunday!

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About the author

Brenda Rothert is an Illinois native who was a print journalist for nine years. She made the jump from fact to fiction in 2013 and never looked back. From new adult to steamy contemporary romance, Brenda creates fresh characters in every story she tells. She’s a lover of Diet Coke, lazy weekends and happily ever afters.