Maine Marauders Hockey Series Book 2
After having read the first book in the series, I couldn't wait to read Sebastian and Taylor's story. It was so easy to get invested in these guys. They were just so easy to love and root for their HEA. Their second chance felt realistic and well earned with what felt like real life problems they had to navigate closed mentalities of others in careers that had them in spotlights and judged by a lot of people especially in the world of polits and sports. There's angst, there's spice, and everything nice in between all the drama. Overall, it was a fun, easy read that kept me invested and turning pages.
Tropes:
MM Hockey/Politics
Opposites attract
Grumpy + Sunshine
Second Chance
Former best friends
Secret relationship
Dual POV
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Thank you, GRR and Rebecca Norinne, for the opportunity to read this book.
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Sofia Silva
April 8, 2026
Verified Purchase
A second chance MM romance with depth and real-life drama.
A second chance MM romance with depth and real-life drama.
While Taylor is the hockey player who truly never committed to anyone or anything, Sebastian lives in the unforgiving world of politics where commitment is everything and optics are all that matter.
Best friends in college, separated for 10 years, they reunite and old feelings resurface.
They are living in different worlds with one thing in common: their relationship is seen as a scandal.
Times have changed, but people’s mentalities have not.
Hiding how you truly feel and who you are starts off as protection, but eventually love doesn’t like secrets and being hidden.
Play the Game gives insight into the world of sports and politics, into closed-off mentalities and how to survive it.
Rebecca Norinne brings us angst, hurt, family drama, friendship and support, political scandals, spicy romance and real-life expectations.
Hockey and Politicals wrapped in a cozy MM
Sebastian and Taylor were college roommates to lovers and a misunderstanding tore them apart but now they're reunited and have to see if they can overcome two highly competitive heavy travel work schedules and pressure to stay in the closet just to reconnect.
I love hockey romance and political romance and I never thought they could be one in the same! Awesome MM spice and good drama in all the best ways with character development and shutting down toxicity. I wasn't expecting the cozy vibes but I was pleasantly surprised to have that throughout, maybe it's just the Maine cabin setting but it was a nice aspect. Super looking forward to the rest of the series!
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Alicia Z. Ramos
April 26, 2026
Apparently not the author for me
There were some fun things about this story, for sure. I ended up skimming all the sex scenes just to get to the end, though, which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. I think, bottom line, this author's storytelling choices are just too, hmm, random for me? And now I'm interrogating myself and asking whether I really need romances to follow the standard arc with no deviations, and I think the answer is no, but maybe there needs to be a better reason when they don't? At any rate, I was kind of interested in how this would all turn out, but I also didn't fully buy that either MC would behave the way he did. Overall, I wanted to like this more than I did.
My thanks to Gay Romance Reviews for a complimentary copy of this book.
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Kindle Customer
May 14, 2026
This is a super adorable second chance. Taylor and Sebastian were such great characters. I love their banter and their love story is so beautiful.
