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Book Description
Shaw’s a grumpy hockey defenseman for the Milwaukee Serpents. Emma’s a sunshiney elementary school teacher and his best friend. They both love the other but are a little too clueless to see it (even though everyone else clearly does) so they’re just friends. Emma wants a baby but she’s sick of waiting to find the right partner, so she asks Shaw to co-parent with her. But they’re totally just friends. Oh, and she has rheumatoid arthritis and can’t take meds so she’s in pain. Guess what can relieve pain? Ořġâsmș. Guess who she asks to help her out?
About Liz Lincoln
Liz has been concocting stories as long as she can remember, and from the beginning they involved two people falling in love. Even in the first “novel” she wrote when she was 10.
When she’s not writing, she spends her time hanging out with her family, cheering on various sports leagues, especially women’s sports, embroidering sassy sayings, and eating too much cheese. And of course, reading romance.
Her Instagram bio says she’s bisexual, medically fvcked (she has several chronic physical & mental health conditions, including ADHD and Rheumatoid Arthritis), opinionated as fvck, loves writing the sexy scenes, adores eclairs, pie, waffles & cheese, and has a thing for flamingos (including several lawn flamingos). And that bio is probably right, since she wrote it. She uses she/her/hers pronouns.
She lives in Milwaukee, WI, with her husband, two kids, three cats, and a turtle.
My Thoughts
Pucking Grumpy by Liz Lincoln is a delightfully sweet, charmingly steamy, and deeply heartwarming friends-to-lovers sports romance that serves as a fantastic second entry in the Milwaukee Serpents Hockey Romance series.The story centers on Shaw, a notoriously grumpy defenseman for the Milwaukee Serpents, and Emma, a bright, sunshiney elementary school teacher who happens to be his absolute best friend. While their mutual attraction and deep love for one another are glaringly obvious to everyone in their orbit, both remain entirely oblivious to each other's true feelings, choosing instead to protect their cherished friendship above all else. However, their comfortable dynamic takes an unexpected turn when Emma decides she is done waiting for the elusive "right partner" to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother. Determined to take control of her future, she asks Shaw—the most reliable man in her life—to step in as her donor and co-parent. As if navigating pregnancy, joint parenting plans, and unspoken feelings while maintaining a "strictly platonic" boundary weren't complicated enough, Emma also battles rheumatoid arthritis, which causes her significant physical pain while unmedicated. When she learns that intimacy and physical release can offer natural pain relief, she turns to Shaw for help, igniting a passionate shift in their relationship that quickly obliterates the line between best friends and lovers.
Lincoln’s signature writing style shines through with flawless pacing, an effortless balance of swoon-worthy sweetness and sizzling heat, and a delightfully authentic cast of supporting characters. What makes the book particularly compelling is its thoughtful representation of chronic illness, weaving Emma’s daily reality with arthritis into the romance in a way that highlights Shaw’s tender, fiercely protective nature without ever diminishing her independence. Seamlessly executing the classic grumpy-meets-sunshine trope alongside the fake-indifference of two best friends hopelessly in love, Pucking Grumpy delivers a captivating, feel-good hockey romance that satisfies sports romance fans and leaves readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the series.
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