ARC Review & Release Blitz: Wild Ride by Kate Meader
RELEASE BLITZ
Title: Wild Ride
Series: Rookie Rebels #9
Author: Kate Meader
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Hockey Romance, Single Mom
Older Woman/Younger Man, He Falls First
Release Date: March 26, 2024
BLURB
Chicago Rebels hockey player Dex O'Malley has been a naughty boy ... again.
Only his latest stunt isn’t quite like when he was caught with his pants down at a nightclub or was cited for drag-racing on Lake Shore Drive or even that time he said a few critical things about his teammates on a hockey podcast. Oops. This time, Dex is in real trouble, the kind that could get him kicked off the team and out of the league. And that cannot happen. Hockey is the only thing he’s ever been good at. The only thing he cares about. He’ll do whatever it takes to rehab his rep, even if it means cleaning up dog poop and suffering the steely-eyed disapproval of his new no-nonsense “boss” at the animal shelter, Ashley Adams.
Ashley has enough on her plate between her low-paying job, her high-maintenance family, and a love life she’s trying to resurrect after her divorce. She’s already mom to an amazing nine-year-old; the last thing she needs is mothering a celebrity volunteer with more money than sense. But the troublemaking f-boy needs Ashley to sign off on his good deeds so he can get back to what he does best: lighting up lamps both on and off the ice. And while a guy like that could never interest her mind, it seems her body is not on the same page. Sure, Dex O’Malley is too young, too hot, too flighty for Ashley to take seriously, but maybe a brief ride on the wild side might fit the bill …
Only that’s not enough for Dex. What happens when this notorious player decides the older, single mom is the hottest woman he’s ever met and that he wants to light her lamp … forever?
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AUTHOR BIO
Originally from Ireland, USA Today bestselling author Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron, fire hose, or a hockey stick, and she’s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with big-hearted guys and strong heroines - and heroes - who can match their men quip for quip.
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Ashley has enough on her plate between her low-paying job, her high-maintenance family, and a love life she’s trying to resurrect after her divorce. She’s already mom to an amazing nine-year-old; the last thing she needs is mothering a celebrity volunteer with more money than sense. But the troublemaking f-boy needs Ashley to sign off on his good deeds so he can get back to what he does best: lighting up lamps both on and off the ice. And while a guy like that could never interest her mind, it seems her body is not on the same page. Sure, Dex O’Malley is too young, too hot, too flighty for Ashley to take seriously, but maybe a brief ride on the wild side might fit the bill …
Only that’s not enough for Dex. What happens when this notorious player decides the older, single mom is the hottest woman he’s ever met and that he wants to light her lamp … forever?
I so loved Wild Ride it was a fun read. So much happens within the story that you will feel by the end both happy and emotionally drained. It's a wonderful combination and why I love reading romance stories.
Dex is a bit of a pain in the butt. He is always getting into trouble even when it's for a good reason. The funny part is that his childhood really shaped his life and actions. You can't help by the end of the book understanding more about him and feeling a bit bad for him. Luckly, he has people in his life that he can now count on and a new beginning to get over past sadness.
I also really like Ashley and understand why she's a bit stiff with men. She's been burned supper badly and deserves to be pissed. He ex is a, well use your imagination. I can honestly say I dislike him very much and it's sad that she will forever be connected to him through her daughter.
From the beginning I liked these two together. He treated her well and made her laugh and feel young and attractive something her ex ruined for her. At first, she thinks of him as only what is learned in the news but slowly realizes that there is more to Dex then anyone knows. She helps him pull out the real Dex and show the world that man. While Dex taught her what a beautiful person she is inside and out.
There are many touching parts in the story and then there are some very funny parts also. You'll love how Dex treats her daughter. It's cute that even when they aren't talking, he keeps up with her daughter and doesn't ghost her because he and her mom is having issues. Makes you love him even more. I will tell you that there is a part in the book that cracked me up. It's when she's at the coffee shop and he comes in and sees her there. I won't say more but you'll know what I'm talking about when you read it. So funny. 
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