Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Book Review for Over the Moon by Laura Pavlov

 

Rosewood River #3

Over the Moon by Laura Pavlov

Published:  July 29, 2025


Taken from Goodreads:  A Small Town, Hockey, Forbidden, Standalone Romance from USA Today and
Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov.

Hockey is my first love. And I’m coming off the best season of my life.
In the process of scoring the winning goal that gave us the Stanley Cup I tore my MCL, and I’ll need to spend the next few months recovering.
Eloise Gable, the team’s new physical therapist, has been sent to Rosewood River to help me heal and get me ready for the new season.
Yet, she doesn’t seem all too happy about the situation.
In fact, she can’t stand me most days.
It doesn’t stop me from staring at her any chance I get.
She’s beautiful and brilliant, but she’s got her guard up the minute I get close.
Eloise is a distraction I wasn’t prepared for.
Did I mention that she’s also my coach’s daughter?
But after a long run together in the summer heat, our built up tension snapped.

We end up stripping down and jumping in the river.
It seemed like the logical thing at the time.
The problem is, Eloise Gable is completely off limits.
But I’m a professional hockey player, and in my world, limits were meant to be pushed.
Hockey may be my first love, but after falling for my coach’s daughter—it’s definitely not my last.

 


My Thoughts: 
Sweet, sexy, small-town, hockey romance.   Everything I love in a book all in one great story!   I devoured this book.   I love Eloise and Chadwick.  The attraction was obvious from the beginning, but Eloise fought it to keep her job.   It was fun to see Eloise come to a small-town and fall in love with the town star.   Everyone knew Chadwick and cheered him on, he is a good guy with a ton of talent that is still a small town guy.  He did not let his stardom go to his head. 

Over the Moon is a hockey romance book but it also shows the double standard that some women experience in their workplace.   Eloise is working in a “mans world” but she sees it as working in an “adult world.”  Unfortunately, she experiences some prejudices against her due to who her father is, what her job is, and who she is working for.   I love her grit and strength.   She does not let anyone walk all over her, sometimes her emotions got the best of her, but she was always able to pull it together and not get pushed aside.    Eloise worked hard for the life she has and she earned it.

This is an easy read.  I enjoyed it all, there were not a ton of surprises but the HEA was so fun to get to.   I love the sizzling heat, the sweet romance, and the unwillingness to give up on love.  

Thank you Valentine PR for a copy of the book via BookFunnel in exchange for my honest review.

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