Review: A Lie for a Lie

Helena Hunting has been a romance author I'd been meaning to read for a long while. I'd heard good things plus she's Canadian. I was happy and excited when I got the chance to read A Lie for a Lie, a new series she was starting. It was fun and sexy and dramatic and I enjoyed it a lot.

Here's the synopsis:

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.
Lainey is the perfect escape from my life. My plan for seclusion becomes a monthlong sex fest punctuated with domestic bliss. But it ends just as abruptly as it began. When I’m called away on a family emergency, I realize too late that I have no way to contact Lainey.
A year later, a chance encounter throws Lainey and me together again. But I still have a lie hanging over my head, and Lainey’s keeping secrets of her own. With more than lust at stake, the truth may be our game changer.

Knowing that Hunting has written hockey romances in the past, I knew she would include the sport in the story in a meaningful and realistic way. I'm not really a hockey fan but being a general sports fan and a Canadian, it means I know a lot more about the sport than the average person. I'm also a romance fan so I'm always happy when sports and romance come together in a great story.

This is one of those romances that drives you nuts even while you're rooting for the couple. Both Lainey and RJ have a lot of stuff they need to sort out but they take advantage of being thrown together with someone they find extremely attractive and dive in to a bunch of sexy times. The last thing either of them expect is to start falling for each other. It's no surprise then when it totally crashes and burns. Until they're thrown back together a year later. You want to yell at them both to just be honest to each other because then they'd save a whole lot of heartbreak. Luckily, they listen, eventually, and everyone lives Happily Ever After. (If you consider that a spoiler, I don't know what kind of romances you've been reading.)

I don't know if I especially liked Lainey and RJ but I did really enjoy reading their story. They were so very good for each other and I just love reading stories when people find their person. Especially when it's in such a bananas way. On a plane to Alaska? How fun and random!

I was super into A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting. I read it in a day because I just didn't want to put down the super swoony and emotional story. I'm definitely invested in this series and look forward to more stories about the hockey team Hunting has created.

*A copy of this novel was provided by the Canadian distributor, Thomas Allen & Son, in exchange for review consideration. All opinions are honest and my own.*