We’ve got another controlling dirty talker right here!! Like I said, the banter between them was hilarious and what followed was delicious. …and fighting and arguing with each other gets them hot.😛 Shane is also gay, but after all these years he is still in the closet about it.From the moment these two meet, when Shane shows up late for practice, they clash…Problem is, they are both immediately attracted to each other as well,… This is gonna be his last season playing and he has decided to go out the way he wants to…by accepting a position for “The Ravens”. Shane is a veteran player, who never really lived up to his potential.

Coaching this team to success is his way of revenge and giving St. Savoy for blackmailing him with being gay when he was younger.

Troy has some personal reasons to coach the “Ravens”. Savoy (Laurent’s dad) really messed the team up and now that he has been kicked out, they have a new coach to clean up their act. Now that being said…book 4 is still my favorite because the MC’s in that one just ripped my heart to shreds out and put I back in piece by piece.Anyone who has read the previous book (which I recommend you read before this one), knows about the shitstorm that happened with the “Ravens” team. I loved the banter between these two men !! This was definitely my kind of book. I found book 1 a bit quirky, book 2 sexy, book 3 romantic, book 4 very emotional and this one…well this one was really fun to read!! What I like most about these books is that even though they are in the same series, they are so different from one another. I am a huge fan of this series and this author. As the Ravens struggle to build a new identity, Shane and Troy succumb to the passion that might cost them everything. Despite his determination to not get involved, Shane unwillingly becomes part of the team… and is just as unwillingly drawn to the gruff out-and-proud coach. Wanting to quit on his own terms, Shane agrees to a one-year contract with the Ravens and finds himself playing for a coach who thinks he’s an aging goon and with a team that doesn’t trust him, the coach, or each other. Shane’s career in the majors never quite took off.

And it only gets worse when Shane’s rough good looks give Troy inappropriate thoughts about a member of his team, even if Shane’s set to retire at the end of the season. But Troy is disheartened when he finds that the Ravens have signed Shane North, a player known for his aggression. When he’s offered the opportunity to coach the Asheville Ravens-the most hated team in the ECHL-he’s convinced that his no-nonsense attitude is just what the team needs to put their focus back on hockey. It’s been decades since blackmail forced Troy Callahan to retire from playing professional hockey, and he’s built a successful career behind the bench. Genre(s): M/M, Contemporary Romance, Sport

Coach's Challenge by Avon Gale