Ben Westmore might be the MVP Captain of the playoff bound Colorado Avalanche but his toughest opponent of the season isn't the muscle bound goalie on the other team, it's the lawyer who represents the woman he doesn't remember marrying while he was drunk as a skunk on New Year's Eve. Olivia Davis is a highly competent top notch divorce attorney representing soon-to-be-former wives of professional athletes but her rapidly growing attraction to her clients' husband sets the stage for a delightfully entertaining and sinfully sexy enemies to lovers battle of wills. The more Olivia pushes Ben away the more determined he is to prove to her that he's more than just a one night stand and I found myself equally charmed by these two stubborn individuals as they try to learn from the mistakes in their past so that they can see their way to a future together. Who knew that along the way to their happily ever after I would fall in love with hockey as well? This is a terrific series and I'm looking forward to reading Asher Westmore's story sometime very soon. I read a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley and all opinions expressed in my voluntary review are completely my own.

Ben is in hot water it seems he ran off and got married and now he needs to get divorced like it last year. When one of the hottest women gives him a run for his money in like the first 5 minutes of seeing her, he knows he needs to know her better and more then anyone else. Olivia has a reputation in the court room for her no holds bar when it comes to sports figures and famous people. When she is given a new case she starts to wonder about her life and about what she wants in the future. Can they both get there lives together and will they be able to find "home" in each other or will the media destroy any chance at it?
I found this book a super fun read. I really enjoyed the independence of Olivia but also her softer side that leaves her feeling like your catching up with your best friend. I loved the back in forth and the hold no bards between Ben and Olivia. I really enjoyed the friendships between Owen and Ben and Madison and Olivia. I really loved Madison I want to know her story she had this spunk that jumped off the pages in this book and she had this fun attitude. In the end of this book I wanted more it felt like it was summed up but it still felt like it was missing something, other then that this book was super fun and I can't wait to read more about the Westmore brothers and there families.

Jennifer Snow is a first time author for me and I absolutely fell in love with her writing.

Ben Westmore is a womanizing hockey player who needs to help his team win the Stanley Cup.  Instead, he is dealing with the woman he married on New Years Eve, the one he remembers nothing about.  

Olivia Davis is a attorney to sports stars and their wives, along with the woman who Ben is married to.  In addition to a crazy work life, Olivia's biological clock is ticking and she is looking for the family she's always wanted, with or without a partner.

When Ben and Olivia are together, it seems as though all is right with the world.  Will Olivia get her happily ever after?  Will Ben get the divorce he wants and get the girl he needs?

Maybe This Love is definitely one to read!

Maybe This Love by Jennifer Snow is an utterly charming and extremely heartwarming romance. Although it is the second installment in the Colorado Ice series, it can be read as a standalone.

Professional hockey player and MVP Ben Westmore does not need any distractions since his team is about to begin the playoffs. Unfortunately, what happens in Vegas does not necessarily stay in Vegas and Ben’s playboy ways has landed him in a very tricky problem. Desperately trying to extricate himself from the situation without attracting any publicity, Ben also has to deal with his unexpected attraction to opposing attorney Olivia Miles.

When the two first meet, Olivia is on the cusp of making some huge changes in her personal life. Professionally, she is a well-respected divorce attorney who represents the wives who are divorcing their professional athlete husbands. Olivia is also a little lonely since she recently moved to Denver from LA and her only living relative recently passed away. After meeting Ben, she begins to have a few doubts about a recent decision, but she does not let her misgivings stand in the way of pursuing her dream.

Ben cannot stop thinking about Olivia and although any type of relationship is completely inappropriate, he arranges a couple of “accidental” meetings between them. Neither of them can deny their attraction to one another but ethically, Olivia should not be seeing him since she is on the other side of his legal situation. However, once she disentangles herself from the case, Olivia and Ben are free to date. Despite her reservations, Olivia agrees to go out with Ben, but is there any chance for a future together once she makes a surprising announcement?

Maybe This Love is an entertaining romance with a wonderful cast of loveable characters. The premise of the story is rather unique and Jennifer Snow skillfully inserts a few obstacles for Olivia and Ben to navigate on their way to happily ever after. This newest addition to the Colorado Ice series is a captivating love story that old and new fans do not want to miss.

This book two in the Colorado Ice series by Jennifer Snow.

Ben Westmore is a professional hockey player for the NHL and is Captain of his team, the Colorado Avalanche.  He is absolutley loving his life and loving lots of women. 

Olivia Davis has spent all of her adult life concentrating on her career and she is very successful, but has no one to share it all with.

One drunken night in Vegas...lol well we all know that some crazy stuff happens in Vegas... and usually doesn't stay there!  And this story is definitely one of those!  I don't want to give too much away... just know that this story is fun and crazy and just a wonderful read!

Maybe This is Love is a fresh, cute, read with plenty of banter! 
I enjoy these types of stories and can't stress enough how cute it is. 

Recv'd a copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I just can't get enough of the hockey romance genre and I was particularly drawn to this as it's set in my home state Colorado. Jennifer Snow is a new to me author and this is the second in her Colorado Ic series. It can definitely be read as a standalone (that's exactly what I did but I'm itching to read Maybe This Time). Her writing style is smooth and MTL has a plot that takes you where you might expect, but with a few fun detours along the way. 

Snows writing is engaging, pull you directly the lives of the main characters, Ben and Olivia. The two meet under unusual circumstances and know they should really stay away from each other but there's just a pull between then. Ben, Colorado Avalanche hockey star finds himself in a predicament that he doesn't even remember participating in. He's a very "sure of himself" man who knows how to turn on the charm. He's reluctant to get too close to anyone, but finds himself pulling some crazy tactics to be near to Olivia.

Olivia is one of those lovely lead characters that has the type of personality that will make you think of her as a friend. Although she is successful, she is newish to Denver and has yet to forge any strong relationships. Her loneliness is subtle but she does have a plan to rectify that, something that will fulfill a lifelong dream. I loved being her head and she chants her daily affirmations and works her way through her little project. As Ben pushes himself into her life, they struggle with her plan, his past, and his schedule. You can't help but pull for the characters as the missteps they make are understandable (although Ben really should know better -tsk, tsk...such a rookie mistake Ben!)

All in all I thought this was a really enjoyable read. There's a great cast of secondary characters and a Stanley Cup to win. 4 stars and recommendation!

This is the second book in the Colorado Ice series and each story is a standalone, but all the characters are interconnected. I was excited to read MAYBE THIS LOVE because I love stories about hockey players and I have never read anything by Jennifer Snow.  This story is a mix of sweetness and sexiness.

Ben Westmore and his two brothers have always loved to play hockey.  Ben is the captain of the Colorado Avalanche hockey team and they are heading into the playoffs for the Stanley Cup. He meets Olivia Davis while he is in the process of getting a divorce. Olivia is an attorney and she is representing Ben’s soon to ex-wife.  Ben got drunk in Las Vegas, somehow ended up married and he wants to get a divorce as soon as possible.

Ben and Olivia both feel an immediate connection to each other, even though they know they shouldn't. They each are confident and successful but also have some vulnerabilities.  They are in their thirties and worry about getting older and accomplishing all the things they want in life. Ben and Olivia try figure out what is important them and what will make them happy.  I enjoyed this fun and engaging story, it has a lot of entertaining secondary characters, including Ben’s family.

Its play-off time and Ben Westmore, hockey player, womanizer and sworn bachelor needs to concentrate on the game, his team and winning the Stanley Cup, period. Thanks to author Jennifer Snow, that isn’t going to happen, but what DOES happen is worth every word on every page as life scores a hat trick against Ben’s playboy ways!

MAYBE THIS LOVE is Jennifer Snow’s latest fun, quirky and heart-warming romance and it starts out with a bang! Ben Westmore, the man who treats his body like a temple has one too many drinks new Year’s Eve and ends up married to, well, he has no idea who he married or even that he was married. Now, four months later, he will find himself in need of a very quick and quiet divorce.
That isn’t enough? He has a flirtatious run in with the opposing attorney and pretty much manages to give credence to every nasty thing said about his “charming” ways.

Olivia Davis, attorney to the sports stars or their wives is a woman who has made the choice to give up living to make her mark in her career. When she realizes that her biological clock is running down, she knows she wants to feel the joy of motherhood, no partner involved, of course, but when she comes in contact with Ben, even she can’t control her eggs vibrating to mingle with him. Good thing she knows he is a rat. Or is he?

Like a bad rash, Ben can’t get over the attraction he has to the woman who can ruin his life in a blink. Together they call a truce as their emotions play havoc and they cross the lines of propriety with a passion that sizzles off the pages as two souls find what was missing in their lives!
Fun reading, filled with a passion that only two driven people can create!

I received an ARC edition from Forever in exchange for my honest and voluntary review.

Series: Colorado Ice - Book 2
Publisher: Forever (May 30, 2017)
Publication Date: May 30, 2017
Genre: Sports-themed Contemporary Romance
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Ben Westmore had love once and he lost it, and it damn near killed him, so from that point on he decided to never let it back into his life again. The thing with love is though, no matter how hard you try to dismiss it, it always finds a way in... and it knows no bounds. When Ben finds himself stuck in an sticky marital matter, he asks his lawyer to remedy the situation quickly so it doesn't interfere with the playoffs, but when he finds himself sitting across the table from his wife's beautiful attorney Olivia Davis he can't help but want things to drag out just a bit longer, so he can spend a few more moments with her! He knows associating with her is wrong on so many levels, but he just can't help himself, there is just something about her that draws him in... problem is she wants nothing to do with the playboy hockey player!

After growing up without any real family to speak of Olivia Davis is ready to change that by having a family of her own, even if it means starting it on her own. Her biological clock is ticking away, and there isn't a man in her life, nor has there been for some time now, so she decides to take matters into her own hands. But shortly after getting her fertility treatments underway she meets someone, a sexy hockey playing someone, and they have some serious chemistry, but she isn't so sure he is ready for the same things, so she tries to give him the easy out... but he doesn't take it. She soon starts seeing this thing with him leading to what she has been longing for, but then again can she really trust the well known playboy with her heart?

I have to say Ben's story was just as amazing as the first two installments in this series, and I really enjoyed my time with him and Olivia. It was evident from the start that they were perfect for each other,.. even if it took them a little time to come around to the idea! Ben was a force to be reckoned with, and I think Olivia made the perfect woman for the job, she was able to handle everything he dished out, and give it right back, when the moment called for it. I also appreciated getting little updates on other characters from previous installments too, Ms. Snow blended it all together seamlessly without without taking anything away from the main story. Each book in this series is very well written and comes equipped with a sexy alpha that will lure you in by chapter one, charm his way into your heart by chapter two and as your near the end you'll be a goner!!

Ms. Snow's Colorado Ice series is a CAN'T MISS series!! I highly recommend it, each installment is sure to satisfy all of your reading needs, and then some!

Olivia is a lawyer and her new client is married to Ben (a hockey player).  Ben is trying to get a divorce because the marriage was a drunken misunderstanding.  Olivia ends up falling for Ben even though she knows it's not ethical and turns the case over to one of her colleagues. Olivia is trying to have a baby through in vitro fertilization and Ben is in the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

I loved this book.  It is so perfect since the Stanley Cup playoffs are going on right now and it makes you think about the hockey superstitions and staying focused for the game.  I never knew there was a "keeper of the cup," so that was an interesting piece of trivia I learned.  Olivia's misgivings about the in vitro process and being a single mother were very realistic.

Highly recommending "Maybe This Love" and can't wait for the next book in the Colorado Ice series! Love reading hockey romances!  

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!  And thank you to Jennifer Snow for a super sweet hockey romance!  Let's Go Jackets!!

After one drunken night Ben was put in a weird position. But while trying to get out of it the one person he should hate he started to fall for and it made their feelings complicated. During the whole playoffs he started to feel the walls he put up for many years started to crumble.

Such a meeting! Loved seeing playboy Ben falling for his wife's divorce attorney!! Now THAT is a plot device! 
Especially when Ben doesn't remember getting married in the first place (Vegas drunken wedding, ya'll!!) I'm loving these Westmore brothers!!!

Ben Westmore is getting distracted at the worst possible time.  The NHL MVP is heading into the playoffs and is dealing with a marriage he doesn’t want or remember and to make matters worse, he is attracted to his wife’s attorney. Olivia Davis knows better than to get involved with her client’s husband, but there is something about Ben Westmore that touches her soul. She soon comes to realize that Ben is nothing like the skirt-chasing superstar player that she expects him to be and finds herself falling for his depth and charm.

As these two orchestrate ways to be together without actually “being together” was charming and fun to watch. Ben and Olivia are a great combination of sassy and sexy, with just a hint of silliness thrown int. The Westmore family is full of love and laughter and an example of how we want families to actually be and I am looking forward seeing more of them in the next book. 

This book is so much more than a sports romance. It is full of well-written characters, some we met in the first book and some new. 5 stars for sure!

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing me an ARC of this book.  I was happy to provide a review.

Going into this story I had only read the 2nd book in the series and really like it .So going in I was blind to the plot. And essentially the plot would have been a turn off if I had known before I started reading it because:
1. I like my couple to be single not married even if its a quickie wedding in Vegas
2. The whole forbidden thing is not my thing
3. I like the heroine to be pregnant with the heroes baby not an anonymous donor
4. I am not a hug fan of divorce lawyers
5. I also don't like the woman to be older than the man

But the story had all that and yet I LOVED it. Olivia our heroine is 36 and single and a divorce lawyer. She is alone with no real family but a good job, her health and a desire for a family so she is making a baby in a clinic.

Ben, he is a hockey player and married! Surprise, even to him and the bride is even  shocker to him and she is Olivia's client. That is the forbidden part of the story.

But fate keeps throwing Ben and Olivia together and so the two have to compromise to make their relationship work. I really loved both Ben and Olivia and they really made this romance work and why I really loved there story.

tl;dr: great story mired in awkward prose - less picky readers will love this

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The story:
I hadn't realized that hockey player romances were such a widespread phenomenon, but in the past few weeks, I've read 3 of them, all by different authors, and to varying degrees of enjoyment. I tend to compare most sports romance to Susan Elizabeth Phillips and her wonderful Chicago Stars series, which centers on a pro-football team and all the varying people involved in it. The thing that is particularly striking with that series is that the books don't really need to be read in publication order. The stories stand on their own.

I think maybe that was the intention with this book too, but there were so many things I felt may have been cleared up in the previous books (which I did not read). This book uses a real hockey team (The Colorado Avalanche) but fails to ever mention which position Ben plays. (I think he might be captain, according to a brief mention of a C on his jersey. That means captain, right?) And much of the personality of the hero isn't clearly established, leaving me to wonder if maybe his "playboy" persona is more clearly established in a previous book. He does get random calls from women on his phone a lot, but we don't get a lot of evidence that he's the womanizer the book claims that he is. (Particularly since they make a point to say he supports 3 children's charities? Whaaaa...?)

Olivia, on the other hand, seems to be going to multiple directions at once. She's clearly competent at her job, but she's pursuing artificial insemination in order to have a baby ... because ... ? She feels an emptiness? I kept thinking the whole time that her backstory was too much, although I couldn't exactly put my finger on why. She has dead parents, no time for romance, and a lack of friends and support, so deciding to have a baby rather than try to find a fulfilling hobby seems misguided. We aren't given much of a reason other than she wants to recreate her blissful memories of childhood.

The way Ben and Olivia meet was really interesting and unique - he accidentally got married after one night of drinking to oblivion out of sadness, and she is representing his wife in their divorce settlement. Their growing flirtation and attraction was great, lots of push and pull between them as they both struggle with it and any possible complications. Ben's turn around from playboy to commitment guy seemed quick, although I did find Olivia's romantic arc well-plotted. I did love their romance, all the gestures and the way that they did actually seem to like each other's company. 

The ending was abrupt but I think overall satisfying. I enjoyed many of the other characters, like Ben's family (the Westmores are the subject of this series, not the hockey team like many of these sports series are). His mom especially was heartwarming and funny. It's always great to have a comedic foil to a son that's macho and cocky, and Mrs. Westmore was that. 

Technical notes:
While I overall enjoyed this story, this book really suffered from a lack of a good editor. There were lots of scenes that were confusing, mostly because I couldn't picture it clearly in my mind. For instance, the sex scene. I couldn't tell which person was on top. That is a clear narrative issue. There were several sentences that I had to read repeatedly, in order to figure out what was being said. While technically grammatically correct, romance novels aren't the place for esoteric phrasing, particularly if it's not the style of the entire thing. The book vacillates between clear prose and these awkward, clunky phrases that desperately needed to be rewritten.

There are some minor continuity issues as well. For example, Olivia asks Ben at one point if he's lived in Glenwood Falls (small town outside of Denver? It's never clear) all of his life. But, she knows that he hasn't, because the woman she was representing in court met him in another town, where he went to elementary school before the family moved to Glenwood Falls.

This line also made me pause: "Her boss, Lyle Kingsley, had hired her expecting she'd develop her client list on the other side of the proceedings–representing the athletes." He'd expected this, although she'd made her reputation representing the wives of pro athletes? It's established that Olivia had been a great lawyer for those women, at least for several years, and had even represented someone in the previous book while she was still at her L.A. office. 

Final thoughts:
I would desperately love to edit this author's future books because there is potential for an amazing story here, well-written and clever and her ability to draw out sexual tension believably was pretty great. The cast of characters are mostly lovable and interesting. For many people, the technical issues won't bother them. After all, Twilight has amassed millions of fans and I just can't even with that prose. There is a line between mediocre and brilliant, and I think in the hands of a great editor, this book could nose its way toward the latter.

I adored the first book in this series so when I had a chance to review Maybe This Love I jumped on it. Just to give you an idea of how much I enjoyed this book I started it this morning and did nothing until I finished it. I didn't even realize I had read my way right through lunch time.

I fell head over heels for Ben! Yes, he's the player of the Westmore brothers but he is a total sweetheart as well. He's not a drinker, he doesn't lead the women who fawn over him on and how can you not love someone who treats his mother and sister so well? I loved reading through not just the scenes with Olivia but also the ones where we got to see him interacting with his family. Unlike a lot of other books out there, there's no deep, dark secrets among the Westmores. They love each other, bicker with each other and are always there when they need each other.

The story itself was utterly adorable and like I said I didn't want to put the book down until I was finished. If you are looking for a feel good romance that will leave you with a huge smile, this is definitely the book for you!

This was my first Jennifer Snow book and it won't be my last. I really like her style! I am so thankful to Netgalley for the ARC they gave me in exchange for my honest review.

Olivia & Ben had fantastic chemistry. This was a really fun story with a nice bit of originality in the storyline that set it apart from other romance books.

I enjoyed this story very much and look forward to the next book in the series.

Jennifer Snow made my flight speed by with this engaging story! Ben and Olivia's story did not disappoint!

This was a fun story. While it's part of a series, it reads as a stand alone. Ben Westmore is a delight. The guy has had his ups and downs - he's a successful hockey player, but he hasn't managed to win the Stanley Cup just yet. He's a good looking guy who likes to keep relationships casual, but somehow he's found himself married to a girl he doesn't even know & can't recall actually marrying. Hmm... 

Olivia is a successful divorce attorney who has made a name for herself representing the ex-wives of several major athletes. While she's had great success in work, the thing she wants more than anything is a family. And no one is going to ruin that opportunity for her. Especially a too-good-looking hockey player who wouldn't know commitment if it slapped him in the face.

Ben and Olivia are one of those couples that you'd never pair up on paper, but in reality they're perfect for each other. They've both been hurt and they both have weaknesses they mask with their workplace successes. It's so fun watching them interact with each other - trying to ignore the obvious attraction, making excuses, and then ultimately admitting what's been right in front of their faces all along.

Maybe This Love is a delightful love story that kept me turning pages late into the night. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

FYI ~ language, open-door intimate scenes
Honest Disclosure ~ I received a review copy from the publisher