Theo is a very regimented, driven former hockey player, and he's just taken the job as general manager for the team his grandfather owns. Lacey is the cocktail waitress at Theo's farewell night in Vegas.
I liked that their spontaneous wedding gave this book a different formula than most. There were a LOT of characters, I'm sure setting up for the rest of the series, but it did feel like a ton of background and setup info in this book. Also, because of Theo's job and the time being in the offseason, most of the hockey in the book is management meetings and decisions. I've read and enjoyed some of Kelly's other hockey books, and those felt more centered on the couple. Theo and Lacey were sweet together, but I didn't love the last couple pages of the epilogue, and I'm not full of anticipation for the next book.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

So what do a hot, rich, former hockey player and a seriously funny, spunky Las Vegas waitress have in common you ask?

CHEMESRTY! That's what! 💥POW💥

Toss in a family feud and a couple of mafia thugs into the mix and you have the beginning of Theo and Lacey's story!

Things get even crazier for the pair when they get to California and Theo's family drama comes to light! Then Lacey starts to love his family...

Then more drama ensues and Theo... well let's just say sometimes you don't know what you got till it's gone) (Queue Cinderella! https://youtu.be/i28UEoLXVFQ ) 🤗🤗

Anyway, this is another 5/🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read from Kelly Jamieson! Plus the gurlll knows hockey and you can't write a good sports romance without a solid knowledge of the sport! 🏒🏒

Ms. Jamieson scores a goal with book 1 of her Wynn Hockey series. Theo and Lacey are brought together under harried circumstances in Las Vegas. While I don't quite understand why he had to marry her to save her from the thugs, it added an element to the book, and an adorable chivalrous hero emerged! The book was a great opposites attract/give-and-take look at romance. I was sucked in from the start and didn't want to put it down. Great job!

This was such a great start to a new series! We have Théo, who is a Prince of Hockey’s Royal Family so to speak, deciding whether or not to take a job with his Grandfather’s team the LA Condors. Grandpa wants to build a winning team and Théo wants the chance to prove he can put that team together. Grandpa also says he can have autonomy to do this. Throw in a night out celebrating and a cute waitress who ultimately loses her job over thugs that want money out of her for her brother’s gambling debts, set this in Vegas and add a quickie wedding. The punchline is a man who plans his spontaneity married to a free spirit and now he takes her home to meet the family that doesn’t know he has a wife.

I giggled, asked WTF and how does this happen, and laughed out loud at their antics. This story kept me reading and I can’t wait to see how it goes with the rest of the family. Will they work out their issues? With a large dysfunctional family, it will be a fun ride!

Loved this book!!! Theo is positively swoon-worthy as the nerdy numbers guy and former pro hockey player and child of hockey royalty. Lacey is a hard working beauty that never had time to be a kid. She is working at an upscale bar when Theo and his friends come in and she immediately captures Theo's attention. From a strange set of circumstances, they end up taking off together to LA, although, since they met in Las Vegas, maybe not quite so strange.....From their unusual beginning a romance began to bloom, even as they both tried to protect their hearts.

If you enjoy contemporary romance with a bit of humor and even more angst, you will love this book. I fell in love with this book from the beginning and was hooked until the very last page. I truly loved the ending just as much as the rest of the book - the author found a way to end the story with a bang....

Put this one at the top of your TBR list. The author is on my must read authors' list. While part of a series, this is a stand alone novel.

Great start to a new series. Theo and Lacey have great chemistry but what happens in Vegas in this case doesn’t stay in Vegas. The Wynn family is highly dysfunctional, but Lacey seems to bring them all together. Love Kelly Jamieson’s other hockey series and this is a great addition to the set.

Play to Win is a great romance about two people who there lives have taken turns and they have collided together. It’s about a packed with a fake marriage that could turn real and it has all the feels. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review after reading this arc.

Look out for the new hockey family royalty! The Wynn family will be so much fun to read and we get to start with Theo and Lacey.

Theo Wynn isn't like the others in his family. He's always kinda stood out from the pack with his smarts and ability to work the numbers of the business. After his own hockey dreams died with an accident, he remains in the business as an assistant GM. So when his grandfather makes him a deal he can't refuse, he knows some members of the family are not going to be happy.

Lacey finds herself in a world of trouble thanks to her brother and needs to figure out what to do fast. So when the handsome Theo offers to whisk her away, she figures what does she have to lose?

I really loved Theo and Lacey together. Opposites attract type situation, but the two find that they really have one thing in common - they were made for each other. Lacey's in your face, tell it like it is, live life at the moment attitude is just what the straight-laced by the book Theo needs to loosen up and have a little fun.

What a great way to start a new series and I can't wait for more stories from this crazy Wynn family dynasty.

I wish I could rate the first half of this book separately from the second. The first half was a struggle for me- too many details we didn’t need right at the beginning, it became a bit overwhelming and unnecessary. The writing didn’t seem as refined as the second half of the book. The characters and plot had more moments that felt forced than not. Overall the first half left me wanting to walk away entirely... but I’m glad I didn’t.

After a first half I would have rated the book 2, the second half really brought me in and kept me reading! The characters seemed to figure out who they were and interactions became less forced, allowing information to naturally develop and evolve. I really enjoyed the main characters in the second half! Good amount of drama and trial for the couple, and plenty of directions for the author to take this hockey family series in the future.

I would have given the second half of the book a 4... so thinking about the book as a whole, I’ve settled at 3.

This is my first novel by this author and it will NOT be my last!

I absolutely love the characters she has created and the Wynn family dynamic assures me there is more fabulousness to come! Theo was the perfect person to start off this series because he’s the bridge between both quarrying sides and Lacey’s charm and wit makes her his perfect match!

I laughed so hard during different points in the book and the angst level was perfect! There wasn’t huge unnecessary drama but it was just enough to make the story entertaining! I can’t wait to see what else she has in store in the next book!

“Play to Win” launches a new Kelly Jamieson hockey series which in itself is good news. More good news: It’s a great hook for what’s to come.

I am a hardcore Jamieson fan but this book, first in the Wynn family hockey series, didn’t excite me so much as the glimpse of what are sure to be other entries.

It’s a cute set-up. Hockey-star-from-a-hockey-dynasty-family Theo suffers a career-ending injury and turns to management of his grandfather’s lousy hockey team. He wants to prove to his feuding, bickering and all-out strange family he can turn the team around with his other talent: numbers. Make math sexy again! [“Play to Win” does get a little deep in the hockey weeds for those of us inexpert in understanding the sport.]

Theo meets Lacey in Las Vegas and since she’s running from the mob and he’s decided what will really impress his family is a hot wife on his arm, obviously they elope and hurry on to California where Theo commences his team’s transformation.

Lacey is a terrific heroine. She’s funny, she’s smart, she’s not afraid to call out Theo. I liked Theo but he was a bit of a wet blanket. He needs her, especially if they are going to parlay their HEA in service of the couples-to-be.

We are all familiar with series that feature cartoon-like, “colorful” and one-dimensional family characters we’re supposed to bond with. I think that might really happen for the Wynns. Theo describes them as “nuttier than squirrel ****” while Lacey prefers to believe they are “intriguing.” Regardless, they are hilarious and I look forward to Jamieson sorting all that out for us.

If you think YOU have suffered uncomfortable family dinners, meet the Wynns. Highly recommend.

ARC supplied for an honest review.

As a romance lover and sports fan I get excited when I can find both and Kelly Jamieson’s Play to Win fits the bill. With thugs chasing Lacey, she finds herself married and on her way to Las Vegas. Well written story and the characters were relatable. A fun kickoff to new series you are sure to enjoy.

This was my first experience reading this author's work and I think it was a great way to start since this is the first book in the new Wynn Hockey series. I'm not a fan of hockey, but I enjoyed this read, although there are quite a few characters in this book -- quite a large family! This is Theo Wynn and Lacey Olsen's story and it was a rather quick one -- a fast read, but enjoyable nevertheless. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.

A great start to a series but can be read as a standalone. Theo just took a job that puts him in the middle of a long standing family fued. His family is ridiculous with they things they say to each other and accuse each other of. You want to find out what truths and secrets they are hiding. Theo and Lacey make an impulse decision that leads to more. They have ups and downs on the way but they get their happily ever after. I love how they bring out pieces of each other that they didn't know needed to be brought out. Such a sweet romance story of growth, love, and understanding.

This is one of Kelly Jamieson's best books to date. Funny, quirky, steamy all rolled into one!

I laughed out loud a lot in this one. If the res to the series follows suit, this will be some of the author's best work with family drama, hockey, beaches, and more.

I'm giving this book 3.5 stars, but rounding it up to 4.
Up until about 80% through the book, I was all about it. The characters, the plot, everything was great. Then it kind of went downhill. The ending felt very rushed and extremely predictable.
Besides that I enjoyed it. The hockey terms and knowledge was there, the characters were great, the sexual tension was awesome.

Play to Win (Wynn Hockey, #1) by Kelly Jamieson This is the first book in the WYNN HOCKEY series.. and it is a great start. This is Theo Wynn (retired with injury hockey player...going back home to manage his grandfather's team) Lacey Olsen (has to get out of Vegas because her low life brother did her wrong) They meet and Theo decides to saw her and take her to California with him..then they decide to have a Vegas wedding that is fake. The fun never stops... plenty of laughs and some tears.. you meet the whole crazy Wynn family..there is some steamy sex all leading to a HEA. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series IN IT TO WIN IT.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Wonderful characters Entertaining Happily Ever After Unpredictable Action-packed Steamy Page-turner Funny Easy-to-read Romantic

I really enjoyed this book and love finding a new series even if its just starting out. I love Kelly's books and cant wait for the next one.

This premise was really hard to believe. The sudden Vegas marriage was ridiculously half baked. I felt like the plot didn't really come together. The heroine didn't feel like a real person in anyway.

This is one of those books that grows on you the longer you read. The writing was a little choppy for me in the beginning, but as I became engrossed in the story it didn't seem to matter. Théo's so anal, and I freakin' love it, almost as much as I love Lacey pushing him outside of his comfort zone. The development of the relationship between these two is a really entertaining journey. And don't even get me started on the sh*tshow that is the Wynn family--I'm scared to learn more, and at the same time I'm beyond intrigued by the messiness. I'd definitely say this one is worth giving a try!

Thank you to Loveswept and NetGalley for the advance reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!