Fall with Me (Playing for Keeps #4) by Becka Mack

 

Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world's best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list. Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she's alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up. Lennon's plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers' new photographer. And the defense man scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn't supposed to see again. Fall With Me by Becka Mack was published July 2024. This is book four of the Playing for Keeps series. 

I absolutely loved books one through three in this series. I loved every single player on the Vancouver Vipers hockey team. Jaxon in the other books seemed like he just liked where his life was. He loved that he wasn't in a relationship and joked with the others. So it was fun to watch him crash and burn in this book. I loved the characters in this book. I loved that both of them had a background that they had to work past to be able to make the relationship they wanted to work. Lennon was a perfect personality that was not going to take any crap from Jaxon. This book was amazing and I loved it so much. The smut was not over the top and it was just the right mix between story-line and and smut. I cannot wait to read book five when it comes out. This will be a book that I keep on my book shelf and will read over and over again. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"I'm gonna fuck you the way a bride deserves to be fucked on her honeymoon, and when I'm done, you're going to thank me and ask for more.....Got it?"
"Got it." 
"Good girl. Now take off those panties and show me how badly your pussy wants my cock, honey." 

"Silly kitty, chunky kitty, I kiss your tiny nose. Fluffy kitty, handsome kitty, I love your extra toes." 

Playing for Keeps Series

1. Consider Me 

2. Play with Me

3. Unravel Me

4. Fall with Me 

5. Breathe With Me (October 28th, 2025) 

Tropes

Sports Romance -Hockey

Forced Proximity

Enemies to Lovers 

Roommates 

Grumpy - Sunshine 

He Falls First 

Unravel Me (Playing for Keeps #3) by Becka Mack

 

Can he leave the past behind to forge the future he's always wanted? When it comes to dating, Adam Lockwood wouldn't know luck if it hit him in the face. After a failed relationship and a string of dates gone wrong, the thought of being vulnerable with someone is terrifying- most women only see his fame. But when his dog runs into Rosie Wells, a beautiful woman with a blush as pink as her hair, she doesn't seem to have a clue who he is, and Adam seizes the opportunity as a chance to finally be himself. Rosie has her hands full as a single mother and fourth-year veterinary student, and she certainly wouldn't know a hockey player if she ran into one. She doesn't have time to date, and she's fiercely protective of her little family. But when a chance encounter leads her to Adam, she knows it's worth risking her heart. Unravel Me by Becka Mack was published in August 2023. This is the third book in Playing for Keeps series. 

I absolutely loved Adam in the first two books in this series. He made me chuckle at how he treated his friends. I thought he was one of the laid back. This book like the others have a great flow in the books it ebbed and flowed. But it was not instant love at first sight. There was lots of build up which is great for this book. I absolutely fell in love with Rosie from the beginning of the story. I felt like her and Adam had a reason to be together. I felt like their personalities fit perfectly with each other. As well as Rosie with the other teammates girlfriends. This book made me smile so much and it was worth reading over and over again. I had a hard time putting it down to take care of my children. Sorry kiddos. The smut in this book is light but it's still there. It isn't off putting and really flowed with the rest of the plot. 

Quotes That I Loved 

"How else does Voldemort show up here?" 

"I, um....I liked walking with you. And talking with you. And eating you. No, fuck."....."Fuck, no, that's not what I ---eating with you. Your sandwiches. Not your..."

"Thing is, Rosie....I don't like to share.......They can't have your noises....They can't have your mouth, the way it opens just for me.....And they sure as shit can't have your eyes.....Because I'm not. Fucking. Sharing." 

Playing for Keeps Series 

1. Consider Me 

2. Play with Me

3. Unravel Me

4. Fall with Me 

5. Breathe with Me (October 28th, 2025) 

Tropes 

Sports Romance -Hockey

Friends to Lovers 

He Falls first 

Play with Me (Playing for Keeps #2) by Becka Mack

 

I'm the star right winger for the Vancouver Vipers, an unstoppable force, fast as lightning. My dream come true, and I've worked my whole life to get here. I don't plan on giving it up, but if I want to keep playing hockey, I'm going to need all my limbs. To ensure my body parts stay intact, I only need to follow one simple rule. Don't touch my captain's little sister. Seems easy enough. She's snarky and bossy and has a mouth like a sailor. Truthfully, I'm bordering on the edge of terrified when she's around. The problem is I've seen too much. Too much of her, inside and out. And now? Now I want more. Play with Me by Becka Mack was published in October 2022. This is book two of the Playing for Keeps series. 

The two main characters had me in giggles through this book. I thought I loved book one but I don't know I think this book beat that book. I loved Jennie in the first book with her comments but she just made me fall in love with her in this book. She has such an amazing backstory that touched on how her dad's death effected her. How growing up with a famous brother effected her. She had a lot of pressure from everywhere to be this amazing person. So of course she felt like she was failing. I felt like Jennie was a real person that I could get to know. Garrett has his own back history and it really comes in through this book. What made him the way he is. I didn't feel like he was as real as Jennie but it worked great in this book. The plot in this book is so funny watching Jennie and Garrett fight against their attractions at different times. But yet watching it all unfold. There were times I was like just stop fighting it. But it was explosive when they finally gave in. Then the secret keeping while slowly everyone found out. I loved this book so much and can't not wait to read more in this series. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"You're not getting any of this tonight....none of it." 

"Ollie! It was an accident! You can't cut off access! You can't! 

"Find someone else. Literally anybody else." 

"I just wanna love you out loud. Why don't you let me love you out loud?"

"Living without your soul mate is something no one should ever have to do...I know there's something extra special waiting for you, Jennie. A love above all the rest. That's what a soul mate is. Someone with smooth edges to soften our sharp ones. Someone who fits us so perfectly, vibrates on the same frequency, makes all our best parts shine. And together? Together, everything is exactly the way it's meant to be." 

Besides, who needs a boyfriend when you've got a drawer full of battery-powered ones? Men don't vibrate, but dildos do. 

The box rips apart at the seams, the most beautiful rainbow of dildos and vibrators flying through the air between us in -I swear to God-slow fucking motion. 

"That's you, sunshine. You're my favorite dessert......C'mon, Jennie. Play with me." 

"The fuck's he talking about?....He hurt you?"

"I'm fine." 

"Did.He.Hurt.You?" 

"That's a good fucking girl." 

Playing for Keeps Series in Order

1. Consider Me

2. Play with Me

3. Unravel Me 

4. Fall with Me 

5. Breathe with Me (October 28th, 2025) 

Tropes 

Sports - Hockey

Brothers Best Friend 

Friends to Lovers 

Forbidden

He Falls First 

Slow Burn 

Consider Me (Playing For Keeps #1) by Becka Mack

 

Carter Beckett is the NHL's resident badboy, top player both on the ice & in the bedroom, and quite possibly the sexist man to ever grace my field of vision. But worst of all? He knows it. He's arrogrant, self-centered, and the man doesn't seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one. He's had everything served to him on a silver platter, including endless strings of women, and apparently, I'm up next. His only problem? I have no intention of falling for his shi-um, charm. Consider Me by Becka Mack was published in March 2022. This is first book in the Playing for Keeps series. 

This was an odd book to say the least. It's one of those books where you like bits and pieces but don't know what is missing. I felt that way with this book. I felt like the characters Carter and Olivia were not very rounded characters. I didn't feel like they could possibly be a real person (which I know they are not.) But most good authors try to make their characters feel like a real person. That means they have good parts to them and they also fail. I felt like they were a little one sided. The plot started off slow but then it picked up and I enjoyed reading it. I also enjoyed some of the friendships in the book. Though I did think that the relationship was rushed. It's a decent read, so I recommend checking it out. 

Quotes that I Loved 

"I wanna fuck you silly. Maybe put you in the penalty box."

"We can get there in eight if you're game for a piggyback ride.....Wrap those pretty little legs around my waist before I wrap them around my face." 

"Okay, pint-sized. And okay, you're not a model. But you're a phys-ed teacher, so that's kind the same-"

"It is not remotely close the same thing." 

"You can't kiss my not-a-date-but-actually-is-a-date at midnight!" 

"You fucking kissed her."

"She said I could."

"Do you like her?"

"Yes, I fucking like her." 

"You like him."

"Of course I like him, Cara. He's charming and funny and makes me smile in this irritating sort of way and I'm losing my damn mind because I'm totally falling for Carter Beckett." 

"Good Girl."

"Slap that hand back there again and I'll tie both of them to the bedpost. I wanna hear you scream my name when you come with me inside you. Got it?"

"You haven't broken me yet, but I'm hoping if I'm a good girl, you will soon." 

Playing for Keeps Series in Order

1. Consider Me

2. Play with Me

3. Unravel Me 

4. Fall with Me

5. Breathe with Me (October 28th, 2025) 

Tropes

Sports - Hockey

Friends to Lovers

He Falls First