Liz Tomforde

Zanders

Chicago hockey isn’t complete without me—everyone’s favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night.

What I don’t like is the new flight attendant on our team’s private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I’ll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she’ll be begging to quit her job.

But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can’t quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button in order to push her buttons or if it’s more than that.

Stevie

I’ve been a flight attendant for years. I thought I’d see it all, but when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL, I start to second guess everything. Including the promise I made to myself of never hooking up with an athlete again…no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be.

Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his own good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it.

Everything but him.

Windy City #1

Mile High

Signe

"Please, please, please fuck him and then tell me every little detail."

Silke vandorpe

You’re my first choice, vee. My only choice 

But I’ m glad my first choice showed up. 

surtified™

I realised it was no one else’s responsibility to love me. So, I started loving myself. No one else was going to. 

Hana 

“no one should be running in louboutins”

Somya Verma

“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you can’t.”

"Your body is my favorite thing on this planet." He takes a deep, earned breath.

 "And wearing your hand around my throat like a necklace is my favorite piece of jewelry.”

the right people, the ones who deserve to be in your life, they're going to accept you for exactly who you are.

It sucks having feelings. It’s terrible when they’re not reciprocated.

Fiona

It hurts a whole lot less to be hated when you're not being yourself than it does not to be loved for who you are.

raia – inactive

“Thanks for not loving me enough to stay, Mom. It made it a lot easier to recognize the people who do.”

“Stevie. Curly hair and amazing ass. Won’t sleep with me, but I hope she changes her mind.” 

Scrolling to the Denver tab, she clicks on it. “Stevie. Has an attitude. Likes basketball and is down to eat burgers.”

She exits out, finding Washington DC next. “Stevie,” she continues. “Best sex of my life.” 

She keeps going to Calgary. “Stevie. Snuck her into my hotel room to watch movies with me all night.”

San Jose. “Stevie. Insane blowjob in the shower. Wore my T-shirt to bed.”

Next, she finds Vancouver. “Stevie. Came to my game. My favorite person to hang out with.”

“Why do you like thrifting so much?” 

"I think it’s cool to give a piece of clothing a second life. You have no idea where some of this has been. Maybe someone wore this dress the night they had their first kiss.” She pulls a floral dress off the rack. “Or maybe”—she excitedly grabs a collared shirt—“maybe someone was wearing this when they got their dream job. All of this”—she sweeps her hand, motioning across the racks—“has a story, and maybe it’ll be what I’m wearing when something important happens in my life too.”

"It’s perfectly okay to create boundaries when someone isn’t treating you the right way.” 

“You’re my personal version of heaven, Stevie girl.”

"Not having control over the way your mind affects you is one of the worst feelings in the world."

“Don’t you fucking dare.” My voice is as quiet as I can make it. “If you say anything, I will end you. Then I’ll marry your wife just to spite you, and your son will grow up calling me Daddy.” 

“Oh, fuck you!” Maddison isn’t trying to be quiet at all. “Stevie, Zee wants you to be his date to a charity gala in Chicago, but he’s too chicken shit to ask and doesn’t think you’d want to go with him.” 

“I fucking hate you. We are no longer friends.”

“You really should take that sweet girl home with you.”

“If only I could. Twin brother is still allergic.” 

“Ehh. I think I’d trade the brother for the dog.”

Once she’s gone, the realization hits me that I’m butt-ass naked, and I just ran out of my hotel room without a key, allowing the door to close behind me.

Glancing around the empty halls, I start my walk of shame to my best friend’s room across the hall from mine.

I don’t need a single fucking thing, but it’s like that light has been a magnet, and I can’t keep myself from pressing it, knowing that every time I do, a sexy flight attendant with a bit of an attitude gets delivered to me.

I realized it was no one else's responsibility to love me. So, I started loving myself. No one else was going to.

Sophia

“Oh, for fuck’s sake, you sap. Fine, you can buy me new jewelry. But I want the expensive shit.”

We love a man that’s open about his emotions and mental health. Their relationship was actually very good and healthy. That being said, the writing was ok, but I just thought it was too axed on sex sometimes which made me uncomfortable, but I really liked the characters and their relationships, especially Zanders’ relationships to everyone (but his mother) and Stevie’s relationship to her brother !

Romy

siinsiiin

The banter and spiciness was TOO TIER!!!! One of the spicier books I’ve read in a while! 

Leidy Ramirez

✨“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you 

✨This season means nothing without you. Nothing matters without you. Please come tonight. -Zee 

Mariaaa

✨“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you 

✨This season means nothing without you. Nothing matters without you. Please come tonight. -Zee 

I had fun for most of it, but it was waaay too long. Romance books don’t need to be almost 500 pages, especially when nothing really happens. I’m really hopping the other ones get better 

Sílvia

I liked this book and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I did find some points to be a little repetitive.

Erinn Costa

I get it - I get the hype with this series and I am sooooooo very looking forward to the next book!!! 

I enjoy all the characters in this world and can’t wait to learn more about them!!

The spice was spicing for sure in this book and 🥵🥵😮‍💨😮‍💨 this man was down baddddd for this plus size baddie!!! 

- professional athlete x flight attendant 

- a dog shelter for senior dogs (stop it right now) 

- her brother is also a professional athlete 

There are some trigger warnings for plus size people in these books so read with care but as a plus size person I enjoyed the growth a lot in this book!!! 

Brittany Peterson

I get it - I get the hype with this series and I am sooooooo very looking forward to the next book!!! 

I enjoy all the characters in this world and can’t wait to learn more about them!!

The spice was spicing for sure in this book and 🥵🥵😮‍💨😮‍💨 this man was down baddddd for this plus size baddie!!! 

What you can expect 

- professional athlete x flight attendant 

- a dog shelter for senior dogs (stop it right now) 

- her brother is also a professional athlete 

- the banter 😮‍💨😮‍💨

- found family 

- trauma bonding and healing 

There are some trigger warnings for plus size people in these books so read with care but as a plus size person I enjoyed the growth a lot in this book!!! 

Lads, I’ve found my second five star of the year. Wow. What a read. When I first started it, no clue why, but everything was ICKING me out. So so bad. I was getting pissed off at Stevie so much for some weird reason, and I found it so crude as well, it just really annoyed me… I was going to just put it down with that book, but I feel as though I gave up on it too quickly. 

But I decided to try again, so I picked up where I left off and read a hundred pages a night, and every waking hour I spent thinking of it, if stevie and zanders over and over, so finishing it today was such a relief. I loved the sports element of this book, I loved the characters, I loved Rio and Maddison and Logan and just everyone was great. And I loved stevie; she’s a well built female character who has passion and meaning and intent as 2D as we often see in many other books. And Zanders was a great character too, not as much as a prick, honestly. I didn’t expect to love this book so much, but it honestly helped that I had no serious expectations about this book. I think it’s important to ignore or sort of separate from people’s expectations and reviews, especially with romance novels, because it tends to taint the book. 

But yeah, I loved the book, and I was holding tears in a lot, because elements of this were really emotional. Great book; defo want to read the second book in this series. 

Lads, I’ve found my second five star of the year. Wow. What a read. When I first started it, no clue why, but everything was ICKING me out. So so bad. I was getting pissed off at Stevie so much for some weird reason, and I found it so crude as well, it just really annoyed me… I was going to just put it down with that book, but I feel as though I gave up on it too quickly. 

But I decided to try again, so I picked up where I left off and read a hundred pages a night, and every waking hour I spent thinking of it, if stevie and zanders over and over, so finishing it today was such a relief. I loved the sports element of this book, I loved the characters, I loved Rio and Maddison and Logan and just everyone was great. And I loved stevie; she’s a well built female character who has passion and meaning and intent as 2D as we often see in many other books. And Zanders was a great character too, not as much as a prick, honestly. I didn’t expect to love this book so much, but it honestly helped that I had no serious expectations about this book. I think it’s important to ignore or sort of separate from people’s expectations and reviews, especially with romance novels, because it tends to taint the book. 

But yeah, I loved the book, and I was holding tears in a lot, because elements of this were really emotional. Great book; defo want to read the second book in this series. 

lovedddd stevie and zanders but i dont like the breakup and get back together trope

jenna

I've had high expectations for this book because I've read many reviews saying that the book is very good but it's not. It is a cliché. It's very repetitive. Playboy falls in love with the good girl and he “changes” for the right girl. That’s it. 

Anita

Not bad but not good. 

I've had high expectations for this book because I've read many reviews saying that the book is very good but it's not. It is a cliché. It's very repetitive. Playboy falls in love with the good girl and he “changes” for the right girl. That’s it. 

Very hot, but a little too long. Not too predictable! 

Bailey Dunn

Very good book. Loved the ending. Acc made me tear up when he helped the dogs get new homes

Katie Roberts

tad too long, slight miscommunication trope + a little bit of cheese

Elli Barnette

Much more intense than I was expecting. Writing wasn’t the best, but story made up for it. 

Alyssa deRaad

this was so unnecessarily long and boring (especially the first half of the book) but there were some cute moments towards the end. the best part was stevie and indy’s friendship <3

Characters had good depth but were not described well. You’re telling me these characters are black but all you have to say about Stevie’s hair is that it’s messy? 

She doesn’t do nothing like braids or cornrows, no bonnets? Impossible bruv. 

Also Zander’s is black? How am I supposed to know that if I didn’t see the cover?? 

Keira 💫

Characters had good depth but were not described well. You’re telling me these characters are black but all you have to say about Stevie’s hair is that it’s messy? 

She doesn’t do nothing like braids or cornrows, no bonnets? Impossible bruv. 

Also Zander’s is black? How am I supposed to know that if I didn’t see the cover?? 

This book was cute air hostess x hockey player I liked their banter but the book was a bit too long. 

Kate W

Ilham

This book honestly made me hate the word “Sweetheart” so much, it was very dragged out. The nicknames for each other BARF! It was so poorly written. 

Sàrah Cearfoss

Why can’t men like Evan don’t exist????

This love/hate relationship had me holding my breath!!!

Julia pinheiro

I UGLY CRIED.

Why can’t men like Evan don’t exist????

This love/hate relationship had me holding my breath!!!

I think this book is fine- not my fav but not the worst. Cute at some parts and cringey at others. I don't hate a little hockey romance tho..🤭🫣

Paige Leitner

When hockey player and ladies' man Evan Zanders boards his team's new plane for the first time, he is treated to the flight crew for the season which includes Stevie Shay, sister to basketball star Ryan Shey.  Zanders or Zee is attracted to Stevie, but the no fraternization policy of the airline means hands off, so Zee decides to tease Stevie mercilessly.  Stevie isn't immune to Zee's charms, but his reputation proceeds him, and Stevie isn't about to lose her job for a fling.  However, the longer the two spend together on the road, the tougher it becomes for them to stay apart.

Mile High is the first book in the Windy City series and introduces some of the characters that will be featured in future installments.  At the beginning of this novel, Zanders is not likable at all, and it takes some perseverance to keep reading about him, but his character arc draws to a very satisfying conclusion.  Stevie also has flaws such as not believing in herself, but her story also comes to a very constructive end.  Overall, Mile High's only real issue is that it is just too long, but even that doesn't detract much from this enjoyable story.

Lynn Braden

When hockey player and ladies' man Evan Zanders boards his team's new plane for the first time, he is treated to the flight crew for the season which includes Stevie Shay, sister to basketball star Ryan Shey.  Zanders or Zee is attracted to Stevie, but the no fraternization policy of the airline means hands off, so Zee decides to tease Stevie mercilessly.  Stevie isn't immune to Zee's charms, but his reputation proceeds him, and Stevie isn't about to lose her job for a fling.  However, the longer the two spend together on the road, the tougher it becomes for them to stay apart.

Mile High is the first book in the Windy City series and introduces some of the characters that will be featured in future installments.  At the beginning of this novel, Zanders is not likable at all, and it takes some perseverance to keep reading about him, but his character arc draws to a very satisfying conclusion.  Stevie also has flaws such as not believing in herself, but her story also comes to a very constructive end.  Overall, Mile High's only real issue is that it is just too long, but even that doesn't detract much from this enjoyable story.

The way Zanders is absolutely obsessed with Stevie is crazy hot. I loved this book and I never love the “I’m going to break up with you to protect you” trope, I still really enjoyed this book

Mile High Windy City #1

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