Undone By You

This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceI received this book for free from Pocket Star in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. In Undone By You we have a story that is sensual and mind provoking in this tale of forbidden love between a hockey player and his boss, the manager of the team. Their relationship holds all sort of complex issues that neither of them may be ready for. In this sizzling tale of sexy lovin' between these two diverse key players: Dante Moretti, an italian, with an talent as a chef, just landed his dream job and came "out of the closet" to the  public years ago. Cade Burnett, is the star defenseman on the hockey team, is texan and still hides who he is from the public. It has been quite a while since I have picked up a MM romance and man I fell for this one so hard. Kate Meader has always been the author that just pulls me into a story and can make a MM romance sexy as all get out. I love the way she writes these pairings and Undone By You was so well written here. I really liked the whole "forbidden love" element. Now it is a bit different. Because we see some complex issues rise up in their relationship. We have two great heroes that both on their own are beyond SEX ON A STICK, and man they just curled my toes. From our a bit older Italian raised hero who can cook homemade pasta??!!! YEP YEP sign me up for that one. Then we have the charming hockey player who is talented and sure of himself but still suffers from some vulnerabilities and fear from letting his father know that he perfers men over women. I really enjoyed seeing Cade come into himself more, and realize that he doesn't want to hide who he is anymore and to fight for the man he loves. This was a shorter story but not too short that we feel a lack of character growth, there is actually quite a bit of strong focus of the element in this book. The chemistry is sizzling and the emotional aspects just pulls you into further with this couple and leaves you wanting more.

Cade "Alamo" Burnett has been obsessed with former hockey star Dante Moretti since he was a kid. You would think working for your childhood idol would be a dream job, but Dante isn't just a Cade's career inspiration. He's one of Cade's first major crushes. Dante also notices the young, hot new player and is astounded when Cade makes a move on him one very sexy night. Their chemistry is ice-melting but if they are caught there could be very real consequences. While Cade admires that Dante is out, he isn't ready to become the first openly gay hockey player in the league. Dante appreciates Cade's struggle, but isn't sure he's willing to risk his job for a man who isn't willing to commit to him openly. While a short novella, this is a great addition to the Chicago Rebels Series, and it was so great to see the tension being built between these two characters finally come full circle. Thank you to Avon for the ARC!