Shoot Your Shot

Author: Lexi LaFleur Brown

Genre: Contemporary Romance – Hockey Rom-com / Sports Romance

Book Rating: ⭐7/10

Spicy Rating:  🌶️🌶️🌶️3/5

Description:
After failing to land an NHL contract, former hockey goalie Jaylen “JJ” Jones plans one last wild night in Seattle and hooks up with Lucy Ross, a chaotic, aspiring tattoo artist. When he unexpectedly gets a second chance with the Seattle Rainiers, superstitious JJ decides Lucy is his lucky charm and convinces her to keep “helping” his game with good-luck texts in exchange for tattoo practice. Their favor-trading deal turns into real chemistry, but Lucy’s history with situationships and JJ’s belief in luck over love make catching feelings—and holding on to them—way more complicated than either of them planned.

Trope/Mood:
Sports romance (hockey); one-night stand → more; relationship of convenience / good-luck charm; he-falls-first; grumpy x sunshine / golden retriever hero & black-cat heroine; forced proximity and lots of texting; mental health themes; fun, flirty, modern, and steamy.