Iced Out

Leighton U, Book 1

By: CE Ricci

Narrated by: Christian Fox, Liam DiCosimo

All's fair in hate and hockey.

My path to success never included an enemy as a teammate, especially one as infuriating as Quinton de Haas.

Clawing under my skin is his favorite pastime, only feeding the animosity between us as the years pass.

We’re as completely opposite as two people can be; the golden boy and the black sheep.

Constantly at odds or at each other’s throats.

The only thing we can agree on is hockey is our true love, and we’ll do whatever it takes to come out on top.

I never imagined that drive would lead me to do the unthinkable: falling into bed with my not-so-straight rival.

But athletes are a superstitious bunch, and when our hook-ups lead to victories, we tell ourselves we can’t stop.

Besides, it’s all for the sake of the team, right?

Iced Out is the first in a five book stand-alone college sports romance series featuring two misunderstood rival teammates, snarky banter, and more secret spicy times than any audiobook should be filled with. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.

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Rivals to lovers - Say less!

This was so HOT!

Oakley and Quinton are high school rivals turned college team mates. They have had a hate/hate relationship ever since high school. Quinton is the team captain but Oakley, being the natural leader he is, feels like it is better suited for him. After Quinton fails a drug test, Oakley steps in the team captain role, but things with the team are still off. They can't win any games. The tension is thick between all players and the rivalry between Quinton and Oakley.

One night, at a party Quinton and Oakley make a bet and unexpectedly hook up and end up winning their next game. With superstitions high, they continue hooking up in fear that they will lose again. The undeniable attraction between the two is amazing.

Their banter is top notch. I love that both of them were able to bring each other out of their comfort zones. Each dealing with things a little differently.

I listed to the audio version of this book and absolutely LOVED IT! The narrators really brought the characters to life. This will be a repeat read/listen for sure!

Tropes:
Enemies to lovers
Hockey Rivals
Sports / Hockey
Secret relationship
Opposites attract
MM
Dual POV

Give it a shot and you'll be happy

I don't like sports but I liked this story. Good character development and good voice actors. It's definitely worth the read if you're in the mood for a MM romance.

Narration

Wow! amazing book read by amazing narrators! At the end of chapter 31....I felt like I was there, wanting to hug him so bad! BRAVO to the narrative team!! absolutely wonderful!

so good

“oakley reed, will you be my teammate again?” 🤭🥰

PLSSSSS HELP i cant believe im already done with this reread. i love these boys so much it hurts 😭

my feelings till haven’t changed i would rate this infinite stars if i could.

praying to the book gods that we will get oak/quin appearances in caught stealing :’)
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2/1/23 : Words cannot even describe how obsessed I am with this book, Oakley and Quinton. Holy shit. I genuinely would rate this 10 billions stars out of 5 if i could.

I need the rest of this series expeditiously

beautiful story and super steamy!! Just wow

I couldnt get enough!! not only was it steamy but it actually had an amazing story line and I actually CRIED!!!!! JUST WOW!! DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT

it grows on you

I started out strongly disliking both main characters for this story, but by the end of it I was kinda fond of them. I guess they grew on me? The last few chapters and conflict resolution felt a little rushed to me, but it was a good story overall.

Yes

I wasn’t sure if I was going to finish this but the resolve was some of the cutest stuff I have ever heard yes yes yes!!!!

one of my favorites of the year

I loved this story when I read the ebook. But Christian Fox and Liam Dicosimo blew my crazy socks off with their performances in this. They brought so much emotions, snarky and wit to this story. They were able to make an already wonderful book even better.

Loved it

Even though I already read this book I was so excited to listen to it this time.

There just something about rhis story that is just so good and the way the narrators were able to portray Quinton and Oakley was so good!

I especially love Christian Fox's performance for a certain part of the story that was just so raw and passionate, I even remembered when I first read it that I thought "I hope I hear this in audio version" and just blew my expectations.

I would definitely relisten again.

MM Romance readers, this is a MUST!!

Christian Fox and Liam DiCosimo were chefs kiss!! They totally brought Quinton and Oakley’s characters to life Christian as Quinton makes perfect sense. He had the dark, broody, bad boy vibe going on while Liam portrayed the golden boy, good guy. Absolutely loved the narration!!

Quinton De Haas is a hothead. He has a temper on and off the ice but he lives for hockey. When his biggest enemy and teammate injures their shoulder, Quinton is named team captain and has to prove himself. Not only to his team but to Oakley; the coaches nephew and to his own father that despises the sport and wants Quinton to take over the family business.

Oakley has pressure on his shoulders. His fathers a famous hockey player and he wants that team captain position back. Knowing the temperamental guy he hates has taken his place leaves him feeling unsettled.

When Quinton fails a drug test administered by the coach, Oakley finds he’s back in the spot he once worked hard to obtain but he finds out not all is what it seems.

Determined to make this the best season ever, Quinton takes a chance at getting under Oakley’s skin, only his advances end up lighting a sinful spark between the teammates that superstition keeps burning.

Oakley is the “golden boy” whereas Quinton is the tattooed, dark-haired bad boy. They were opposites in so many ways but gravitated towards one another on an emotional level.

These two heat up the pages. They absolutely hate each other. Verbal and physical punches have been thrown but the chemistry that is present can’t be denied.

Loved everything about this book. It’s been a while since I’ve read a MM romance and CE Ricci did a phenomenal job pulling Oakley and Quinton together while showing the growth in each character as they build a relationship where they totally lose theirselves in every sense of the word.

Definitely one to keep you glued to the pages.