Save Your Breath by Kandi Steiner is live!

The fourth book in the Kings of the ice series, this is a beautifully emotional best-friends-to-lovers, fake relationship, celebrity/sports romance that is full of chemistry and longing, and that had me hooked from the very beginning.

 

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Blurb

THIS JUST IN:  HOCKEY BAD BOY AND POP STAR EXTRAORDINAIRE ENGAGED!

That was the headline we wanted. If only I’d known the cost to get it.

Aleksander Suter has been my best friend since high school—and the only man who’s ever been able to truly get under my skin. With his reputation for trouble and a smirk that could melt ice, he’s also the NHL’s favorite bad boy.

When my publicist’s plan to fix my image collides with his need to clean up his own, we find ourselves in a fake engagement that feels too real from the start.

Now, I’m releasing my new album, putting on a show for the paparazzi I usually try to dodge, and falling too fast for a man who never falls for anyone. Every stolen glance, every heated touch blurs the lines between us until I’m wondering where the lies end and the truth begins.

And when a hurricane traps us together in his high-rise condo, all my carefully built walls collapse, and resisting the pull between us becomes a losing game.

Suddenly, the stakes are higher than just headlines, and the risks feel more personal than ever.

But as our past resurfaces and old feelings reignite, I realize the biggest risk isn’t losing my career—it’s losing my heart to the one person I thought would never be mine.

Save Your Breath is book four in the Kings of the Ice series: a series of interconnected standalones following a team of professional hockey players and the women who bring them to their knees. They do not need to be read in order, but you will gain glimpses of future characters/couples in each book.

 

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Review

“She wanted to hit me.
I wanted to kiss her.
That was how it had always been.”

5 stars

The fourth book in the Kings of the ice series, this is a beautifully emotional best-friends-to-lovers, fake relationship, celebrity/sports romance that is full of chemistry and longing, and that had me hooked from the very beginning.

Mia is a Taylor Swift-esque pop star with a rabid fan base and the world at her feet, but a recent break up and a journalist who has it out for her is threatening to derail her success. Her best friend Aleks is an NHL bad boy with a reputation to match, and he’s in need of an image overhaul. When Mia and her publicist proposes a fake engagement to help shift the narrative for both of them, Aleks agrees that he needs the help – but more importantly, he’s willing to do anything to help his girl.

My best friend, the woman I’d been sick over since I was sixteen, the one woman I knew I could never have…
She’d just proposed that we pretend to date each other.
No, that we pretend to be engaged.
And just the thought of her being mine, even if only for a publicity stunt, had my insides twisted into an unholy knot of anticipation.

Mia and Aleks have been best friends since her family took him in as an international hockey student as a teenager. They’ve been by each other’s sides for years, and though they’ve both had feelings for each other, they’ve never taken it beyond friendship. Now, they are suddenly all up in each other’s space – holding hands, gazing longingly at each other, hugging, kissing and making public declarations of love, and it’s all too easy and feeling all too real.

OMG, the chemistry between these two is electric! Their love and respect for each other is beautiful, the sexual tension is intense, and their longing for each other is so real! I loved every little hint at more and my heart ached for both of them as they fought to keep control of their feelings and figure out what was between them.

“How did you not see it? How could you not know that I’ve been fucking obsessed with you since we were teenagers?”

It’s a super slow burn as they work through it all, but OMG, it’s worth it, and I was completely obsessed with these characters and the idea of them together. They face a lot of drama with the press, the challenges of their celebrity, and, of course, their history and their feelings for each other, and I loved seeing them overcome it all to come together.

“I loved you when you weren’t mine to love, and I love you still. It’s not fake. It never has been.”

Couples from the previous books in the series all make an appearance, and I loved catching up with them and seeing the group all together. This series is absolutely rocking my world, and Alek and Mia’s story stole my heart.

I loved this one – 5 stars!

An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.

 

 

Kings of the Ice

 

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Meet Kandi

Kandi Steiner is an Amazon Top 5 bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.

An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”

She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.

When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, playing with her fur babies and soaking up the sweetness of life.

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