Shellie Foltz

Meh. I started out enjoying this book - a high school teacher is approached by the older brother of one of her failing students with a request for tutoring. The older brother happens to be a very hot hockey player, and he's asking her to tutor his brother over the Christmas break, on the road with the hockey team.

The teacher, Patricia, has lead a very safe and orderly life, but with the help of her wild grandmother, she decides to take a chance and agrees to go along. She ends up falling for the hockey player - Josh - and he seems to fall for her, until a crisis ends the trip abruptly.

Then follows a summary of several following weeks and months (?) of boring - well, date summaries, plus Patricia repeatedly stating what's she learned from her experiences. Blech.

This story started out promising, then took a giant, boring nosedive a little over halfway through. Skip it, unless you absolutely NEED to read a story which includes many descriptions of hockey, plus some incredibly chaste dating.… (meer)