Ah I loved this so much. Such a great story about love, redemptions, and forgiveness.
Plot: Des was tasked to recruit former pro soccer player to join a Pride campaign that his boss was doing to get kids into sports. Unfortunately he outed this player in a college paper years ago. And soon after Orion left soccer and lived in the mountains. Des finds him and planned for a quick turnaround home, but unexpectedly got stranded in the cabin for days in a snowstorm.

The interaction between them was beautiful. I found the story to be humorous at times due to Des. I loved Des. I felt for him and yet wanted to shake him at times. Orion had every right to be upset. Yet, I don’t understand why he didn’t sue his soccer club of sexual discrimination. It was maddening that nothing happen to the upper management that “fired” Orion. I also love any love story with a dog in it! The ending was adorable! I definitely wanted more. Overall, this was a special gem of a book that I highly recommend!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for my review.

Thank you to NetGalley for enabling me to read an arc of this book

This is the first book by Kris Ripper that I’ve read but I’ve heard of xir other books before so I was excited to give this one a try.
The premise of forced proximity and enemies to lovers is always a fun trope and it was also a fairly short book so it was easy to read and get to know the characters. It wasn’t one of my favourites, but it was still an enjoyable read