The Copper Valley Thrusters Series: Books 3-5

These stories have a little bit of everything - three dimensional characters, witty dialogue, and engaging storylines plus sweet moments, fan your face steam, side splitting hilarity, tearful scenes, and heart squeezing love. They will give you all the feels - expect to swoon, to laugh and to cry - but more importantly, expect to be able to see yourself as sexy and beautiful even in the moments when you’ve felt lost and different. Plus there are super hot hockey players and cute animals! Sprinkled liberally throughout these beautifully paced stories of the individual HEAs, there are also other characters from the Pippa Universe. It is okay if you have not yet read the love stories of these characters though. They are woven seamlessly into the story so rather than being overwhelming or detracting from the main love story they add to the beauty of it.Beauty and the BeefcakeThis book is for all the women (and men) who do not fit the mold and struggle to find their purpose in our linear world. It shows us we are all worthy of finding what makes our heart happy. On the surface, Ares and Felicity appear to be complete opposites. Felicity is a vegan and a genius with 4 college degrees who graduated high school at 13 but cannot seem to find her life path. She also is a talented ventriloquist, has an overly protective older brother and seems to attract/date weirdo stalkers. Ares is a 6’9” mountain of a man who’s a professional hockey player. Most everyone believes Ares is so stupid that he can barely speak and probably cannot tie his own shoes. On their way to their HEA, Ares and Felicity have to both learn a lot about love, trust, letting go of fear, and learning to embrace who you are. Ares in his quiet loving generous way helps Felicity find her path. While Felicity in her loud, venting in so many voices shows Ares that he is so much more than just hockey.Charming as PuckNick is the goalie for the Copper Valley Thrusters. He does not do relationships. Kami is a vet and is one of Nick sister’s best friends. Kami has been in love with Nick for years and for the last 8 months they’ve been having a secret friends with benefits relationship. The story starts on Kami’s birthday, which Nick forgot, when he calls her to get a calf out of his apartment that one of his teammates put in his bed as a joke. For Kami, this is the last straw. She decides she’s worth someone who wants a real relationship with her instead of waiting for Nick to finally see her. Nick of course now wants her back but Kami is determined to resist his charms.I Pucking Love You Tyler is a hockey player with the Copper Valley Thrusters. He does not do relationships. Muffy lives with her inappropriate mom, is a terrible matchmaker and a manager at Cod Pieces. Tyler and Muffy had one sexual encounter months ago in the freezer of a club and they’ve ghosted each other ever since. Tyler has also been impotent since his encounter with Muffy and thinks he needs her to fix it. Muffy needs a date to her best friend’s father’s funeral which is being held in the city where everyone knows of her most embarrassing and shameful secret and where she really does not want to go. Tyler agrees to be her date -without knowing it’s a funeral - since he’s sure being with Muffy will solve his performance issues. Thus begins the insanity that leads to forever love.

This is a box set of three books. (I'll try to remember the details of each book without giving away anything good😁)Beauty and the Beefcake is Ares' story. I LOVE Ares! (Can't decide which Berger twin I love more...). I knew there had to be more to Ares than we'd seen in the other books and I was not disappointed. I think Felicity was supposed to be one of those "quirky" women that I tend to hate in romance books (and in general, actually), but it kinda worked for her. And I loved her and Ares together.Charming as Puck is Nick Murphy's story. I didn't expect this to open with Nick and Kami (Nick's sister Felicity's friend) to be in a "friends-with-benefits" kind of relationship. Mix that with a lot of pranks--some featuring farm animals--and you have the makings of a good story with lots of humor. (The costume party scene had me scream-laughing!)I Pucking Love You was Muffy's (Kami's cousin) and Tyler Jaeger's story. Muffy was the kind of "quirky" I don't care for. Clumsy/klutzy...low self-esteem... makes pretty stupid decisions... UGH. She wasn't horrible (I've read worse characters), but... yeah...no. I liked Jaeger. He's hilarious especially the funeral scenes!), as is his entire family, who show up in this book. (It took me a minute to recognize the connections to the Blue Water Billionaires.). I think this one may be the sweetest story in this set.The books in this series are hilarious! Miss Pippa did an awesome job! (I would love to see Lavoie get a book... and I'd like to see what happened that led to Connor's little surprise in Vegas!) If you like romantic comedies that feature grown men who act like overgrown children, you should probably enjoy this series.

Love this whole series but books 3-5 are even better IMHO than the origin series. Aries and Felicity are one of my favorite couples on all of Copper Valley. You can't go wrong with any of these, they are so sweet, funny, endearing and yes - hot and steamy!

Pippa Grant has found a formula for my absolute favoite type of book to read. Funny as heck--as in makes me laugh til tears are rolling down my cheeks, Heroes and Heroines who are perfect, despite all their imperfections, zany relatives, and true blue friends who always have your back when there are bodies that need burying. I promise you a rollicking great read that will have you reaching for the next book in the series.

The only thing better than 1 Pippa Grant book is a 3 set bundle! These books are the best and have it all...love, laughter, great friendships and sexy times that set the page on fire! Absolutely love the Thrusters! Though Ares will always be my favorite!