Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I knocked up my best friend’s sister.

Figured I would get straight to the point, because how it happened is a mere snippet of the story I have to tell. The real meat and potatoes is what happened after.

Let’s start with how she decided to inform me and Pacey the news…together. Imagine that nightmare. I was going into what I thought was a hockey marketing meeting, and then bam! I’m going to be a dad and my best friend/teammate is attempting to imprint my face with his fist. 

It wasn’t pretty. 

Threats were tossed around, friendships were revoked, and then I was marched up to her apartment, suitcases in hand, and forced to live with her so I could take care of her every need. Given how much I’ve pined for the girl, you would think that wouldn’t be a hardship. Wrong. 

This is my one shot to win my teammate back. Pacey is the only family I’ve got, so hooking up with his sister isn’t a mistake I can make twice…despite the fact that she’s pregnant with my child. 

But with every mood swing, every pair of pants that doesn’t fit right, and every late night run to find the perfect donut, I’m finding it harder and harder not to fall for my best friend’s little sister.

Especially when she kisses me….

Those Three Little Words

Cute & funny surprise pregnancy sports romance!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍
Character development: 🙂🥰☺️😎😂
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Penny Dawes – she has a job on the social media team for the Vancouver Agitators, mainly in TikTok. Her brother Pacey is the star goalie for the same team. Pacey is very protective of his little sister. When all the players on the team, including Pacey were asked who on the team would you least like to date your sister, nearly all of them immediately said Hornsby.

The Hero: Eli Hornsby – He is the best defensive player in the NHL and plays for the Vancouver Agitators. Pacey Dawes is his best friend on the team. He doesn’t have family since he was raised by a single mother who has since passed away when he was twelve, so he designed a nice homey feel for his fancy apartment. On his birthday, which happens to be on Valentine’s Day, he goes out to a singles bar with his friend Posey, though Posey leaves after ten minutes.

The Story: Penny goes out to the same club with her best friend Blakely on Valentine’s Day, and Blakely found a man to hang out with right away, so Penny ends up sitting next to Eli Hornsby, her brother’s best friend. They get along well, but Hornsby is a major player and not just on the ice. He is also the most handsome man she has ever met. They end up having a one-night stand, though Hornsby isn’t hot on ending things there, Penny ghosts him in the morning. Five weeks later she finds out she is pregnant and decides to tell Pacey and Eli at the same time, with their friend Posey there to mitigate any fighting.

I have liked Meghan Quinns books for quite a while, and she does sports romance very well. Her books are always a good length which I like, with great characters and are always fun and interesting. I have actually listened to two books in this series on audiobook and gave them five stars each. So, getting this one was a no brainer. There were some really hilarious situations in this one and I really liked the characters and supporting characters.

I loved that Eli has abandonment issues from his past. After his mom died, he ended up living with some relatives that didn’t show him any love. He is afraid of losing his friend, Pacey and also, he has never been in love, so is afraid he will hurt Penny. Though I kind of hate the best friend’s sister trope, especially when the characters are adults, though in this case I can kind of see why Pacey didn’t want Hornsby with his sister at the beginning, since he was such a player.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via duet narration and was narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Kelsey Navarro. Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite male narrators, he has a great voice and always sounds natural. You can’t tell he is reading at all. Kelsey Navarro has a good voice, though she isn’t great at using different voices for different characters. The scenes of Penny talking to her friend Blakely were hard, because I couldn’t tell who was talking at any given time.

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