BOOK REVIEW for "Good Guy (Rookie Rebels, #1)" by Kate Meader

Good Guy (Rookie Rebels, #1)

by Kate Meader

Published: July 30th, 2019

He's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow...

Fans can’t get enough of Levi Hunt, the Special Forces veteran who put his NHL career on hold to serve his country and fight the bad guys. So when his new Chicago Rebels bosses tell him to cooperate with the press on a profile, he’s ready to do his duty. Until he finds out who he has to work with: flame-haired, freckle-splashed, impossibly perky Jordan Cooke.

The woman he should not have kissed the night she buried her husband, Levi’s best friend in the service.

Hockey-stick-up-his-butt-serious Levi Hunt might despise Jordan for reasons she can’t fathom—okay, it’s to do with kissing—but her future in the cutthroat world of sports reporting hangs on delivering the goods on the league’s hottest, grumpiest rookie. So what if he’s not interested in having his life plated up for public consumption. Too bad. Jordan will have to play dirty to get her scoop and even dirtier to get her man. Only in winning the story, she might just lose her heart... 

~ BOOK REVIEW for Good Guy ~

****(4) out of 5 Stars!

Levi Hunt truly is a Good Guy!  In fact, this guy is almost too good to be true!  Luckily for Jordan Cooke, however, the more we get to know him, the more we discover just what a gem he really is. 

Things don’t start out well for these two.  When the story begins, Jordan is given the assignment of writing a profile on Levi.  Of course, this is only because he was friends with her late husband.  And he’s never cared much for her… or at least that’s what Jordan believes.  Come to find out, however, Levi does have some very strong, long-standing, and not all negative feelings for her. 

As these two get more/reacquainted, they start to have an effect on how the other sees the world.  They also begin to suss out their very complicated feelings for one another.  There are quite a few tense moments in their relationship, as they learn things about each other that they didn’t know.  But mostly they realize what a good person the other one is, and they how much they have to offer each other.  Of course, there are disagreements and misunderstandings along the way, some with rather high-stakes results for both the two of them and others around them.  But there are a lot of feel-good moments too, as well as some slow but sure realization of how happy they make each other.

Apparently, this book is the first in a spin-off series from the author’s Chicago Rebels and Hot in Chicago series.  There were several characters with a back-story that was heavily alluded to, that perhaps was covered in more detail in these other books.  However, this was my first book by this author, let alone in this world of hers, and I did not feel the least left out or confused.  This came off wonderfully well as a self-contained story.  I look forward to reading more stories by her in the future. 

There is a delightful supporting cast in this tale!  Levi’s hockey teammates are all quite interesting and personable.  I especially enjoyed Theo, Eloise, Joe and (of course) Cookie.  I’m hopeful that we’ll see more of all these characters in future volumes of the series.

I recieved a free eBook copy of this title from NetGalley, 

and have willingly provided an honest review.