Stick Around by E.M. Lindsey
Punk as Puck #4
Legends and Fury #1
MM Hockey Romance
April 1, 2026
“Would you slap a teammate for twenty-five grand?”
“Uh, yeah. There are a few I’d slap for free. Just point me in the right direction.”
Problem number one: My personal life is falling apart.
Problem number two: My public life is also on thin freaking ice.
Problem number three: The ridiculously hot NHL D-man with the inability to remove his head from his ass has decided I’m his number one target.
And that last one is a bit of an issue since his idea of targeting me is to have absurdly hot hate-hookups with me in the locker room. Which I don’t necessarily mind…
Except there’s one tiny snag in his plan: I don’t like guys.
Or, well, I didn’t think I liked guys.
But when Alexio Zeki drops to his knees and, uh, gets to business, I realize my very narrow view of my own sexuality needs some adjustment.
And that’s ironic coming from a blind man.
Admitting I’m bisexual is the easy part.
Admitting I’m kind of, sort of, ridiculously into the man I claimed to hate is something else entirely. But the more he insists that I’m worth keeping, the more I start wanting to believe him.
Stick Around is the first book in the Punk as Puck spin-off series, Legends and Fury. It’s a high heat, enemies to lovers rom-com with a snarky NHL goalie who has a lot of big opinions and doesn’t care if they’re unsolicited, a PPHL goalie with a mountain of problems and no way to reach the top, locker room hookups, praise, swoony romance, a low-stakes bi-awakening, hockey bro banter, tons of chirping, and the swooniest happily ever after.
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Stick Around by E.M. Lindsey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alexio, rough, tough, hockey player. He wants nothing to do with Jonah, another rough, tough player who just happens to be blind.
Jonah and his brothers had a lousy upbringing due to their mother using their blindness as a tool to justify her use of them as an “oh poor pitiful me”crutch and to fill her pocketbook. Their father was absent from their lives. Family drama was the basis for the book. Although as bad as it was, it didn’t bog the story down. Instead it highlighted Jonah’s strength and character.
I liked their “hate” relationship. Their dependence on each other progressed fairly rapidly. Jonah quickly welcomed Nicos into his life in regards to his fathers Alzheimer’s progression. And with Nicos came his brother Alexio. Jonah and Alexio were bound together before either realized it. I liked how Alexio took care of his “Sparky”.
Vanya was the comic relief and actually a voice of reason in everyone’s ear even if he got all the euphemisms wrong. Jonah’s brothers played a small part in this book. Mainly to introduce Micah as Vanya’s next project. Can’t wait for that to play out.
Chaotic comes to mind in trying to describe this story. People all over the place and because this is part of a series I haven’t read, I felt lost. That didn’t last long though. They all slotted into place nicely.
Review Copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads.
Meet E.M. Lindsey:
E.M. Lindsey is a Romance author, an ancient historian, and avid lover of nerdy things. EM lives on the East Coast of the United States.
Connect with E.M. Lindsey: https://linktr.ee/emlindseyauthor
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