REVIEW: Barn Burner by Jodi Oliver (Love the Game #2)

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BARN BURNER

Love the Game - Book Two

by Jodi Oliver

Release Date: September 9, 2025

Review

Such a heartwarming cowboy & NHL hockey player romance. Full of spark and tenderness. 


Brayden is looking for some solitude after a devastating hockey loss, but he gets so much more when his car breaks down and Jesse, from a nearby ranch, rescues him.


Jesse is guarded and wary of relationships, but he’s kind and gentle, and loves with his whole heart when he chooses to.


It may seem impossible for them to be together; a ranch doesn’t allow for a lot of time off, and the NHL has a pretty brutal schedule, but when you find the one, you find a way.


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Synopsis

I’ve ridden a Zamboni, but never a cowboy…

Missing out on my first Stanley Cup has left me more torn up than I expected. It was in my sights. So close, I could almost touch it.

With my brother back in England, I’m facing nothing but an empty house and my thoughts, and there’s only two ways to soothe my mind:

The ice and nature.

But when I pack up my car and head out into the Alberta wilderness, my bad luck lands me in the reluctant hands of a grumpy cowboy with a perpetual scowl.

I shouldn’t get involved with Jesse.

His life is the ranch, whereas my life is hockey.

So why do I allow myself to fall for him so hard?

And why do I keep my real identity a secret?

I live for barn burners, but this is one I might not survive.


Barn Burner is a part of Love the Game, a multi-author MM sports romance shared world.

About Jodi Oliver

Jodi Oliver is a British author who writes MM romance, happily ever after guaranteed. She loves donuts, dogs and ice hockey, and when she hasn’t got her head in a book or hiding in the writing cave, you can find her at an ice hockey game.

She lives in England but dreams of living in the Canadian countryside, with some highland cows and otters.

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