Review: Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a brand new romantic comedy about a one-night stand gone completely wrong. Laugh out loud and steamy with a heart-stopping happily ever after.

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…

Purchase link: https://amzn.to/3K6btJg

Publication date: April 5, 2022

Review

Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Funny and Heartwarming Sports Romance Rises Above The Pack

Read “Those Three Little Words” if you like:
✔ Accidental Pregnancy
✔ Sports Romance (hockey)
✔ Workplace Romance
✔ Forced Proximity
✔ One night stand to lovers
✔ Dual Points of View
✔ Can be read as complete standalone but is #2 in series (The Vancouver Agitators)

Hockey player Eli Hornsby likes to live in the moment. He’ll do just about any crazy thing. This has served him well in his life until he meets Penny. He had a one-night-stand with his best friend’s sister on his birthday and it turns out, she’s pregnant as a result.

Penny is Pacey Lawes’ sister (Kiss and Don’t Tell). She works for Eli’s Vancouver Agitators hockey team as a social media consultant. At the beginning of the book, Penny admits that she doesn’t like to interact with Eli very much because his good looks and flirtatiousness intimidate her. Penny knows Eli is the biggest player on the team, but on Valentine’s Day they run into each other at a bar and she can’t seem to say no to him.

Honestly, I felt a little uncomfortable with their interactions at the bar because Penny has low self-esteem, she’s been drinking, she’s intimidated by Eli, her co-worker, and he’s very persistent and unapologetic about his lifestyle.

Perhaps those things became apparent to the author as Eli begins his next point-of-view chapter by saying, “…any woman I take to bed is a willing, consensual partner.”

Suffice it to say, they do “the deed” and Penny is gone before Eli wakes up. Five weeks later, she finds out she’s pregnant and calls in her best friend, Blakely, to try to figure out what to do. They decide that Penny should tell Eli and her brother, Pacey at the same time with another hockey player present in case her brother tries to hurt Eli. It doesn’t go well.

Pacey and Eli insist that he move in with Penny and we get a lot of great forced proximity situations from that.

There are many funny moments in this book as with all Meghan Quinn books. Quinn is always great at finding comical moments from awkward situations. Hormonal Penny was hilarious.

As you witness Penny and Eli grow closer together; as they fumble and then get real with one another, it is just beautiful, funny and sublime.

Eli: “She fills in the broken and cracked parts of my soul…”

Eli is a wonderful main character. He’s wounded from his past and doesn’t want to lose anyone. He’s open about his past with Penny and only strives to get to know her better. Eli is now one of my favorite reformed playboys. He had such a tough past and doesn’t even know what love feels like but his actions speak louder than words. He’s caring, sweet, and he and Penny are very, very spicy together.

Penny is fantastic: she goes through so many changes in this book from single woman to a woman experiencing pregnancy for the first time and Quinn handles those changes adeptly. At her core, Penny is a bright, loving person who wants to be loved in return.

This is the third (!) accidental pregnancy, sports romance I’ve read this week alone and “Those Three Little Words” stands out from the pack. We’re really given time to watch Penny and Eli’s relationship unfold. It’s not rushed and it’s absolutely delicious. I’m really looking forward to reading more books in this series. I want to read more about Taters, Holmes and the rest.

I received an advance copy of this book and this is my honest opinion.

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About the author

USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.