[Review] IF YOU NEED ME (Toronto Terror, #3) by Helena Hunting

Book Source: Received an egalley in exchange for an honest review.
Release Date: November 6, 2024

DESCRIPTION

A standalone enemies-to-lovers, fake engagement hockey romance.

I’ve been secretly in love with Wilhelmina Reddi-Grinst since the third grade.

I should be the one taking her to our small-town high school reunion. The prom king finally gets his chance with the valedictorian.
Except she hates me.

To the world, I’m a pro hockey player with a million dollar smile.
To Hemi, I’m the menace who (accidentally) sank her bike to the bottom of the lake.

I never thought I’d be able to right my wrongs until she took the team’s PR job.
I’d hoped I was making progress, winning her over—one geriatric polka party at a time.

Until I got drunk one night and made a mistake. A very big mistake.
Now the world thinks we’re both very much in love–—except Hemi is absolutely in loathe.

To save our jobs and reputations, we have to convince all our friends, family, and bosses that our fake relationship is the real deal.

I’ll do anything to protect her, especially if it means I get to be the best boyfriend Hemi never expected.

REVIEW

I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book since we first saw Hemi and Dallas
interact when the series started and their story was definitely worth
the wait!!!

I love how fierce Hemi is and she’s such a
powerhouse, but Dallas was definitely the one I was the most excited for
in this book because it was very clear that he’d been head over heals
for a very long time and boy is he just as much of a cinnamon roll as I
was hoping for! He was so generous and considerate, but he was also a
dirty talker and boy did that make him even better. He’s my fave out of
all of the heroes in the series so far and I loved his dynamics with
Hemi.

Seeing the way the relationship evolved in IF YOU NEED ME
was wonderful! I love a good fake dating story and this one had me
hoooooked! There was a bit more drama that I expected at times, but I
loved how it was resolved and that we got lots of sweet moments
afterwards!

Overall, this is my fave in the Toronto Terror series
and I loved Dallas and Hemi so much! Looking forward to what Helena
comes up with for our hockey boys and bad@ss babes brigade next! Highly
recommend this one if you love stories where it starts out looking like
enemies to lovers, but really one of them has been pining for
ages…especially if you also love dirty talking golden retriever mmcs. 😉

Star Rating:★★★★★

About Helena Hunting

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author,
Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her
adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her
keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance
to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.

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What do you think?

Does IF YOU NEED ME sound like something you’d like to read? Who else is a sucker for fake dating tropes and cinnamon roll MMCs who love to dirty talk? 😛