Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 I'm going to give credit where credit is due and Sawyer Bennett deserves a medal for pulling me out of a pretty bad book slump and offering up another outstanding story in her Cold Fury Hockey series. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about Zack's story given the life changing event that happened to him in the last book, but because I loved the first two books so much and because this author has never let me down I started this one with an open mind and I'm so glad I did. Complicated, emotional, poignant and sexy all describe this book but it wasn't without goodness and light mostly in the form of the adorkable (and yes I'm spelling that correctly) heroine who not only manages to steal Zack's son, Ben's heart, but his own as well even when he can't or won't admit it. 
 Four months after the accident that took his girlfriend and the mother of his child's life, Zack is struggling with many things including guilt about many aspects of his life. With his hand healed after the accident Zack is ready to return to the ice as a member of the Cold Fury hockey team but he resents the fact that he's had to hire a nanny or more aptly that he's allowed his sister to hire a nanny because he just couldn't handle "replacing" Ben's mom even when he know it makes no sense. Zack really isn't in a good place and even though he's really not sure about the woman his sister hired he can't help but notice how much his son enjoys her company and how her easy going nature yet in your face honesty makes him smile. 
 Roberta "Kate" Francis needs the job she's just scored as a nanny so she can continue her education in the fall towards her master's degree. As someone who has had to fight and claw her way for everything she's gotten in life, Kate is awed when she is hired as the nanny for one of the Fury's hockey players. She is more than happy to keep the adorable Ben happy and keep the household running. She'll be the first to admit that Zack is a lot of man to take in but he makes it quite clear early on that her only place in the household is that as his employee. 
 For being only 23 Kate has a great head on her shoulders and is mature way beyond her years but she's done that to survive her life. It's not that it's been horrible but there have been challenges and she's risen to every one of them. To top it off she has the most oddball sense of humor and her sunny disposition just makes even more likeable. I love that not much fazes her that she is strong, confident in her abilities and that she speaks her mind. She may be young and somewhat inexperienced but she is wise and very, very capable. Zack proves early on that he's an amazing father and that being there for Ben is his number one priority. He's suffered a huge loss and while he's dealt with parts of it he hasn't shared the bulk of how he's feeling with anyone and the man has some serious survivor's guilt as well as trying to understand why he never felt the need to marry his late girlfriend. As their relationship moves from that of employee/employer, to friends, to more there was no doubt that their lives would get complicated and Zack made it clear upfront that Kate should never expect more than basically a friends with benefits arrangement with him. There were moments when I really wanted to bop Zack upside his head; moments when he was almost mean to Kate but I had to remember he was dealing with so many emotions and he really wasn't thinking completely clearly and Kate was just too sweet and understanding for her own good. However through it all I enjoyed the time they spent together both in and out of the bedroom and most of all I loved how Zack began to appreciate every dorky, funny, and amazing thing about Kate and how fiercely she protected him from people who tried to question his choices. It was refreshing how much they learned about one another, how much they respected each other and while I didn't always agree with their strange arrangement I could also understand it. 
 Every minute of this story was about change and how hard it can be to accept it in our lives. As young as Ben was he accepted a new "mommy" figure into his life and even came to depend on her, Kate learned to accept that she not only had something to offer but that she was worthy and beautiful and Zack learned to accept that he couldn't change the past, that while he might regret some decisions in his life he had reasons and that admitting he found happiness wasn't the end of the world. Every book in this series has been quite amazing and I've enjoyed each one but Zack is my favorite by far. There is just something so honest and pure in the relationship between Zack and Kate that makes me smile and makes me hopeful about their future together. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.