Ice Cold Goal (Beyond the Ice ) by Nikki Hall-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 17, 2026
Fly high, fall hard.
Mase
I know a lot about falling. On the ice. On my face. Accidentally, according to my dad. I’m the best goalie in college hockey, but I’m broken. Not sleeping. Barely functioning. Afraid of following through with the draft and joining the team where my dad works, especially since he’s back in my life with a horrifying surprise. Then I meet my intriguing neighbor with the annoying dog. Taryn gives me a soft spot to land and a new way to view my choices. With hope. It’s the only time I’ve wanted to fall.
Taryn
I might be a little stubborn—tell me I can’t fly and watch me soar—but when offered the chance to play video games professionally, I chose a different path to keep my mom safe. We made it work until Mase stormed into my life, grumpy, exhausted, and complaining about my dog. He was a temptation I couldn’t resist. When a surprise complication makes us both rethink our futures, I have to decide if reaching for my dreams will include him—or if choosing him will shatter the protection I’ve worked so hard to achieve.
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REVIEW:ICE COLD GOAL is the fourth instalment in Nikki Halls’ contemporary, new adult BEYOND THE ICE erotic, college hockey romance series focusing on the Teagan University Wildcats hockey team. This is goalie Mason ‘Mase’ Black, and professional gamer Taryn Levine’s story line. ICE COLD GOAL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Mase and Taryn) ICE COLD GOAL focuses on the building romance and relationship between our story line couple Taryn Levine is a professional gamer but a stalker forced Taryn and her mother to move, landing as the new neighbor’s to Teagan University’s hockey players. Mase Black is the star goalie, and his university career is the stepping stone to professional hockey but Mase’s ghost continue to haunt our story line hero, and Taryn Levine is the balm to the demons that are riding our story line hero. As Mason and Taryn’s relationship quickly turns into something more, the past returns in more ways than one, and Taryn is about to pay the price for falling in love.
The world building focuses on several pathways including the relationship between our story line couple, Mase’s preparations for the pros, Taryn restarting her career, and a lifetime struggle for our story line hero.
The relationship between Mase and Taryn begins acrimoniously but a night of gaming, ended with Mase getting a full night’s sleep without the interruptions by the demons from his past. Mase struggles between head and heart yet discovers a kindred spirit in the woman with whom he will fall in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of familiar, and energetic secondary characters including Mase’s teammates and roommates: Reece and Kenzie, Cole and Avery, Gavin and Eva. We are introduced to Taryn’s mother Carrie, and Mase’s father William Black.
ICE COLD GOAL is a story of power and control, betrayal and obsession, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is intriguing,inviting and emotional; the romance is spicy; the characters are animated and real.
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Reviewed by Sandy
Nikki Hall is a smart-ass with a Ph.D. and a potty mouth. She writes happy ever afters with found families, sassy heroines, and strong men who love their women hard. Coffee makes her happy, messes make her stabby, and she’d sell one of her children for a second season of Firefly.
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