See Jane Score

Jane Alcott is a newspaper journalist who receives an assignment to cover the Seattle Chinooks hockey team for a season. As the team's new beat reporter, she faces resistance and skepticism from players who don't want a female reporter in their locker room. Team goalie Luc Martineau stands out as her biggest critic and most difficult interview subject. Their clashing personalities and professional friction create tension as Jane works to prove herself capable of sports reporting. What begins as a temporary professional arrangement evolves into an unexpected connection between two people from different worlds. The story follows their interactions throughout the hockey season as they navigate professional boundaries and personal attraction. The novel explores themes of gender bias in male-dominated spaces and the challenge of maintaining professional distance when personal feelings develop. Through its sports backdrop, the book examines how preconceptions and first impressions can shift through sustained exposure and understanding.

Readers found this hockey romance entertaining and funny, with strong chemistry between the journalist heroine and NHL goalie hero. The banter and pacing earned positive mentions in reviews. Liked: - Realistic portrayal of sports journalism - Humor throughout, especially dialogue - Character development of both leads - Hockey scenes felt authentic - Sexual tension buildup Disliked: - Some found the initial antagonism between leads went on too long - Several readers noted predictable plot elements - A few reviews criticized the "makeover" subplot as cliché - Some wanted more hockey action scenes Ratings: Goodreads: 4.0/5 (22,800+ ratings) Amazon: 4.4/5 (280+ ratings) Notable reader comments: "The sports details felt real without overwhelming the romance" - Goodreads reviewer "Jane's transformation felt forced and unnecessary to the story" - Amazon reviewer "Great chemistry but takes too long to get there" - Barnes & Noble review

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🏒 Author Rachel Gibson worked in an all-male environment as an insurance underwriter, which helped her write authentically about Jane working in the male-dominated world of hockey journalism. 📚 "See Jane Score" is part of the Chinooks Hockey Team series, which includes seven books about different players and people connected to the fictional Seattle NHL team. 🌟 The book helped popularize the "sports romance" subgenre in contemporary romance fiction, particularly hockey romance novels. 💝 The story was partly inspired by real-life female sports journalists who faced discrimination and harassment while trying to gain equal access to locker rooms for post-game interviews in the 1970s and 80s. 🎯 The novel won the 2004 RITA Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Romance, one of the highest honors in romance fiction.