Gloves Off

A Marriage of Convenience Hockey Romance (Vancouver Storm, Book 4)

By: Stephanie Archer

Narrated by: JF Harding, Stella Hunter

The only way to get my inheritance? Marry Alexei Volkov—the grumpiest enforcer in the NHL, a brutally handsome jerk, and the last man I’d ever fall for.

In public, we act as besotted newlyweds, but in private, we’re at each other’s throats. He’s competitive, arrogant, and surly. The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of my ex, he glares at my high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to me. He’s only marrying me for citizenship.

Fighting with Alexei is more fun than expected, though, and beneath his grouchy exterior, Alexei is surprisingly caring, protective, and generous.

He cooks for me and worries about my safety.

He sends me flowers with secret meanings and spends way too much money on me.

He makes me sleep in his bed and calls me his wife.

For a guy who said he’d never fall in love with me, Alexei’s doing a good impression of it… and now I’m wondering if this marriage is fake after all.

Gloves Off is an enemies to lovers marriage of convenience hockey romance. It's the fourth book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be listened to as a standalone.

©2025 Stephanie Archer (P)2025 Stephanie Archer

Enemies to Lovers Perfection!

First off, this audio is SO GOOD! It's duet (hallelujah!) and JF Harding and Stella Hunter are fantastic as Alexi and Georgia! The way they bring their banter and chemistry to life made it a GREAT listening/reading experience! 100000% recommend it for listening while you read along!

This is a true enemies to lovers, because the way these two couldn't stand one another was next level lol! Even though the hate was misguided (you'll get it later)! They had snarky banter from the get go (well for multiple books now haha), & it never quit! Ever since their first meeting when Alexi decides in his mind that Georgia is a spoiled & vapid, & she decides he is a lost cause & should retire (once again, just wait for later!), it's lots of assumptions about the other on both of their parts. But when they are both needing to get married for reasons, a marriage of convenience commences! ANNNND I love a marriage of convenience! Gimmie alllllll the "my wife" moments, & Alexi does!!

Their chemistry is insane, the way they actually get to know one another, their families, THE FLOWERS, the shoes, & when they come to realize that all their assumptions were wrong is so well done! I love me an in love Alexi, let me tell ya! I loved them so much and hope you do too!!

PS: Jealous Alexi is fantastic, I mean spending $100k just because he is jealous was top tier scene haha!

PSS: Damon & Stefan. That is all.

Delicious

A true enemies to lovers story. This is one of the best examples of how to do the genre justice. That Alexi🥵 and I truly love the MFC.

Love the characters!

Stephanie archer does another great job with a hockey romance. Great characters. Steamy romance. Love the reluctance to fall in love with each other.

Love a good enemies to lovers

Greet banter. Love how there wasn’t a huge miscommunication story as that can get tiring. Just enough back and forth to keep it going.

Story 5 ⭐️
Spice 🌶️🌶️
Narrators 4 ⭐️

Gloves Off !!!

One of my new all time favorite “marriage of convenience” + “my wife” reads !!

Alexei Volkov is one of the grumpiest, alpha hole, hockey players that I have read in a while .. and I LOVED every second of him . And Dr. Georgia Greene is exactly everything I want to be, including being married to Alexei . I truly loved everything about this book from the intense burning chemistry, fighting as their foreplay, flowers and shoes being used as a love language, how grumpy, grouchy, and delicious Volkov is and everything else in between ! I cannot wait to see what book five will have in store for us !

This is book four in the Vancouver Storm series and it can be read as a complete standalone .

This book was given to me for honest review from the author, NetGalley and DellRomance .

Loved it!!! Best in the series!!

I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book! It was the perfect enemies to lovers, fake marriage of convenience story. Listened to it in a single day! Cannot wait for Ward's book to come out!!

No third act breakup

No third act break up is the only type of books I want to read. I can’t handle when the MMCs have some bs relationship aversion and break things off. So this series has really been so enjoyable to see the characters have conflict and resolve it without breaking trust with a breakup.

Loved every bit!

🏒Hockey
🏒Marriage of Convenience
🏒Enemies to Lovers
🏒Forced Proximity

This is my first book by this author, and it definitely won’t be the last! I can’t wait to dive into the rest of the series. Marriage of convenience is one of my favorite tropes, and this story absolutely delivered! The chemistry and tension between Alexei and Georgia had me hooked, and their banter had me laughing out loud more times than I can count. A perfect mix of humor, heart, and heat…highly recommend!

🎧JF Harding and Stella Hunter both did an amazing job with their duet narration. They really brought these characters to life and I could feel all the emotions!

Alexei and Georgia ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I needed them like air and Stephanie did not disappoint!!! The grumpy, the banter, the flowers 😍😍😍😍 I want so much more !! I am so ready for Tate and Jordan!! Give it to me!

Top tier enemies to lovers

Man, oh man. This is a true enemies to lovers no instant love (relatively.) I started reading this the traditional way, but knew that this should be listened to not read. The banter back-and-forth is just too good. I almost love this as much as I love the fake out.