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von Kennedy, Elle;bowen, Sarina
Hailey Taylor Emery has a hunch that Sniper87, her favourite client at Fetch - the anonymous virtual assistant service she runs with her ex-husband - is actually gorgeous hockey superstar Matt Erikson. It's against the rules to check his file, but she's pretty sure she spends every day texting her lifelong crush and catering to his every need. Still processing her recent divorce, Hailey is perfectly content for this to be nothing but harmless online flirting... until Sniper87 wants to meet her. Face-to-face. Cue: utter panic. Matt Eriksson is no stranger to heartbreak. He's still not over the destruction of his own marriage, and it sucks to be the only guy on his team who knows the truth: that hockey and long-term relationships are a toxic mix. He barely sees his kids, and dealing with his ex makes him feel worthless. The only person in his life who seems to understand is someone who won't show her pretty face: the mysterious HTE, aka "Hottie." Surely, though, it's nothing a pair of fourth-row hockey seats can't fix. Superfan Hailey can't resist the offer, and Matt can't resist Hailey. But when the phone screens come down, can they get past their baggage long enough to build something real?
von Becka Mack
From the bestselling author and TikTok sensation Becka Mack comes the next book in her sizzling hockey romance series about a playboy defenseman and the team photographer who captures his heart. The fourth book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series that New York Times bestselling author Hannah Grace calls “endlessly sexy and funny.” Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list. Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up. Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers’ new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious… Right? Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.
von Ilsa Madden-Mills
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you look beyond labels and take a chance on love. Sexy Athlete: I bet you…Penelope Graham: Burn in hell, quarterback. The late night text is random but Penelope knows exactly who “Sexy Athlete” is. And why she shouldn't take his wager. Ryker Voss.Football star.Walks on water and God's gift to women.Just ask him. His bet? He promises Penelope he’ll win her the heart of the guy she’s been crushing on. His plan—good old-fashioned jealousy. Once her crush sees her kissing Ryker, he'll realize what he's missing. Sounds legit, right? The only question is…why is Ryker being so nice to her? Penelope Graham.Virgin.Lover of sparkly vampires and calculus.His mortal enemy. Penelope knows she shouldn’t trust a jock, but what’s a girl to do when she needs a date? And Ryker’s keeping a secret, another bet, one that could destroy Penelope’s heart forever. Will the quarterback score the good girl or will his secrets mean everyone loses this game of love?
von Aven Ellis
Some of the Aubrey Rules to Live By: *If I'm going to indulge in french fries, I must add extra time to the treadmill the next day. *Always keep your work and private life separate. *Being open to new experiences will never involve eating kale. *Never, ever date a professional athlete. For Chicago social media professional Aubrey Paige, the rules are everything. So much so that Aubrey has painstakingly written her rules for living into a polka-dot Kate Spade notebook that she carries with her at all times. It's her personal guidebook to living her life. These rules are the Holy Grail-ones never to be broken. They guide her actions for everything, from dealing with workplace drama to finding a great guy to date. After all, these are her own rules, built from her life experiences and observations. So they have to be perfect, right? Or are they? Because when Aubrey meets a cute Canadian, she suddenly finds her rules being tested and challenged in ways she never dreamed possible. Beckett Riley is the shy, quiet, determined captain of the Chicago Buffaloes, a hockey team on the verge of turning the corner to becoming a winning organization. He's Aubrey's opposite, with so many qualities that Aubrey had listed as ones she'd never want in a man. Yet Aubrey finds herself drawn to Beckett in ways she's never known. And when she unexpectedly finds herself working with Beckett, she wonders if rules are meant to be broken after all . . .
von Kate Meader
I’ve been texting the wife I lost, the woman I loved beyond measure . . . Now someone else has answered back. Gunnar Bond is broken. Three years ago, he lived through the car crash that took his wife and twins away from him—though “lived” barely describes his current state. Giving up professional hockey, going off grid, and drinking himself into oblivion are his coping mechanisms. Another is texting his dead wife about his days without her. Therapeutic? Doubtful. Crazy? Definitely. But those messages into the ether are virtually the only thing stopping him from spiraling to even darker places. Until someone texts back . . . Sadie Yates is losing it. Suddenly guardian to a little sister she doesn’t know and a misbehaving hound she’d rather not know at all, she’s had to upend her (sort of) glamorous life in LA and move back to Chicago. The nanny has quit, the money’s running out, and her job is on the line. The last thing she needs is her sister’s hockey camp counselor, a judgmental Viking type, telling her she sucks at this parenting lark. Thank the goddess for her sweet, sensitive, and—fingers crossed—sexy text buddy who always knows the right thing to say. In the same city at last, they can finally see if their online chemistry is mirrored in real life. She just needs to set up a meeting … A ruined man who claims to have used up all his love is surely a bad bet, but Sadie’s never been afraid of a challenge … even one that might shatter her heart into a million pieces. Romance, contemporary romance, new adult, new adult romance, sports romance, hockey romance, standalone romance, widower, tragedy, texting romance
von Ari Baran
Two Former Hockey Pros. One Struggling Team. And A Battle Of Wills That Might Just Turn Two Headstrong Coaches From Rivals Into Lovers… Ryan “sully” Sullivan Is A Winner. So When The Former Hockey Great Accepts A Job Coaching The Bottom Rung Boston Beacons, He’s Ready To Win It All—even If His New Assistant Coach Isn’t Exactly His #1 Fan. Eric Aronson’s Wins Have Always Come With A Well-earned Reputation For Trouble—and Were Never Quite Enough To Bring Home Championships. When The New Guy Skates In And Takes The Job He’s Worked So Hard For, He’s Not About To Fall Short Again. Tensions Rise As, No Matter What They Do, The Beacons Can’t Pull A W, And A Heated Argument Between Sully And Eric Over Coaching Tactics Turns Physical—only, Not In Any Way They Could Have Ever Imagined. That Kiss Changes Everything. And Suddenly, Being Able To Find The Back Of The Net Isn’t Sully And Eric’s Only Challenge. It’s Figuring Out Who And What They Are To Each Other. And What Winning It All Might Actually Mean. Penalty Box Book 1: Game Misconduct Book 2: Delay Of Game Book 3: Home Ice Advantage
von Kennedy Ryan
★ A TOP 25 AMAZON BESTSELLER ★A deeply emotional standalone romance set in the worlds of professional basketball and high fashion. Divorced. Single dad. Traded to a losing squad.Cheated on, betrayed, exposed. My perfect life blew up in my face and I'm still picking up the pieces.The last thing I need is her.A wildflower. A storm. A woman I can't resist. Lotus DuPree is a kick to my gut and a wrench in my plans from the moment our eyes meet.I promised myself I wouldn't trust a woman again, but I've never wanted anyone the way I want Lo. She's not the plan I made, but she's the risk I have to take.A warrior. A baller. The one they call Gladiator.Kenan Ross charged into my life smelling all good, looking even better and snatching my breath from the moment we met. The last thing I need is him.I’m working on me. Facing my pain and conquering my demons.I've seen what trusting a man gets you.I. Don't. Have. Time. For. This.But he just keeps coming for me. Keeps knocking down my defenses and stealing my excuses one by one.He never gives up, and now...I'm not sure I want him to.Trigger Warnings: The heroine is a survivor of an incident of sexual assault as a child. The text focuses primarily on her journey to healing, not the incident itself. There is also discussion of self-harm/suicide.
von Mads Rafferty
FAKE DATING, ICE HOCKEY, SPORTS ROMANCE ~ SIZZLING CONTEMPORARY SPORTS ROMANCE DEBUTHockey star Grayson Crawford is in hot water. Amidst grieving a family member, he can't seem to pull his act together, threatening everything he's worked so hard for—and the team he can't live without. To clean up his image and prove he can change, he agrees to a PR relationship, but there's only one woman he wants by his side.Except, Bella Stratford couldn't be a worse candidate. Only recently taking the role of his personal assistant to pay for her mother's medical bills, she already has her hands full dodging puck bunnies and fixing Grayson's messes. Not to mention her heart is under strict lock and key after life taught her that men cannot be trusted. But when her mother's health gets worse, becoming Grayson's fake girlfriend is the last solution left.In public, they re the perfect doting couple. In private, all those carefully drawn lines are beginning to blur. Because the shy, sweet man is not what she expected, and the guarded, caring woman just needs someone looking out for her. And with each stolen glance and tender kiss, their broken hearts might be starting to heal.
von Elise Faber
I’ve sworn off love…until her.The only problem? She can’t stand me.Gorgeous, single mom Ivy wants absolutely nothing to do with me.She thinks I’m a player—and maybe I am.She thinks I don’t take anything seriously—and maybe I don’t.She thinks I can never make her happy—but I’ve never been more focused on anything else. Not ever. Not even on hockey, and I live and breathe the sport.She doesn’t understand that she’s become my reason for existing—That if there’s any game in my life I’m willing to do anything to win…It’s claiming her heart as mine.
von Loren Leigh
Shaw Ever since we met two years ago, Eden Burkehammer has made everything better.The big defenseman sets me at ease. He's a beast on the ice-brutal and physical-but when it's the two of us, he turns to me with these unexpectedly soft brown eyes. This gravelly laugh that makes my whole body smile. And yeah, I might have thrown a glance his way a time or two in the steamed-up locker room showers-you know, just curious.But he's my best friend. My teammate. Roommate.I don't want to mess with that. Just the thought of losing him sends a cold zap the full length of my spine. Besides, I've never gone there with a guy, and he's never given a single hint he has either. Until one morning when I sign for his delivery. An envelope that contains something I never-in my life-would have guessed.And, suddenly, I'm thinking about him in a whole new way.BurkI can't look at Shaw Keenan for too long. When he leans across my truck console, with that whip-quick smile, I get this catch in my throat and focus on the road. Or when he tips his goalie mask up onto his head, hair askew and a flush of adrenaline on his cheeks, I skate back toward the blue line.I don't know why. My head's confused about a lot of stuff. Always has been. But what I do know is that I've never thought about anyone the way I think about him.Especially when he steps through my doorway-in nothing but a pair of thin running shorts and that backwards pink ballcap he always wears-holding a package I ordered on a whim.And he's looking at me in a way he never has before.It's game over after that.Let's Do This is a steamy, low-angst, friends-to-lovers college hockey m/m romance with double first times, a flirty goalie, and a gruff defenseman willing to risk it all for a chance with his best friend. It's a spin-off from Indigo Falls College Series and a standalone.