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I've been friends with Artemis since high school, when we bonded over crushing on the same guy. Six years later, we’re roommates in our shiny new post–college lives—she's training for the Olympics while I start my pro football career. We’ve both recently had bad break–ups and she says if she’s going to get back out there, she needs dating lessons. Naturally, she asks me—her completely platonic roommate—to teach her. We practice eye contact. Hand holding. Cuddling during movies. Because that's what best friends do, right? Practice intimacy? For science?

Everyone knows the golden rule of business—don’t bang your business partner. Especially if he’s your brother’s hot-as-sin, hockey-star best friend. But when the sexy single dad athlete saves me from a cake contest catastrophe—and shows me how good he is with his hands—I blurt out the world’s worst business pitch: Want to invest in my bakery?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey is back with an all-new marriage of convenience, friends-to-lovers sports romance about a baseball catcher and the burlesque club owner he can’t get out of his head. Madden Donahue, the newest catcher for the Yankees, has been in love with Eve...

Faking it has never been so hard… Breaking up with my fiancé wasn’t on my agenda this summer, neither was hiding the truth from everyone, including my colleagues at Pennington’s department store. But that tiny evasion gets me into trouble when I’m forced to play bride-to-be for our new marketing campaign. If my boss finds out I’ve lied to her, it won’t just be my reputation on the line; it’ll be my job.

Falling for a famous hockey player? I would have laughed at you. I was trapped in a marriage-caged with cruelty. I wasn’t ever going to be free. Until I found a way to escape. Before him, I thought love was a nightmare. Now I dared to dream.

Wedding planner Odette Chambers has a knack for ruining every ceremony she touches. But her latest gig could be a curse breaker. The bride is her best friend, Izzy, and the venue is a local cidery with the Pacific Northwest mountains as a beautiful backdrop. The cidery’s only rotten apple is its owner, former NHL player Noah Stevens—Izzy’s older brother and a recently divorced, fully committed grump who doesn’t believe in happy endings.

Since I was a little girl, I've known the fairy tale I've wanted to live. Grow up. Fall in love. Get married to a man who will dance with me in the kitchen and kiss me for no reason. Have a big family and live happily ever after. There's just one problem—men suck. What's a southern girl have to do to find her future husband? It's certainly not on the dating apps, so I do something out of my comfort zone—I ask my step sister to set me up. And what does she deliver? A six-foot-two, sexy as sin football coach who has a fear of commitment. Great. The definition of my Prince Charming.

Iris Benedetto’s wedding day just went viral … for all the wrong reasons. After a heated blowout with her lying, cheating fiancé at the altar, Iris storms off on a solo honeymoon—loudly announcing that she’s finally going to find out what good sex is all about. Rebranding from small-town preschool teacher to #HornyRunawayBride was not the plan, but the insanely hot stranger who ends up double-booked in her bungalow on the island of Kauai is an opportunity even devastated Iris can’t ignore.

Four steamy hockey romance novels in one addictive box set: the Kings of the Ice series delivers forced proximity, forbidden temptation, fake relationships, and heroes who fall hard—and fast.

Lorsque la perfectionniste Oksana Markova et l'audacieux Angel Love se retrouvent tous deux écartés de la compétition, la fédération canadienne des sports de glisse décide de les réunir en tant que « couple » pour cette nouvelle saison. Leur mission est simple : gagner la compétition internationale de patinage artistique. Mais comment y parvenir quand tout les oppose ? Sur la glace, leur alchimie fait des étincelles, tandis qu'en dehors, leurs caractères bien trempés les poussent, corps et âme, à s'affronter sans cesse.

Being the life of the party had always been easy for Emerson Greene until one fatal night five years ago that sent him into a spiral of self-destruction. A night that cost him, not only his best friend, but also the only woman he's ever loved. As a result, the bad boy of the NHL is trying to outskate the ghosts of his past and the regrets that haunt his every turn.

I'm hunted. By my father's insane followers on social media and by a dangerous masked man in real life. I'm his prey. They wage a total war on my life, and danger hides behind every corner. I can't trust anyone when my brother's best friends—the very ones protecting me—are my prime suspects. The truth is that I can't even trust myself. My fake boyfriend has my heart beating too fast… for real, and there's a secret kiss I can't forget. My hockey gods' roommates call a truce, and that's where the real danger is.

Withdrawal episodes. That’s what the therapist says when my six year old starts disconnecting from everyone and it destroys my entire world. When I gave up professional hockey, signed my divorce and determined to raise my baby girl on my own in Lucky Falls, I swore I’d be everything my daughter needed.

Joining the coaching staff came with an unexpected perk: bringing his son, Miles, along to practices, games, and press events. It wasn't perfect, but with no support system beyond his team, Dex needed someone who could bring order to the chaos—a nanny and homeschool teacher who could actually keep up. On paper, Lucie Anderson was exactly what Dex was looking for. She was overqualified, comfortable with the demands of a pro baseball schedule, and in need of a job. The catch? She's the sister of one of his players… and the same woman who caught his attention in a coffee shop just days ago.

When Dallas Westbrook is forced to the dugout after an injury ends his professional baseball career, he’s offered the position of head coach for the team that built him. But he’s barely able to find his footing before a brutal season puts him on temporary leave. Dallas is known for impulsive decisions both on and off the field. So when the opportunity arises to be the father to his daughter he always wishes he’d had, he decides to take it...even though it means picking up his life and going to Wyoming. Living in Bluestone Lakes was never supposed to be permanent—until he meets his neighbor.

Depuis toujours, Holly McGuire vit dans l'ombre de son frère jumeau Ethan, star de l'équipe de hockey du lycée. Pourtant, ce soir-là, un garçon la remarque : Callen Followville, le meilleur ami de son frère... et celui qui fait battre son cœur en secret. Quelques heures magiques suffisent à bouleverser sa vie. Mais le rêve tourne court lorsque Callen disparaît sans un mot, la laissant seule avec un souvenir brûlant, et une révélation qui changera tout. Dix ans plus tard, Holly pensait avoir tourné la page.

Kieran Callahan is every woman’s fantasy—charming billionaire, star running back, and heartbreakingly handsome. He’s also my best friend. When my grandmother’s final wish puts me in an impossible situation, I tell the biggest lie of my life: Kieran and I are engaged. I planned to tell him the truth—really, I did. But before I can come clean, a nosy nurse and a sleazy tabloid blow up my little secret. Now, the media’s in a frenzy, and instead of setting the record straight, my best friend turned fake fiancé agrees to play along. All for Grams.

Hayden Hall presents Book 5 in the Saints of Westmont U series. Contains mature themes.

Ellie Montgomery has worked her entire life for this moment—taking the ice not as a player, but as the assistant coach of the NHL's Green Bay Bobcats. She'll finally be able to prove to everyone that she belongs in this world. A man's world. Lincoln Scott has fought through adversity and against all odds to become the youngest NHL head coach in history. With much to prove, they are both ready to show the world they've earned their spots. Only their dreams quickly turn into nightmares.

I've spent a short lifetime learning that what people say they want is rarely what they actually want. What I hope for is a relationship where both of us feel comfortable together. I think I've finally found what I'm looking for in a mail-order bride. Then he shows up. While I'm surprised, it doesn't take long for me to understand that he's everything I need and all I've ever wanted. But then he's gone, and I'm not sure what to do.

When the lease for my new condo falls through, I'm left scrambling until superstar goalie Grant Parker offers me and my nine-year-old daughter a place to stay. Grant is known for being rigid, stoic, and completely untouchable on the ice. I'm not sure he knows what he's getting into, inviting a chaotic third-grader into his perfectly ordered mansion. Still, he insists he has the room. So I accept, telling myself it's just temporary.

Asher Donovan est une légende vivante du football, et selon certains, le meilleur joueur du monde du moment. Scarlett DuBois est une ancienne danseuse étoile dont la carrière a été interrompue par un tragique accident. Elle s'était juré de ne plus jamais sortir avec un footballeur, mais quand son frère doit quitter la ville pour une urgence, elle se retrouve coincée avec le séduisant et charismatique attaquant. Lorsque son conflit avec Vincent DuBois, son pire ennemi devenu son coéquipier, leur fait perdre un championnat, ils sont contraints de suivre un entraînement intensif ensemble.

Evan Adler can't get out of his own head. Worthless. Broken. Failure. Those are just a few of the words he uses to describe himself now. Medically retired from the NHL before he even had a chance to live up to the Adler legacy, Evan has returned to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to focus on his mental health. But he never expects his journey of healing to lead him to the University of Bellevue and a position as the athletic trainer for the women's gymnastics team.

With rugged good looks and muscles for days, Harris Bennett stops traffic no matter what he’s wearing—flannel shirt or football jersey. So when management sends him to Star Lake, Washington, for a team-building retreat, it’s no wonder a local mistakes him for a lumberjack. And Harris leans right into the misunderstanding. Because that “local” looks amazing in yoga pants.

My life was complicated enough with family expectations and boundaries I couldn’t cross. I didn’t need more on my plate, but I couldn’t resist. The only plan was to help their daughter learn to skate and give them a helping hand with an extra nanny gig, filling my time with people who made me happy. Nothing else was supposed to happen. We all made that very clear. But biology had other ideas…