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Zwei sportbegeisterte Nerds, eine Hochzeit - ein Hindernis: Jameson O'Connor hat zwei Seiten: Eis-Hockey-begeisterte Sportskanone bei Tag - Technik-Genie und Gamer bei Nacht. Der attraktive Nerd hat ein Herz aus Gold und ist eigentlich der Traum vieler Frauen. Aber er schafft es trotzdem nicht, für die Hochzeit seiner besten Freundin ein Date zu finden. Denn für oberflächliche One-Night-Stands ist er nicht zu haben. Doch dann rauscht Regan Turner in sein Leben. Die toughe und sportbegeisterte Tochter einer Eis-Hockey-Legende ist alles, was Jameson sich bei einer Frau erträumt.

Hookups are my jam, but I've never had a girl shuddering with one breath then running away the next. And I can't stop thinking about her. Probably for the best, I'm trading in party games for extra practices. I can lead us back to the Frozen Four, but I need a sign of my dedication to persuade Coach. All I have to do is convince the one who got away to fake a relationship with me—and remember my oldest rule: only one night.

I overhear their bet—who can get Coach's daughter in their bed first? I'm ready to bring the entire Bexley U hockey team to their knees. Instead of fleeing, I flirt. Instead of hiding, I run just so they'll chase me. Luring my father's players into a trap has a certain appeal to it. Except, Aasher isn't fooled by my feigned temptation. He has too much riding on a perfect season and has plans to join the NHL after winning the Frozen Four.

Schon in ihrer Kindheit hat Harper ihre Liebe zur Sportfotografie entdeckt. Jahrelang hat sie nur ihren Bruder auf der Crossmaschine vor der Kamera gehabt, doch nach ihrem Collegeabschluss will sie ihre Leidenschaft zum Beruf machen. Diesem Ziel kommt sie einen riesigen Schritt näher, als sie im Social-Media-Team der Toronto Ice Wolves einen Job ergattert. Alles könnte perfekt sein, wäre da nicht dieser eine Eishockeyspieler mit dem viel zu großen Ego … Aiden liebt Eishockey und Frauen. Bis auf die Art, die ihm das Leben schwer macht – und Harper versucht sogar, es ihm zur Hölle zu machen!

Hockey is my life. I play hard, and I don't lose. The Frozen Four is at my fingertips, but my eligibility is at risk thanks to one frustrating class. Enter Avery Dalton—beautiful, independent, and utterly off-limits. She's my coach's daughter and his choice for a tutor. Too bad she isn't interested… Until she offers me a secret deal her dad can never find out about. She'll help me pass, and I'll help her forget about her ex. Friends with very specific benefits. Except for one little problem—I can't stop trying to win her heart.

CEO Helena Wolfe is the ultimate corporate predator—cold, ruthless, and untouchable. She thrives on competition and control, ruling the boardroom with an iron will and icy precision. But when she's forced to team up with Sloane Callahan—a sharp-tongued, equally ambitious corporate lawyer—sparks fly. And not the friendly kind. Their rivalry is legendary. Their banter? Scorching. And when a business trip mix-up leaves them stuck sharing a hotel bed, their professional tension ignites into something far more dangerous: undeniable chemistry.

Exiting professional figure skating after a decade of touring, Meredith Bennett settles in Chicago to start a coaching career… and to start a life, one with a future. At her new rink, she's required to give trial lessons before taking on students. But after her first lesson with a little girl named Lucy, she gets off the ice to talk to the parents, just to get a sucker punch from the past. Because the man that Lucy just ran up to… the man that she just called "dad"… is the only guy she ever loved. And now, he's clenching his jaw and handing her a crisp $100 bill.

’Tis the season for mistletoe and holly, Santa . . . and suspense. And the gift that keeps on giving is Ice: premier thriller author Linda Howard’s breathless tale of a man, a woman, and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter–and an unrelenting killer. Oh what fun it is to...

Morgan Powell was raised to be perfect, to set an example for her sisters to follow. Her life has been dedicated to making something of her career, so she wouldn't know what to do with a man even if you gave her an instruction manual. Brett "Ice" Grady spends his days trying to keep up with his teenage daughter, his nights consumed in the Regulators' MC business. He has no time for anything more than a casual hookup. Two worlds collide when the dangers of his life crash into the calm of hers.

Olivia Brooks, the talented national anthem singer for the Milwaukee Steel Riders hockey team, feels like she's nothing more than background music in her own life. Stuck in a miserable relationship, she craves something more. One night, after being abandoned at a bar by her neglectful boyfriend, Olivia shares an unforgettable moment with a striking stranger, convinced she'll never see him again.

Ice: The fighting cage made me a monster, and that's what came out when they freed me. She thinks I saved her from monsters, but she just fell into the hands of an even bigger one. She also thinks we're falling in love. She's wrong. I forgot how to do that. Besides, love's not what I want from her. She should've run away from me when I told her to do it. Because now it's too late. Barbie: I'm not letting him toss me aside. I'm staying right where I am, in his arms, and in his bed, and on the back of his bike.

Anyone but her. Eva Adams—the entitled, picture-perfect cheer princess. Incapable of empathy, patently manipulative, and absolutely beautiful. I can't afford her drama—I just want to play my last year of hockey without being kicked out of TU, but there she is on my first day back. Crying. In a weak moment, I make her an offer. An agreement I never thought she'd take. Except she surprises me, and now I'm faced with a dilemma. Protect my secrets… or win the girl.

Ein Anfang voller Hindernisse... Carter Donovan ist der Star-Torhüter der Philadelphia Flyers. Berühmt und gutaussehend, ist er es gewohnt, dass die Frauen ihm regelmäßig zu Füßen liegen. Als er jedoch bei einem Verkupplungsversuch seiner Freunde die toughe Sydney Carroway kennenlernt, scheint er eine echte Herausforderung gefunden zu haben. Sydney ist eine erfolgreiche Romance-Autorin aus reichem Elternhaus, die gewohnt ist, zu bekommen, was sie will. Als die beiden aufeinandertreffen, fliegen sofort die Funken. Doch trotz der starken Anziehung, stehen ihnen zunächst noch ihre Dickköpfe im Weg.

Reporter Maddy Banks doesn’t realize what she’s getting into when she makes arrangements to have an anonymous interview with an assassin. Her life in Paris was safe, with a devoted if slightly smug boyfriend and a career that was slowly taking off. When she first meets the man calling himself Constantine she can’t see him and his voice is disguised. Even so, she feels a distinct, erotic pull that horrifies her.

When Elara Silver—luxury resort CEO and queen of perfection—finds herself without a plus-one for her family's high-stakes anniversary weekend, she does the unthinkable: asks her messy, cheerful, and completely-out-of-her-element assistant, Grace Saunders, to pretend to be her girlfriend.

There are two places I'm not supposed to be: in trouble and in a gentleman's club. But thanks to my sister, I find myself in both anyway. And just in time to rescue the sports reporter who drives me crazy. Jamie Knight is the curviest little enemy I've ever had. She's been publishing stories about my hockey teammates for years. But I want her attention focused on me. Finding me in Dionysus is the story of her career. Imagine my surprise when it never airs.

Männer spielen in Tess' Leben keine große Rolle. Und als sie Cole, einen der Spieler der Ice Knights bei der Hochzeit ihrer Freundin kennenlernt, glaubt sie nicht, dass sie eine Chance bei ihm hat. Doch ihre Anziehungskraft ist unleugbar, und beide geben der Versuchung nach ... einmal, zweimal, dreimal.

Ice dancer Piper Wyndell-Hamilton has only ever wanted one thing: a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games. But when she and her partner are ripped off at a regular season competition, she can't hold back her emotions. She absolutely loses it, screaming that she hates figure skating and crying that the results were rigged.

I once fell in love with two people. I was lucky enough they fell in love with me too. Chance Kellerman was the broken boy whose father convinced him he was worthless, and needed to hide his shameful desires. We became friends first, then brothers when we played hockey for the same team. But it was Presley King who brought us even closer. With her we became more. She set us on fire, and we had everything we'd ever wanted. Then she left us.

Lors d'une soirée célébrant la conclusion de l'année scolaire, Russ Callaghan et Aurora Roberts, étudiants à Maple Hills, se rencontrent. Un jeu alcoolisé les mène vers une aventure d'une nuit. Jamais du genre à trop s'attarder (ou à attendre grand-chose d'un homme), Aurora s'éclipse avant même que Russ ait l'occasion de lui demander son nom complet.