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With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn't interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. But when Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet's misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match.

Connor Grace is the league’s bad boy—and my best friend’s worst enemy. He’s the fallen prince of a famous hotel chain dynasty. Me? I’m the foster kid who grew up to be a librarian. I never thought I’d end up in a marriage of convenience to make someone’s grandma happy, but here we are. I have no plans to kiss my husband for any reason other than show. I have no plans to fall in love with the arrogant man dressed in a custom suit hiding intricate tattoos.

Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence. He never wears a shirt. We can’t seem to stop fighting. He’s an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation. Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen but that was a long time ago. I know better than to trust him. I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place. And not accidentally let Tristan show me exactly how well-deserved his reputation is.

I'm NHL defenseman Lance Romero, AKA Lance "Romance". I'm notorious for parties and excess. I have the most penalty minutes in the league. I get into the most fights. I take the most hits. I'm a player on and off the ice. I'm the one women with no inhibitions want. Not because I like the notoriety, but because I don't know how to be any other way. I have secrets. Ones I shared with the wrong person, and she used them against me. Sometimes she still does.

I’ve been secretly in love with Wilhelmina Reddi-Grinst since the third grade. I should be the one taking her to our small-town high school reunion. The prom king finally gets his chance with the valedictorian. Except she hates me. To the world, I’m a pro hockey player with a million dollar smile. To Hemi, I’m the menace who (accidentally) sank her bike to the bottom of the lake. I never thought I’d be able to right my wrongs until she took the team’s PR job. I’d hoped I was making progress, winning her over—one geriatric polka party at a time.

If I had known how irrevocably my life was about to change, I would have walked the other way after talking to my coach. I should have taken any other route out of the Toronto Terror head office. But I didn’t and now–everything is different. At first I didn’t recognize the woman doing a victory dance down the hall when she thought no one was watching. Until she turned around. And that beautiful smile was aimed at me.

Two nights with her ruined me for all other women, but I never got the chance to make her mine. I’m the pinnacle of control. I protect the net, my team, and my daughter. It’s my final season and I can’t afford any distractions. Except our new assistant coach just walked in. And I would know her face anywhere. She’s the one I dream about.

A deer. A car crash. A damaged finger and dented pride. Not how I thought my evening would go. When a handsome man with a smooth American accent comes to my rescue, I decide that the day might not be all bad. The problem is that it's not just my finger that's damaged; it's my heart as well, keeping me tied to a past that's long gone. However, I have a plan: Therapy; Complete the bucket list my sisters wrote for me; Bed my American savior, who just happens to be none other than pro-golfer Hunter King; Eat cupcakes. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

Eishockey-Star Miller "Buck" Butterson hat beschlossen, dass es an der Zeit ist, das Playboy-Dasein aufzugeben und sich stattdessen eine feste Freundin zu suchen. Eine richtige Freundin, die er nicht nur ins Bett, sondern auch zum Essen und ins Kino einladen will. Als er auf Sunshine Waters, die Schwester seines Teamkameraden, trifft, ist er sich sicher, die Frau fürs Leben gefunden zu haben. Doch sein Ruf als Herzensbrecher eilt ihm voraus, und Buck stellt fest, dass er sich ganz schön ins Zeug legen muss, wenn er Sunny für sich gewinnen will.

Miller "Buck" Butterson has been banging his way through life ever since a puck to the face fixed his messed-up front teeth. After five years in the NHL, deflecting goals on the ice and scoring them with puck bunnies, Miller has decided he's ready for a girlfriend. A real, nonbunny girlfriend to take on dates and not jump into bed with after five seconds of conversation. Miller thinks he's found that woman in his teammate's sister.

Die Eishockey-Karriere von Ethan ist auf dem Nullpunkt angekommen, als er in seine Heimatstadt zurückkehren muss - und plötzlich vor seiner alten Liebe Lilah steht, die er bis heute nicht vergessen konnte. Er setzt alles daran, seine Fehler von damals wieder gutzumachen. Doch Lilah hat keine Lust, ihn so leicht davonkommen zu lassen. Ethan muss jetzt in das härteste Spiel seines Lebens einsteigen - und es geht um nicht weniger als Lilahs Herz.

My name is Ryan Kingston, and I’m a rule follower. I’ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don’t get drunk, and I definitely don’t pick up random women at bars. Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie. I got drunk. And picked up a stranger. Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I’m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place. Six weeks later I’m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is.

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.

As an NHL player, relationships haven't been my thing. Shrouded in secrecy and speculation, they never last very long. But then that's what happens when you require an NDA before the first date. Until Charlene. She's like a firefly. She's elusive, and if you catch her she'll burn bright, but keeping her trapped dulls her fire and dims her beauty. I caught her. And as much as I might want to keep her, I'll never put the lid on her jar. Not at the risk of losing her. So I've let her set the rules in our relationship.

Lily LeBlanc isn't versed in the art of casual sex, but after seven years in an on-again, off-again relationship, she's definitely willing to give it a shot. And who better to try it with than her best friend's boyfriend's best friend? What could possibly go wrong? NHL player Randy Ballistic lives up to his last name on the ice and in the bedroom. His best friend and teammate has recently given up the puck bunnies and traded them in for a real girlfriend. And she just happens to have a seriously feisty, extra-hot best friend on the rebound.

Being engaged to Alex Waters, team captain and the highest paid NHL player in the league, is awesome. How could it not be? In addition to being an amazing hockey player, he's an incurable romantic with an XL heart - and an XXL hockey stick in his pants. And he knows how to use it. Incredibly, orgasmically well. Alex is the whole package and more. Literally. Like his package is insane. Total world record holder material.

Verlobt mit Alex Waters, dem heißesten und erfolgreichsten Eishockeyspieler der Liga? Der zusätzlich zu seinem Talent auf dem Eis auch noch ein riesengroßes Herz besitzt (und gut im Bett ist)? Eigentlich müsste Violet Hall die glücklichste Frau der Welt sein. Doch obwohl Violet Hals über Kopf in Alex verliebt ist - jedes Mal, wenn jemand (sprich: ihre Mutter) das Wort "Hochzeit" auch nur sagt, wird Violet so nervös, dass sie die ganze Sache am liebsten abblasen würde.

Unverbindlicher Sex? Eigentlich dachte Lily LeBlanc, dass so etwas für sie niemals infrage käme! Doch nach sieben Jahren On-Off-Beziehung mit einem absoluten Langweiler ist sie nun doch bereit, es zumindest einmal auszuprobieren. Den perfekten Mann dafür hat sie auch schon gefunden: Eishockeystar Randy Ballistic, der mehr als gewillt ist, Lilly vom Konzept des Single-Lebens-mit-gewissen-Vorzügen zu überzeugen - wenn es da nur nicht diese Gefühle gäbe, die den beiden plötzlich einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen.

Im Gegensatz zu ihren Eltern kann sich Violet Hall wirklich eine bessere Beschäftigung für die Wochenenden vorstellen, als ihren Stiefbruder - erfolgreicher NHL-Spieler und ganzer Stolz der Familie - zu seinen Eishockey-Spielen mit den Black-Hawks zu begleiten. Der Sport langweilt sie ohne Ende, und seinen Teamkollegen, allesamt als Playboys verschrien, kann sie nichts abgewinnen. Doch als sie im Hotel dem legendären Teamcaptain Alex Waters begegnet, ist selbst sie machtlos gegen seinen Charme.

When I joined Seattle's NHL expansion team, I thought it was the start of something great. But nothing ever goes the way you expect. Take my introduction to my new neighbor. She came rolling in on the hot mess express at midnight, making a racket while she tried to get into my team captain's apartment. Did I mention that he's married to a woman who definitely was not her?