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My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time ... right? Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom. What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture—since I’d never date a client. And Ford Devon? He’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid, streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S. "The book that got me into hockey romance." —NPR's Weekend Edition on Heated Rivalry The next three scorching MM hockey...

When a competitive rower’s losing streak threatens her Olympic dreams, she must train for the summer with a hometown coach to win it all back in this irresistible opposites-attract romance. “Such a fun, romantic read! I highly recommend this debut romance.”—New York Times bestselling...

WSJ best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new enemies-to-lovers second-chance romance between the football hottie and the feisty nerd girl he can’t forget.

A sweet and sexy hockey romance about two ex-teammates and former best friends with benefits who are about to discover whether you can ever really have a second chance. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid. After moving back to his hometown ten years ago...

The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach. He’ll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him. We’ve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship. We’re roommates, but sleeping in the same bed. He buys me a toy as a favor… but helps me use it. All that relationship stuff he’s always avoided? He doesn’t seem to mind it anymore.

I'm the face of the NHL. The golden boy with quick hands and a million-dollar smile the fans adore. My contract is up at the end of the season, and with playoffs starting, I have to be on my best behavior. Keep my head down and respect the press when they shove their microphones beneath my nose. This isn't my first rodeo, so it should be easy. Right?

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?

Up until the moment I learned that my uncle and coach—the man I've looked up to my entire life—was having an affair with my best friend—the only woman I've ever wanted—I was a good boy. The Saint of hockey. Brooks Langfield: star goalie of the Boston Bolts and an all-around nice guy. Apparently, being good is overrated because seeing Sara blindsided when she learns that the man she was dating is married makes me just angry enough to stop thinking and finally take what I want—a real shot with my best friend.

On a normal day, Emmaline Darling isn’t a car thief. She’s just a simple girl who runs a bookstore and adores cats. But when she’s stranded in the desert and needs to get away from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, she picks her only option: swiping the keys to a famous football player’s Lamborghini and speeding away. Football star Graham Harlan is in chaos. First he took a hit on the field that left him with a near-death experience, and now he’s promised his brother he’ll get married to secure the family inheritance. Trouble is he isn’t even seeing anyone.

Mein Leben ist seit der Tat nicht mehr dasselbe. Dass ich mich aufgrund von K.-o.-Tropfen an nichts erinnern kann, macht es nicht besser. Über ein Jahr ist seitdem vergangen und mittlerweile date ich einen Kollegen aus dem Krankenhaus. Aber als ich Kent begegne, fühle ich endlich wieder aufregende Schmetterlinge, obwohl er Marcs Bruder ist, den ich lange Zeit für den Täter hielt. Zudem halte ich Kent für einen Herzensbrecher, als er mich unversehens küsst, gerate ich in Panik und behaupte einen Freund zu haben. Rugby, Spaß und jede Menge Frauen!

Football ist Männersache – so sieht es zumindest Sam Kingston, genannt Kings. Als Quarterback der PRINCETON LOVERS führt der Frauenschwarm ein sorgloses Leben. Doch dann taucht Jules Shaw auf. Sie ist neu in Princeton und eine begabte Footballspielerin. Weil sie es nicht fassen kann, dass es an der Elite-Uni keine Mädchenmannschaft gibt, gründet sie kurzerhand ihr eigenes Team: die PRINCETON HATERS , die bereit sind, den Lovers den Rang abzulaufen. Von ihrer ersten Begegnung an sind Kings und Jules Rivalen, aber leider spielen ihre Herzen da nicht mit.

Their parents being family friends, American/English aristocrat, Blake Sharp, and Scottish playboy Alasdair Wallace were thrust together all through their childhoods. Blake thought Dair was a filthy, obnoxious, little boy bully. Dair thought Blake was a spoiled, prissy wee miss. Then Blake grew up to be a beautiful, loving woman who took care of everyone and made amazing pistachio muffins. And Dair grew up to be a protective, fun-loving, hard-living professional rugby player. In the meantime, they’d both been deeply betrayed by lovers.

Mich nach einem schrecklichen Erlebnis nie wieder verlieben: Fail! Mich zwischen zwei Männern entscheiden müssen: Difficult! Was ist, wenn ich den Falschen wähle? Denjenigen, der ein perfides Spiel mit mir treibt? Charlie: Mein Leben ist seit der Tat nicht mehr dasselbe. Aber als ich Kent begegne, fühle ich endlich wieder aufregende Schmetterlinge, obwohl er Marcs Bruder ist, den ich lange Zeit für den Täter hielt. Kent: Rugby, Spaß und jede Menge Frauen! So lautet meine Devise, zumindest bis ich Charlie begegne, als ich meinen Bruder besuche.

It’s my final season to prove myself before the MLB Draft. The last thing I need is a distraction–and especially not one as tantalizing as Mia di Angelo. She’s the drop-dead gorgeous astrophysicist-in-training who ditched me the moment I wanted to take us from casual to committed. Yeah. Ouch. But when she needs somewhere to stay for the summer… well. I offer her my place. Being roommates shouldn’t be so hard. Not distracting at all. Not the least bit challenging.

Dominique Price wants me. My body. My mind. My soul. And he can have me—behind closed doors and away from prying eyes. As long as he helps me forget my pain, and promises to stay the hell away from my heart, I'll be his. And for a short while, he'll be mine. But we're playing a dangerous game. One whose rules are swiftly being ignored. I want him. Need him. Might even be addicted to him. Only, happily ever after was never in the cards for us. And it looks like I'm the idiot who forgot that.

My name is Poppy St. James, and I am going to kill Lukas Novikov! I've just landed my dream job as the director of public relations for the NHL's newest expansion team, the Jacksonville Rays, but the team owner has only granted me a one-year contract. If I want to stay, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. Public relations is in my blood. But it turns out professional hockey players are a major handful. No one is a bigger pain in my side than party boy defenseman, Lukas Novikov.

Hayes Davis is America's sweetheart, the #1 hockey player in the country, and my fake fiancé. Simple, right? It would be, if my betrothed were anyone else. But it turns out America's sweetheart is arrogant, selfish, and a guy I have no intentions of letting break my heart again. It was never supposed to happen. But then one night changes everything. Now, he's not only my pretend fiancé but my very real baby daddy. How can two people who hate each other pull off the lie of a lifetime? Everything between us was supposed to be fake, but I'm not pretending anymore.

Scarlet Reed has returned to Polson Falls, convinced that 12 years away is long enough to shed her humiliating childhood identity as the town harlot’s daughter. With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up. That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door.

Brayden Kendricks sarà anche il dono di Dio per le ragazze della Western University, ma io non voglio avere niente a che fare con il giocatore di football dai capelli scuri. È affamato di attenzioni solo perché è sexy e talentuoso. Dannazione. L’ho detto sul serio? Va bene, sì... ammetto a malincuore che Brayden ha un aspetto decente. È possibile che abbia avuto una piccola, minuscola cotta per lui al primo anno del college? Preferisco non rispondere a questa domanda. Per fortuna sono tornata in me e da allora mi sono sforzata di stargli alla larga.