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From USA Today best-selling author Vanessa Vale, a small-town billionaire romance with a hot-as-puck hockey hero and a wannabe romance writer.I'm looking for Mr. Right. Date after blind date, they're all duds. None of them meet the requirements on my Man List.Until Dex James.My brain? It says he's all kinds of wrong.He's young. In town on vacation. A lazy billionaire.He'd only be a fling. A muse for the spicy book I'm writing. Nothing more.My body? It's telling me to jump that big piece of man candy. Check off guy-given O's from the list with Mr. Right Now.Which is right? Maybe neither. Maybe my heart has to decide because it turns out Dex is so much more than I ever imagined. Maybe Mr. Right Now could be Mr. Right after all.Find out who wins in this steamy small town, reverse age gap game of love. With all the books in the On A Manhunt series, it's open season on men.

Sometimes, the only way to deal with a bully is with your fists. Akari Kawagami is a teenage girl with a big problem. She's small, she's weak, and she's the target of the worst bully in school. Things seem hopeless, until a mysterious transfer student shows up and invites her to join his boxing club. And it turns out Akari has some sting in her punch. But can she learn how to box? And can she finally overcome her bully?

Back in college, Marty Brown coached a ragtag basketball team of inner-city sixth graders, who went from barely able to dribble a ball to earning a spot in the Nor-Cal Championship Tournament. But the joyful memory of that winning season is overshadowed by the dark reality of a murder case gone cold-until a familiar face appears on TV and dredges up memories of a season Marty will never forget. "I was on this case from the day it happened." The caption on the screen identified the man speaking as Detective Pete Willover. "We had a good idea who did it, but we couldn't prove it. We wouldn't be able to prove it .¿.¿. not for twenty-six years." Ankle Breaker is based on the true story of two dedicated men. The coach teaches his players about hard work, determination, friendship, and God's love, while the detective doggedly investigates and solves a decades-old murder. Through the power of teamwork and the advancements in DNA technology, both stories careen toward a shared conclusion. Bolstered by God's grace in a world that is often cruel and unpredictable, a group of kids who could have given up on life before they even got started discover surprising victories, uncommon friendships, and help with navigating challenges in their young lives.

Step-By-Step Athletic Success! Problem: Dedicated athletes and coaches lack an innovative, step-by-step system for success. Solution: The Warrior Winning Plan is easy-to-read philosophy, principles, strategy and skills for insightful improvement, consistent high-level performance, intense competitiveness and fun. Four comprehensive steps train, equip, and prepare you to do what winning requires. The plan offers a unique, winning mental approach for executing your giftedness under pressure. Special features include motivational-tips, leadership, and character that promote team-building. Innovative, attacking systems for basketball, volleyball, and tennis are explained in clear details. Warrior-max Swing is a baseball/softball hitting system that 'connects' approach to success. 27 Reasons to Believe in the Fastball builds a solid foundation for successful pitching strategy. Basketball BEEFF Sharpshooter simplifies/unifies body positions for free throws and BIG shots. The Warrior Winning Plan is faith-based athletic philosophy inspired with relevant Bible verses.

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In Austerity England, 1953, England have just won back 'The Ashes' from Australia after 19 years, but this is soon forgotten by the southern villages of Rotting Hill and West Rotting as they prepare for their annual cricket contest.The story follows the lives and loves of the villagers in the days preceding the contest, then the dramas and absurdities of the game itself as it descends into chaos, both during and after the match.In an England still ridden by class mores and dichotomies, the combatants meet on equal status on and off the field - snobs, vicars, barmaids, debs, trade union agitators, schoolmasters, dysfunctional artists and artisans, black-marketeers, minor aristocrats, bigots and traditionalists.There is a one-legged ex-naval commander, who still insists on captaining his team and opening the batting, whilst his alcoholic wife is having a steamy affair with the dashing ex-war hero vice-captain; an amorous vicar and warm-hearted barmaid. At the scorers' table, two women bitch at each other throughout the day, whilst an errant dog has a major influence on the outcome of the game.Just a jolly romp through the countryside of old England - the village cricket match.

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raider series comes a brand new sports romance series. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?When Ella Henshaw agrees to attend the annual Bite the Ice party at Lakers House with her best friend, she knows it's a bad idea. Especially, since it's a hockey party and she swore off hockey players a long time ago.Enter Connor Morgan.Handsome. Confident. With enough persistence to wear down even the most stubborn heart, he's determined to win over the girl he hurt in freshman year.When he finds Ella at his team's annual Halloween party, it's his opportunity to finally make his move.He's the hockey player who broke her heart. She's the girl he let slip through his fingers.But can Connor persuade Ella to give him one more chance?Or will she always be his biggest regret?* Bite the Ice is a standalone prequel story in the Lakeshore U series.

Zander's known for being a player both on and off the court. When his name shows up as my next client, my heart stalls, and not in a good way. There's no way I'll survive the semester with him. I just don't have the patience.However, when I need help, Zander makes a proposal I can't refuse. He'll be my fake date to my best friend's wedding so I don't have to face my ex and his new girlfriend alone.The weekend goes off without a hitch as we effortlessly pretend to have the time of our lives.All is perfect... until I realize my feelings for Zander are no longer an act.What will I do when our arrangement comes to an end?

Drake McGinn turned his back on hockey after the league betrayed him. Will the Titans be his chance to clear his name and take back the career he once loved?After I made the decision to divorce, my ex-wife set out on a smear campaign against me, telling anyone who would listen that I was betting on hockey and throwing games. It wasn't surprising that my ex told the lies, but the fact that the media, league, and fans chose to believe her baseless claims was unforgivable. I walked away from it all and never looked back.Having settled into life as a single dad to three boys, I'm content. I have more money than I could ever need, and plenty of time to do whatever I want, whenever I want, and whoever I want. So when Brienne Norcross, the team owner for the Pittsburgh Titans, shows up at my house with a job offer, I have no problem turning her down. But the no-nonsense billionaire, with sinfully seductive red lips and killer heels that would look hot as hell thrown over my shoulders, won't take "no" for an answer.Now I need to find balance between hockey, my boys, and the explosive chemistry Brienne and I can no longer deny. A cast-off hockey player and the league's only female team owner? I can think of a million reasons why it could never work but can't bring myself to care about a single one of them. Game on.

Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Pittsburgh Titans' plane crashed. Can he be saved from his downward spiral of guilt and regret to become the man he once was? I had it all-a successful hockey career, the respect and adoration of the fans, a rotation of beautiful women warming my bed, and a feeling of self-worth and contentment with the direction of my life. But that all changed the day the team plane went down, taking my only chance of redemption with it. Now I'm left with the daily reminder of all my failures and my inability to correct them. My new teammates are tired of my attitude and following my suspension, I hole up in a mountain cabin to get away from all of it. The isolation is exactly what I need get out of my own head, and I'm beginning to think I could be content in this quiet forever. Tillie Marshall isn't the type of woman who would usually catch my attention, yet she manages to do so for all the wrong reasons. I'm here for the peace and seclusion but the quirky artist is hell-bent on destroying that by cutting down the trees that separate our properties so she can open a pottery studio. If it's a fight she wants, it's a fight she'll get. I have the money and the time and no issues bringing her down through the court system. While I see flashes of steely determination within her, I've found that being a jerk comes naturally these days and she won't be hard to intimidate. Unfortunately, that gorgeous and somewhat odd neighbor who has been causing me grief is creating another type of feeling within me. And once that spark is lit, Tillie displays a faith in me that for the first time since the crash I desperately want to believe. Now it's time for me to step up and become the man-no, a better man than I once was.

Struck by Lightning while playing alone in the backyard standing on the picnic table with his wooden sword in a rainstorm, a small boy everyone called Peanuts: he was so little lying in the mud looking up at the sky. While feeling an incredible connection with the universe yet not sure he was alive or dead? Abandoned by his parents and placed into foster care. Dyln learns to play football and fight to survive his childhood. Turns out he may have what it takes to become one of the best fighters in the world. Tempted by sex, drugs and music through death and tragedy, Dylan fights for his life to stay on the love word path. Fighting in his daily life and in sports, Dylan was also discovering how to heal himself so he could become instrumental in healing others. He was learning that true Holistic Health meant finding the balance between his mind, body, and spirit, while dealing with the extreme behaviors and events in his life that challenge the universal laws affecting the pillars and balance of his health. Dylan was awakening to the realization that the transformation he was experiencing in his life was like that of caterpillar becoming a butterfly. And that, ultimately, he was put on earth as a fighter and a healer on an incredible journey to become a Shaman!

I never met Jack. I had heard the stories a thousand times and even held his medal in my own little hands. In my family, Jack Cooper was a legend, a mythical figure of epic proportions, who quietly led Barnsley to the 1912 FA Cup Championship.Born John Holloway, he was also the same scrapper who took on Millwall supporters, single-handedly battling the crowd who threw rubbish at him from the stands.That was Jack - a conundrum - both tough and tenacious while being a thoughtful, caring man who knew the importance of friends and family.Jack Cooper was a guiding ghost who haunted my life from early in my childhood. A phantom who helped this kid from Nottingham muddle through the muck and mire of having to grow up English in Canada, before emigrating to the United States.There were tears, anger, and laughter at almost every stage of my upbringing, yet the spectre of Jack Cooper and his championship medals loomed large in the background.Football (aka soccer), hockey, and other sports became metaphors for the daily battles against aggressive bullies, unaware teachers, and my undiagnosed dyslexia. Those games and that competition lit a fire under my competitive spirit and Jack's ghost was always there, fanning the flames.However, this is less of a story about my life, but a story of how the legacy and legend of those that have gone before us can make a lasting, positive impact on our lives.Through Jack's great deeds, and the stories that surround him, I have been blessed with all the love and support I ever needed to carry on.This story is for everyone who has ever failed, fallen, or felt they didn't have the strength to get up again. This is the story of my family through the generations, illustrating how our lives are all interconnected and intertwined in layers upon layers over time. For, in the end, we all impact each other in so many different ways without ever really knowing.Ultimately, this is a tale about you, and me, and what we all can learn from Jack Cooper's indomitable spirit.This is the story of Jack's Mettle.

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raider series comes a brand new sports romance series. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?When Dayna Benson moves home, she doesn't expect to feel so torn. On the one hand, she's glad to be back in Dupont Beach. But it means parting ways with her boyfriend and facing ghosts she thought she'd left behind.Enter Aiden Dumfries.Arrogant. Angry. With enough attitude to freeze over Lake Erie, he's determined not to let anyone help him.When he finds himself exiled to the small coastal town after a scandal that could ruin his hockey career before it gets started, his plans for summer break are dashed.He's Lakeshore U's bad boy on the ice. She's sunshine, smiles, and something that feels a lot like hope.But can Dayna melt Aiden's heart?Or will she end up burned?* Ice Burn is a standalone introductory novel set in the Lakeshore U series.

Women want him and he wants them…Pitcher Oliver Dempsey loves playing baseball for a living, yet, when it comes to his private life, 'love' is not in his vocabulary. He likes to keep women at an arm's length … until he meets Tamara. Unprepared for the attraction he feels towards her, he's drawn in, even more when told by his coach that she's off limits. And only Oliver can decide whether she's worth fighting for.Tamara Amis moved to Melbourne seeking distance from her past. With the help of her uncle, the coach of a baseball club, she quickly finds a job and a place to live. Yet, one meeting with the handsome pitcher Oliver stirs unexpected emotions that threaten to overwhelm her, despite her best efforts to resist falling for him.It's Oliver's injury that brings them together, but as they find out about each other's pasts, how can they be ready to share a future?

A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup.Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women's National Team for ten years, even though she's only 26. But when she's sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. 22-year-old Phoebe is everything Grace isn't-a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace lost somewhere along the way. The last thing Grace expects is to become teammates with benefits with this class clown she sees as her rival.Phoebe Matthews is too focused on her first season as a professional soccer player to think about seducing her longtime idol. But when Grace ends up making the first move, they can't keep their hands off of each other. As the World Cup approaches and Grace works her way back from injury, a miscommunication leaves the women with hilariously different perspectives on their relationship. But they're on the same page on the field, realizing they can play together instead of vying for the same position. With every tackle the tension between them grows, and both players soon have to decide what's more important-being together or making the roster.The perfect blend of funny and steamy, Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute is about being brave enough to win on and off the field.

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Danny 'The Reaper' Siobhan has had an amazing career as an MMA fighter. But retirement has finally allowed him to spend time with his family. He's loving life. Getting to be with his daughters and the woman of his dreams has been perfect. Too bad he forgot to be cautious. "e;Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."e; - Dejan StojanovicStacey wasn't looking for Danny. After her last miserable, toxic, cheating ex, she's been pretty content to stay single. That is until she starts spending a lot of time at Reapers Den, the new gym owned by a man who should be considered lethal just on looks alone. The chemistry was automatic and white hot. Danny is everything that she never even knew she needed.Fate is always fickle. One day everything is perfect and the next you remember that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Can these two that seem meant to be, find a way back to each other? Or will life make one of them Tap Out?

Wyatt Crown was mine. I was his.I'd been cherished by a man that had once cherished nothing. Feeling his hands on my body. His breath on my skin. The soft whisper of him caresses my soul. He was imprinted on my soul. In that moment I didn't feel alone anymore. I do now.After the crash, I fear the outcome of those I love. I'm afraid as my world crumbles. Calling out in the cold darkness, the lack of a reply crushes me. My heart breaks. Shredding into a million pieces, it leaves me broken and scarred.Why am I going through this again?