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Everything comes at a cost. Is love worth the price?They say I've got it all. But half my identity is a mystery.When I'm traded to Pittsburgh's pro soccer team, I know I need to solve the secret of my origins.I just need to stay focused on my game in the meantime.Easier said than done.I had to go and meet a woman who's just not that into me, and I can't get her out of my head.Lucy Nelson is so fierce. She's raising her kid on her own and working hard to build a future...as part of the coaching staff for my team. She's got priorities and apparently they don't include a cocky soccer player, no matter how charming I try to be.As far as Lucy's concerned, I'm only good for one thing.But I'm a midfielder. I'm used to playing offense and defense. I'm not afraid of Lucy's baggage, especially with backup from a trio of brothers I didn't know I had.Beautiful Game is a stand-alone contemporary sports romance with crackling tension and sizzling passion. If you love meddling side characters, secret siblings, and single moms who finally find trust, you'll swoon for this installment of the Stag Brothers series.

It started with a lie.A story to clean up my reputation.I never bargained on falling for the girl.I don't really care what my family thinks. I work hard, selling my art for a f*ck-ton of money and yeah, I celebrate with the ladies. But my brothers just won't ease up.So I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. It seems like such a small deception to get my family off my back. Only now...I need to find a fake fiancé.The red-headed reporter from my art show needs to interview me to keep her job. I figure, we can strike up a deal.I give her the scoop and she plays the part. We both just need to stick with the rules. What could go wrong?Fragile Illusion is a fake-finance romance with scorching heat, witty banter, and a fierce heroine.

The weather outside is frightful this Christmas, and the heat is on for the Stag Brothers. Caramel sauce isn't the only sticky mess for these broody brothers, who each face challenges in love and life.Timber Stag led his family and his law empire with the same stern hand until Alice stumbled into his life. Just when he learns to relax and enjoy the cocoa, everything unravels. Tim's right-hand woman, his sister-in-law Juniper, opts to leave Stag Law, and each of Tim's brothers skates on thin ice at home. Tim needs a Christmas miracle to help put everyone back together again.Thatcher Stag had worked his way off the naughty list and settled down with Emma, but when a health scare rocks Emma to her core, Thatcher needs help navigating the fog.Meanwhile, Tyrion Stag seems to be on Santa's nice list. He's got the perfect wife, a stellar pro hockey career...but the thrill of the road seems to have lost its luster. Ty feels torn when hockey pulls him from his family, and he needs a star to guide him this Christmas.This rollicking adventure follows our favorite family through a holiday season bursting with action. Emotions run high, the pressure cooker is on, and a snowy Christmas Eve changes the Stag family forever.A Stag Family Christmas picks up where the previous books left off, with all the steamy passion you've come to love, but can still stand alone for new readers. Jump into the fast-pace series readers are calling a delightful, intriguing roller coaster that's equal parts funny, sweet and heart wrenching. Don't worry-all Lainey Davis lovers get their Happily Ever After eventually!

I had everything under control...until I hired Alice. My mother's death shattered my family and I was left to raise my brothers. Now I run an empire and nothing will stand in my way as I expand Stag Law.And then Alice Peterson came along.The new corporate chef is supposed to give my company an edge, but Alice Peterson is anything but corporate. Wild and spicy as her food, Alice sweeps into Stag Law and drives me to distraction.I don't like distraction.I summon all my drive and determination to resist my attraction to her, but what if I allow myself one tiny taste?This sizzling office romance simmers with a grumpy/sunshine pairing, crackling tension, and all the feels.

She's my lawyer. I'm on thin ice. Nothing can happen between us.Except...it already did.I moved home looking to rebuild my hockey career and my brother's connections laced up my transfer to the Pittsburgh Fury.How do I decide to celebrate? I hit the club and pick up the first hot woman I can find.She wanted a night of wild passion--no names, just heat.So I roll into my agent meeting on Monday to sign papers with the new lawyers and there she is. Working at my brother's firm.She says she'll get disbarred if we don't keep things professional. But Juniper is my dream woman. Smart, athletic, fierce...I'd spend eternity in the sin bin for her.We just can't get caught.This fling-to-forever hockey romance sparks so hot it will melt the ice.

You know those stories where the smart girl tutors the dumb jock? This isn't it.BlairWhat's the probability of insulting the one guy on campus I need to help me pass statistics? If I knew, I wouldn't be standing in front of Wes Reynolds begging him to tutor me.Basketball player, sexy, arrogant, always sleeping through class... these are the things I knew about him. What I didn't know is that he is a seriously smart jock.WesWhat's the best way to get rid of the peppy and unrelenting girl that keeps asking me to tutor her? If I knew, I wouldn't be staring at her tan legs and attempting to teach her statistics.Sorority girl, fine as f**k, determined, ball buster... these are the things I knew about her. What I didn't know is that she is all the things I didn't realize I wanted or needed.Or that one semester with her would change everything.

Paisley One minute I'm sitting at the ballpark chatting with a handsome stranger, the next his lips are on mine and sparks are flying, while the whole world watches us reach first base on the kiss cam. As the daughter of a former professional baseball player, I know all too well what it's like living in front of the lens. Which is why I chose a career behind the scenes and away from the spotlight-that included my love life. Post-kiss, I never expected to see Cameron Taylor again and certainly not playing for my team. I might want him more than my next breath, but I'm not willing to jeopardize either of our careers to make it to second base. Cameron A rare day of relaxing at the ballpark turns out to be so much more. I can't take my eyes off the gorgeous brunette sitting next to me. The only thing hotter than her perfect pink lips is listening to her talk baseball. Life throws me a curve ball when I get called up to the majors and Paisley Monroe is introduced to me as the team trainer. She's unlike anyone I've ever met-beautiful, passionate, driven, and off-limits. When the media goes into a frenzy over our relationship, the rules change. But the love I have for Paisley goes beyond my love of the game, I don't need the kiss cam to tell the world that she's mine. I can do that all on my own.

Van Turner found fame as part of the Carolina Cold Fury, helping the team bring home a championship. He also found love and married his teammate's little sister, eventually retiring from the game to enjoy a quiet life in the verdant hills of Vermont. Now, Van's dark past threatens to unravel his future. I never once regretted my decision to walk away from hockey. I attained what so few in the league are able and retired at the top of my game. Besides, I had the ultimate prize by my side-my gorgeous wife, Simone. We settled into married life in Vermont and were ready to expand our family when I was blindsided by my sociopath of a parent, this time from the grave. Before dying from cancer while in prison, my serial killer father left his private diaries to a journalist. From that one bequest came a tell-all biography detailing his deranged crimes along with a litany of lies meant to ruin my life.Knowing first-hand the horrors of growing up the product of a monster, I know there is no way I can bring a child into this drama. I refuse to allow my kid to suffer the taunting and harassment I did, so I do the only thing I can think of-I walk away from Simone and our beautiful life together. With the knowledge that she will be safe from the publicity of my shameful past and able to find a love she deserves, I return to hockey, joining the Pittsburgh Titans. The long hours on the ice are the only thing that will even remotely keep my mind off everything I've left behind and I know that I've given Simone her best chance at happiness.But I'm clearly a man who doesn't learn from the past and I should have known better than to underestimate my wife. The woman doesn't know how to take "no" for an answer. She's as persistent as I am stubborn and it's a battle of wills as she uses all her powers of persuasion to save our marriage. Simone wore me down once, but she won't do it again. I'm keeping my wits about me and my pants on, no matter how much she tempts me with her sexy ways. But those, my friends, are what they often call 'famous last words'.

An unlikely friendship...could it become something more? Striking out on her own for the first time, Alison is a barn manager extraordinaire with a reputation for flawless horsemanship. Unfortunately, she might have underestimated the challenges of running a farm on her own. Teaching beginners to ride is the only thing keeping her little stable afloat...but Alison is holding tightly to her dreams.When she agrees to take on a Hollywood has-been in need of cowboy lessons, she only has two goals in mind: earn enough money to keep her fledgling training stable in business, and make the payments on a horse she can't live without. But Cary Davies, former child-star, brings a sunny, devil-may- care attitude to her strait-laced stable that has Alison equal parts charmed and confused. And as she finds herself growing closer to both Cary and the heart horse she's bet everything on, Alison finds herself facing the past that has made her who she is today, in hopes of finding a fulfilling tomorrow.This friends-to-lovers romance is a poignant and big-hearted journey for a horsewoman searching for meaning, filled with summer evening rides, break-of-dawn farm chores, and the thrill of training and showing horses.Ocala Horse Girls is a bestselling, award-winning romance/women's fiction series featuring women chasing their dreams and finding love in the Horse Capital of the World, Ocala, Florida. Written with adults in mind, these books are thoughtfully created to be appropriate for young adult readers as well, making them ideal for horse lovers of all ages. The content is sweet, clean, and extremely horsey!The Ocala Horse Girls series is part of Natalie Keller Reinert's Florida Equestrians Collection and includes characters and settings also found in Briar Hill Farm, The Eventing Series, Show Barn Blues, and more. Learn more at nataliekreinert.com.

The Running Girls is a feel-good, inspirational novelette about two girls with nothing in common except the 500-Mile Summer of '89 Challenge.**2017 RPLA Finalist**Clara takes on a summer challenge: complete 500 miles in three months. The problem? Her parents don't want her running all those miles alone, but Clara doesn't want to run with the girl they suggest. Joan is weird, and something seems to be mentally wrong with her. Except none of Clara's other friends run. Will she complete the challenge, or does being stuck with Joan mean she's destined to fail?

"When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the team's image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate's little sister...who isn't so little anymore. Delilah Baker is known as "the darling of baking" on her local cable show, and being in the public eye is her bread and butter. But with her numbers dwindling and her producers turning up the heat, Delilah offers up the half-baked idea to collaborate with her brother's team to entice the hockey fans of Boston to tune in to her show. Delilah thinks it will be a piece of cake-until the team sends Ian Chase, her brother's best friend and the object of a decade-long crush that she's never quite gotten over. Delilah's and Ian's teams think it's a true win-win situation-gaining higher numbers for Delilah's show and casting Ian in a more positive light. And viewers are eating them up like a cupcake, sparking the idea to play up their relationship for the goal of good press. With more than just their careers on thin ice, the line between what's real and what's for show begins to blur, but one thing's for certain: This PR stunt will either be a total game changer-or leave them both totally pucked."--

The BookTok sensation: a spicy coach's daughter college sports romance, second in the Beyond the Play series, with new exclusive content in this edition! A secret friends-with-benefits arrangement with the hockey coach's daughter shouldn't have a shot in the dark of leading to more...CooperAs a pro-bound college athlete with a good-time reputation, I usually have my pick of puck bunnies. But lately, I've been in a dry spell that feels more like a curse, and the stress is affecting my game--the one thing that can't happen if I'm going to make team captain, and eventually the NHL.Enter Penny Ryder.She's my coach's daughter, but the moment she pulls me into that ice rink closet, she's the one thing on my mind besides hockey. She has a sex bucket list, and each item on it confirms we're kindred spirits in the bedroom. If I say yes, I'll be relaxed on the ice again--but if her dad finds out, I'll be forced to say goodbye to being captain and finally earning my own father's approval.PennyThanks to the ex from hell, I'm a long way from being ready for a relationship--but it's time to reclaim my agency, one long-sought-after experience in bed at a time.Enter Cooper Callahan.He's my dad's star defenseman; an arrangement with him will mean keeping yet another major secret from my father. But the agreement we strike is simple: secret friends-with-benefits until he makes captain...and I cross off everything on my list, so I can finally move on from the incident that ruined both my life and my figure skating career.Yet the longer our connection goes on, the more we trust each other, and the less I want to say goodbye. I know love leads to heartbreak, but what if it can also clear the ice for a breakaway?Filled with swoons, spice coaching, sports, and book nerds in love, Breakaway is a don't-miss adult college sports romance.

Rache im Herzen, Liebe im Spiel …Der Auftakt der Enemies to Lovers Sports Romance-Reihe von Josie CharlesAls Mia ihr Studium an der renommierten Universität in Berkeley beginnt, spürt sie bereits vom ersten Moment an eine unerklärliche Abneigung gegen den Frauenschwarm und Eishockey-Spieler Slater Thorn. Es dauert nicht lange, bis ihr klar wird: Er ist es, der ihre Schwester Lea bedroht und von der Uni geekelt hat. Mia ist entschlossen, Gerechtigkeit walten zu lassen und den vermeintlichen Mistkerl zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Und sie hat auch schon den perfekten Racheplan: Sie will Salters eiskaltes Herz brechen und ihm die Schmerzen zufügen, die er Lea angetan hat. Doch Slaters offene Art überrascht sie. Ist das nur eine Masche, um sie ins Bett zu kriegen? Mit allen Mitteln versucht Mia, Slaters Charme zu widerstehen - bis sie die wahre Bedrohung erkennt …Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Wenn ich deine Wahrheit kenne.Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Richtig schöne Lovestory in College-Setting, mir ist vor allem der vermeintliche Bad Boy Slater sofort ans Herz gewachsen!"„Spannend, romantisch und mit der richtigen Portion Drama gespickt."„Nicht nur Eishockey-Fans kommen hier auf ihre Kosten!"„Flüssig erzählter Liebesroman, den man nur schwer zur Seite legen kann."

When Leo Brennan is traded to the Buffalo Bedlam two weeks after knocking their captain out of the line up on a badly timed hit, the enforcer's dream life becomes a nightmare. He should be happy about going to a Cup contender, but the fans hate him, his teammates are lukewarm, and everything that could go wrong with the transition, does. He vows to play through the next few months to fulfill his contract, hopefully win the Cup, and then get as far from Buffalo as possible.¿ No way will he stick around. Kelsey Fraser pulls double duty working for player services and the Bedlam's fan outreach team. When the organization tasks her with leading a series of media events designed to change the fans' negative opinion of Leo, she wants no part of him, after all, he gave her brother a concussion. But the opportunity would take her career in the right direction. She can't turn it down. Professionalism will have to surpass her desire to hit him with a hockey stick. Spending hours together, Kelsey and Leo learn they are far more alike than different. Both are fiercely protective of and devoted to their families, and their chemistry is strong enough to make them reconsider everything they thought they wanted. The question of what will happen after the playoffs looms like an impending blizzard. They must decide what matters most… and if they can give it to each other.

A novel that provides an offbeat and humorous insider's view of the fly-fishing world.

The swoony and red-hot new football romance for fans of Sarah Adams and Amy Lea!**The perfect read for a summer of sports!** 'A fun football player romance. I would recommend!' Reader Review 'Had me glued to the pages . . . everything you want from a sports romance!' Ally Wiegand, author of First Base'Makes me want to read even more football romance' Reader Review ----Will Genie, Head of Player Care at Covenly FC, put her job on the line when she falls for their controversial new number 10 Tony Garratt? Genie Edwards, Head of Player Care at Covenly FC, loves her job. Even if the club doctor is her ex-husband. When Covenly qualify for the Champions League, they're determined to stay there and smash their record transfer fee to bring in renowned 'Number 10' Tony Garratt, who urgently needs a career boost after recently being snapped falling out of nightclubs during a very public break up. When Tony is late to his first ever press conference, it looks like some things never change . . . But soon Genie begins to suspect there may be more to this rough diamond than meets the eye - will she put her career on the line and take a second chance at love? Or was everyone right about Tony all along?Tropes/Themes:1. Enemies to lovers 2. Forced proximity 3. Second chance 4. Bad boy 5. Workplace romance ----'An enemies to lovers romance that will make you laugh, swoon and believe in true love' Helen Hawkins, author of A Concert at Christmas'A fun romp through the back corridors of a football club, with a lot of heart, this debut sparkles with wit and chemistry' Leonie Mack, author of My Christmas Number One'A heartwarming, swoony romance'Jennifer Bibby, author of The Cornish Hideaway

Talent identification. A concept dating back to Greek philosophers, now as it was then, is about the ability to identify talent in different contexts. The ability to identify talent has become increasingly popular over the past few years. It has long been considered a crucial parameter for success in sport, but has spread to different contexts such as education, business, and culture. Until recently, research on talent identification (particularly in sports) has been predominantly concerned with finding a recipe for identifying talent in formal circumstances, such as talent testing. However, talent identification is much more than that. Rather, talent identification should be seen as something everyone practices to some extent. Every day. All the time. This book provides an insight into talent identification and puts forward new ways of understanding and approaching talent identification.

Tinsley Lowry is my obsession. Tinsley Lowry could be my downfall. I've known Tinsley since we were children, two souls tangled in a bond that defied explanation. Her name echoes in my mind like a song. The world sees me as a rockstar, but it's her who sees the parts of me I've kept hidden from everyone else.When Tinsley joins me on my tour, and we travel from city to city, a nagging feeling grows that someone is lurking in the shadows, watching her, waiting for her. The protectiveness I've always felt for her is driving me to insanity.With each day that passes, it becomes clearer that I want more. My need for her has erupted into a raging inferno. I'm not seeking redemption; I'm embracing the darkness that defines me in an effort to keep her safe. Can my obsession protect her against what I can feel coming, or will it become what devours us both?

"Lulu Moore created a perfect book boyfriend in OAR THAN FRIENDS. Oz is the very definition of boy obsessed and his pursuit of Kate is absolutely delicious! This book is sweet and sexy and I didn't want it to end!" ~ New York Times bestselling author Monica MurphyShe's rowing for Cambridge. He's rowing for Oxford. But they just can't keep one another at oar's length . . .Arthur Osbourne-Cloud has his future mapped out for him - graduate Oxford and follow his dreadful father into politics. Except Arthur wants anything but that. He'd rather spend his days rowing for gold at the Olympics,.And this year he has the Boat Race to win. Kate Astley also has her future mapped out. Fly half-way across the world, and win a scholarship at Cambridge University to study medicine. Oh, and crew for the legendary Boat Race. Seems simple enough. But then she meets Arthur. For Arthur, this feisty American challenges everything he's been taught to believe, while Kate battles between what she's expected to do, and what she wants to do. The bitter rivalry between their universities ought to destroy them. Or will it just be a matter of time before they surrender to the sizzling chemistry between them?But In The Boat Race, there can only be one winner. Who will sink and who will swim?PRAISE FOR OAR THAN FRIENDS:'I could not put this book down' Goodreads Reviewer'A breathtakingly unique take on the college rivals and sports romance tropes' Goodreads Reviewer'5+ stars!' Goodreads Reviewer'This book gives it all, and I'm not ashamed to say, I laughed, I cried, and I may have bit through my lip because of the tension in the end' Goodreads Reviewer'It's a 5-star read - if I could give more I would' Goodreads Reviewer

Derek broke my heart when he left without a good-bye.Shattered and spiraling, I'm finding my footing when my rebellious rockstar barrels back into my life, upending the progress I've made.Derek's apologetic and regretful. Worried and sincere.He's everywhere, all at once, trying to prove that there's a happily-ever-after waiting for us.He's wrong.I'm too resentful for forgiveness or second chances. But, gah, I still want him.As I set the parameters of our new arrangement, Derek slowly scales the walls I've erected.Hope begins to glimmer, and our future looks brighter, until a secret from his past rips him wide open, exposing truths neither of us is prepared to handle.Turns out, it's going to take more than understanding and forgiveness to save what we started.***Resentful Rockstar is a steamy, contemporary rockstar romance. It's book 2 in The Burnt Clovers trilogy - continuing Derek and Allegra's emotional story from Rebellious Rockstar.

"Nick Sorensen had once been one of the fastest men in hockey, until the devastating plane crash that took the lives of his best friends, leaving him the only survivor. Now he's physically ready to get back on the ice, but his coach is concerned Nick isn't doing as well, mentally, as he says he is. To prove he's fine, Nick hires Alyssa Compton, an up-and-coming interior designer, to decorate his apartment. But Nick turns out to be infuriatingly stubborn and impossible to work with, and just when Alyssa decides to throw in the towel on the whole thing, Nick shows up for her in a way she never could have expected"--

My name is Tess Owens and my life is officially on fire. I never thought dancing at my best friend Rachel's wedding would be the match to ignite the flame. But with one lingering touch, one longing look...and one sneaky caterer with a camera phone, my almost ex-husband is ready to torch me, professionally and personally. So I do what I do best: run. Straight into Rachel's arms in Florida, where she's the team doc for the NHL's Jacksonville Rays. Star forward Ryan Langley is out with an injury and in need of a place to rehab. I get the surprise of my life when he shows up at my door--declaring himself my new roommate. I came here with six weeks to launch a new business and fight for my freedom. Now I have to fight my mutual attraction to this charming All-American sweetheart too. Did I mention Ryan is ten years younger than I? He doesn't need my drama. But it's getting harder to deny the way he makes me feel. Wild. Fun. Free. I want to believe that our pasts don't define us forever. But first, I have to face my fears. Because with one innocent dance, it was Ryan who helped me start this fire. What if, together, we're meant to burn?

"When an ambitious sports medicine practitioner scores her dream job working for Jacksonville's hottest NHL team, she knows the last thing she should do is get tangled up with a player. After all, how could she choose just one? 'My name is Rachel Price, and two months ago I walked away from The Perfect Man--sweet, funny, and so sexy he should be illegal. We shared one magical night. No names. No strings. I never thought I'd see him again. I was wrong. As it turns out, Mr. Perfect is the playboy grinder for the Jacksonville Rays, the NHL's hottest new hockey team... and thanks to the ten-month fellowship I just landed, I'm his new physical therapist. Imagine my anticipation as those familiar muscled legs walk towards me, the way my pulse races as he reaches out to . . . shake my hand. The jerk doesn't even recognize me! This is going to be the longest ten months of my life. Because now Mr. Perfect Mistake is determined to use his every seductive trick to win me back. Meanwhile, I also have to contend with his best friend the surly team equipment manager, and an exasperatingly stubborn, superstitious goalie who's convinced I'm his good luck charm. This is my chance to prove myself, and I'm not risking it for anything. But between one unexpected night, and one secret revealed, these men are ready to test all my limits. Still, I can't fall for a player--let alone three. Or can I?'" --

I won't let the quarterback break my heart a second time.I gave Callum my heart, thinking we were college sweethearts meant for each other.But once he got on the football team, he dumped me.Callum is a cruel heartbreaker.A bad boy who only cares about himself.When I come across this jerk again, he flirts with me shamelessly.Wrongfully believing that being the quarterback makes him irresistible.But I won't make the same mistake.He's not getting a second chance from me.No matter how hot he looks in his football jersey.He can flex his muscles and flash his winning smile, all he wants.I'm not letting him anywhere near me.But Callum won't stop pursuing me.And when I receive terrible news, he's right by my side.Is it possible that Callum has changed?Or is he playing the same old game with me?The Comeback is a standalone New Adult Romance with a HEA and NO cheating!