Runaway Bride and Prejudice

Appies Hockey Romance

By: Emma St. Clair

Narrated by: Rock Engle, Emily Ellet

There's one rule smart hockey players know not to break: never—and I mean never—date the coach's daughter. But no one ever accused Van of being smart.

When the mouthy bad boy of the Appies catches the groom cheating on the coach's daughter, he can't just walk away, not on her wedding day.

Maybe his own relationships are casual, but he would never cheat and never treat wedding vows so carelessly. Not after he and his sisters watched their divorced parents cycle through marriage after marriage.

But forcing the groom to come clean sets off a chain reaction Van couldn't have expected. Ending with a black eye, an unexpected trip to Florida with one runaway bride, and a secret bargain struck with Coach. A bargain that may just jeopardize the very real and very inconvenient feelings he's developing for the very last person he ever should.

Runaway Bride and Prejudice is a closed-door hockey romance featuring the team's bad boy and a very good girl who also happens to be the coach's daughter. It's a sports romance with all the sizzle and swoon but no spice. This is part of the Appies Hockey Romance series of standalones, which is best enjoyed in order.

©2024 Emma St. Clair (P)2025 Podium Audio

The. Best Yet!

Emma outdid herself this time! This story is so much fun. It has you hanging on the edge of your seat as it unfolds, but you’re laughing and crying all the way! (My favorite part was the….!) READ IT AND FIND OUT! Bravo Emma!

love the characters, love the story

The Appies are such a fun series of clean love stories thst still turn up the heat. I recommend them all the time.

Humorous and sweet… with caring family overtones

Feeling like the main character, it was fun to follow her journey from her wedding day to finding her footing on her own terms, with a few laughs along the way.

Love, love, love this story!

Van and Amelia’s story is amazing! Van is a swoon worthy hero, one you won’t want to miss.

Funny and cute romance

Great suspenseful love story with excellent narration. Author has a great sense of humor as well. Highly recommended.

Fun easy read…

Fun, clean, closed door series in which every book is a stand-alone. Enjoyed the banter in this book.

My favorite of the Appies series so far!

How does the Appies series get better and better with every book? I'm floored!!

The Appies Hockey series was written by two authors Emma St. Clair and Jenny Proctor. It's a fictional hockey team located in Harvest Hollow North Carolina. The team dynamics and brotherhood made me fall in love with the series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone, but the series so much more fun when you know (and love) the whole family!

Runaway Bride and Prejudice is book 5 in the series and tells Van's story, the cocky playboy of the team. Van walks in on his coach's daughter's fiance who's with another woman just before he's supposed to walk down the aisle to get married. Van forces the groom to tell his bride what he was doing and ends up being the getaway driver in a Runaway Bride situation.

The story grabbed my attention within the first few pages and held it throughout the journey!

It's the type of story you want to go into blind and let all the events unfold for you. I don't want to spoil your experience at all!

I will say that I adore Van, especially after learning more about his home life. Growing up with three sisters he sees things other people may not and has this sensitivity that we get to see on full display. His love language is physical touch!

Van's sisters are loyal, protective, (a little scary), and the exact people you want in your corner. I loved their part of the story!

The team group text is hilarious!

I loved watching Amelia grow through the book and find her voice!

Other fun moments:
Making up your own rules
Eating the opposite of wedding food
Nicknames
Theodore
A jersey moment

This is all I will say! Just read it!

They see the real people behind the mask

Run away bride ; who totally did the right thing after what her cousin and the groom did. Leave with one of her Dad’s Hockey players after finding out what happened. They discover more about them selfs and each other. Revealing that what the public and others see is not always the truth.
Lots of lol moments and heck yay in positive payback’s.
Loved this whole series so far

Shocker,as an Appies fan, boring, hard to follow,

Started well first chapter only. Quickly went down hill. The bride was too messy, The couple was hard to root for, especially given that she was partnered with the Appies team bad boy. She was very weak, too flighty. This made it hard to get behind and support. The style of and flow of the read was very boring after the third chapter. Story kept going down hill. It was very disappointing. This story and the characters were a huge fail by the author, which surprised me. I have read all the series. The other Appies stories were good and entertaining. This one was so off the mark. Nothing made sense about the lead characters. First time that I regretted spending money on a book by this author. It seems the author did not commit to the story and this was boring. Not worth reading at all. Don't purchase! Don't read. Don't listen. Even the talented narrators couldn't save the story!