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I’m the father of my best friend’s sister’s son—only she doesn’t know it. When I met Layla Craig years ago, I didn’t know she was my best friend’s off-limits sister— all I knew is she was a bombshell and I wanted her badly. One night we had a sizzling secret encounter and pledged to become inseparable. Yet fate had other plans. Drafted by the NHL, I left town. My calls unanswered, I tried to forget her—but never could. Six years later, I’m back home for the off-season. Running into the love of my life again feels like a thunderbolt. Learning she has a son who looks just ...

I broke my #1 rule and slept with the girl next door. Now, my usually guarded heart is skating on thin ice. New city, new NHL team, same dating rules: no doubling back. I learned the hard way after heartbreak that one and done is my MO. Then Emery, a past one-night-stand, moves in next door. I can't stop obsessing about her legs wrapped around my head again. I propose a friends-with-benefits arrangement and to my delight, she agrees. Passions explode and boundaries blur as I re-explore every inch of her curvy body. Our superficial game deepens faster than a slapshot from halfcourt. In spite...

Nerdy girls like me don’t stand a chance with hunky, billionaire hockey gods. Yet I’m dating one. And even though it’s a fake relationship, it sure doesn’t feel fake under the covers. I’ve never forgotten that deliriously sizzling night I met Noah Harrington. He rescued me from a wilderness car crash, and our physical connection alone electrified his cabin. He told me he'd never been married. But then I saw his wedding photos. No need sticking around for a liar. Years later, my brother gets me a job with his hockey team. And surprise. I meet his best friend, the team star: Noah, ...

The world yearns for my billionaire's riches… But I'd trade it all for my first love, my sister's best friend. After an injury shattered her Olympic dreams, Emma Matthews is back in town to make a living from her family-owned skating rink. She didn’t know her father sold it to the hockey team owner: me. I didn’t know she’d returned with dark secrets and scars… Her presence reignites something inside me, a flicker of hope I thought long lost. Every glance, every shared moment, stirs up a storm of emotions I can't contain. She's back, and with her, the promise of something I've been...

Mistake #1: Hooking up with a stranger when my life’s in danger. Mistake #2: Not recognizing he’s my brother’s best friend whom I’ve always hated. Mistake #3: When I do know, becoming his fake fiancée anyway. Targeted by a dangerous gang because I know military secrets, I’m fleeing to my small town to hide. Traveling in disguise, I stop to find a stress-relief partner. Whoah, do I find him— a tall, hot, brooding hunk with a killer smile and a body to die for who looks at me with hunger and devotion as he pleasures me like no one ever has before. Once at my brother’s, I ...

I can’t imagine anything worse than running into my hot hockey star ex in Italy. Until a one-night-stand ups the ante with a + pregnancy test. I expected to never see Benton Jeffries again after our messy split. A decade passes before I lay eyes on him again at a friend’s destination wedding. He sure knows how to knock a puck in the hole. Those piercing blue eyes and chiseled jaw should be a hooking penalty. With all willpower officially gone I let him in my hotel room after a day in Sorrento. My walls come down along with my panties. As the sun rises, reality creeps in. I get up and ...

Needing to be anywhere but home, Millie Bardot is excited for her Junior year at Winger University. At least she was until a puck-for-brains hockey player hits her car on move-in day. And to make matters worse, he’s the definition of yummy. Caleb Booker is more worried about the beer in his trunk than the dent in his fender. But when the sassy, curvy spitfire who hit him bends over to assess the damage, his thoughts shift to other things completely. With Caleb and Millie telling different stories of the accident, tensions instantly run high. Caleb discovers he loves to push Millie’s ...

I never wanted to see my ex again, let alone become his new nanny. Evan Whitlock—former NFL star quarterback, business mogul, and single dad—has always been irresistible to women. We had one passionate summer together before college. And his big dreams ended our relationship. Now, 15 years later, back in our small town, I’m the only option he has as a nanny for his daughter. And I need to get back on my feet. So, despite our past, I take the job and do my best to avoid him in the house. Until our bickering leads to things heating up in the kitchen. And his protective ways have me ...

As the NHL's notorious bad boy, a casual hook-up with the nanny is part of the game - until a fake engagement has me playing for keeps. The new nanny ends up in my bed the first night, and something tells me she is different from all the rest. Her rocking body and sensual lips keep me coming back for more. When my buddies bust me eying her, they make a bet I can’t refuse - I have to figure out a way to make her agree to be my fake fiancée. Once on board, fantasy and reality merge and I don't stand a chance. Little did I know she never had any intention to stick around. Now not only am I ...

He’s in black ice skates, ripped black jeans, and a yellow and black New Brunswick Wolverines shirt that fills out his vast shoulders, brawn biceps, flat torso, and anything else he has going down underneath his shirt. Reid doesn’t utter a word when he stops within two feet of me, even taller and more intimidating than yesterday because I think being on the ice is his superpower, and he looks like he can do anything on it. My life takes an unexpected turn when I meet Reid "The Reaper" Pierce- the grumpy enforcer for the New Brunswick Wolverines. When the gorgeous hockey bad boy is ...

Meet Xavier Johnson—the star wide receiver of the Chicago Thunderhawks, a man idolized and envied, and always the center of the spotlight. But the arrival of a new rookie shakes his world when he meets the rookie's sister, the alluring Emma Thompson, a sports psychologist with a striking presence and relentless spirit! In the wake of Xavier's ex-girlfriend flaunting her new love, a rival football player, the field heats up off the game as well! Xavier, unable to resist Emma's charm, proposes a risqué deal—He will mentor Emma’s talented brother, Jeff, if she agrees to be his fake ...

I wanted him from the moment I saw him. I grew up in the arena. My older brother’s obsession with hockey rivaled my obsession with hockey players. Well … one in particular. Sam Anderson. He was a transfer. He played center and scored easily on and off the ice. Time passed but he never noticed me. Until suddenly, he did. College was supposed to bring us closer. We were on our own now … together. My brother was here. Our best friends. There were no curfews and no rules. Everything was perfect … until suddenly, it wasn’t. How do you pick up the pieces when everything that made sense ...

A curvy CEO wants redemption with the bully who made high school hard for her but is surprised with what she finds when she wins a date with him at a charity bachelor auction. Bridger Kade and his buddies made high school a living h-e-double hockey sticks for me. Now he's the captain of Seattle's hockey team and people everywhere want to date him. Everyone, except me. I want to show him that he made a big—huge—mistake back then by showing him how well I've turned out. I'm the CEO of my own company. I've made jewelry for dukes and stars. I may not be a swan, but I've definitely outgrown ...

I don’t deserve Vanessa Green’s forgiveness, but I can’t stop fighting for it! Vanessa bounced on me in high school, and I can’t blame her. I shattered her heart and broke my own with one decision. Now, we’re thrown together. I bought her business out from under her. If looks could kill, Tyler Gentry would be six feet under right now. But being a hotshot NFL quarterback, I’m used to making bold moves. I’m out here fighting for Vanessa like it’s the last play of the game! But this isn't a game. It's my chance at REAL happiness! If I were a better fella, I’d walk away and ...

Entering a fake engagement contract to a grumpy billionaire football coach for the sake of his adorable daughter may have been the plan, but now it seems all too real. As a football team’s nurse, I’ve strived to keep a professional working relationship with the team players, especially with the grumpy, jaw-dropping handsome head coach, Thomas Everlyn. That is, until he kisses me. Now I can’t get him out of my mind. When his daughter falls severely ill and wishes for a mom, he proposes an engagement contract. Out of my love for the little girl, I can’t say no. But as we break the ...

I hire my best friend’s daughter as an intern to get her away from a toxic ex. What isn’t in the job description is sleeping with her and getting her pregnant. Being the owner of a pro hockey team, I'm accustomed to heat on the ice. But this woman brings the fire, burning the clothes right off my back. If her father finds out we are sleeping together, he will cut my pucks off. Every time I try to block the shot it finds a way to slide in. As a single father with a daughter at home, this can’t continue. Especially considering I’m twice her age and we still have to work together. I ...

Bases are loaded, and these guys are ready to score. When my friend Keri suggested that I move to Hopeton after a bad breakup, I thought she was crazy. I’d heard about the town’s reputation for welcoming people who were in relationships with more than one person. I had enough trouble holding onto one man, let alone two of them! But then Keri finds happiness with two wonderful guys of her own and I can’t help but wonder if there’s something to this unconventional town. When I’m randomly offered a job in the front office of Hopeton’s new minor league baseball team, the Cruisers, I...

INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . She was a vision in blue stepping out of a cloud of white steam . . . A curvy princess straight out of a dream . . . The dream of a dying girl from twenty years ago, as crazy as that sounds. I don't know if I'm hallucinating or straight up delusional . . . All I know is that she's mine. By the gods of astroturf and miracle hail-mary's, she's mine! Curvyness, drama, and football heroes. Madness, mayhem, and over-the-top steam. Twists, turns, and chaos. Sweetness with a touch of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And your fairy-tale ending, always ...

Wham, bam, no thank you, ma’am— That was the end of a one-night stand with my brother’s off-limits best friend. Or so I thought. But now that we’re in a fake relationship, all bets are off. . . Ryder Lafferty is perfect— bronzed, primal and ripped beyond belief, with muscles and manhood that strain to be released. I couldn’t resist. And he did not disappoint. He pleasured me like no man my age ever had before, awakening a fire long thought dead. I wanted more. But he disappeared. Years later, I return to our small town and run into Ryder, now a billionaire hockey star and single...

COLLEGE INSTALOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . Her wit is sharper than my route-running on the football field. Her mind is quicker than my fastball on the baseball pitch. She wears mom-jeans and is on a mission to graduate early and save the world or some nonsense like that. Too serious. Too nerdy. Too not my type . . . Or so I thought. Drama and madness with a touch of angst. Sweetness and a hint of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is campus-love, Annabelle Winters style. HERE'S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CURVY IN COLLEGE SERIES: ⭐️...