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Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and rollercoaster relationship. Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.

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Poppy Benjamin, Media Relations Director of Syracuse's storied NFL team, the Bobcats, fought tooth and nail for her career. Ever since her intern season fifteen years ago, it's been nothing but early mornings, late nights, barely dodged inappropriate advances, and relationships lost with boyfriends who didn't get it. That's why Poppy relies on the Women Against Groping Shitheads, a support network that knows her far better than her own family. But on the very same morning that Poppy’s legendary head coach is found dead in his home.

After a childhood spent being dragged around the country by her hockey coach father, Hayden Houston intends to take some time to figure out her future. Whether that future will include her currently off-again boyfriend remains to be seen. What it certainly won’t include is the for-one-night-only guy she just met at a bar.

Not long ago, Gary was just another punk teenager living in a ramshackle house in a ramshackle town. To survive, he worked as a gofer for a brutal street gang—until a simple job went bad, and he ended up paired with a Werewolf System that enhanced his strength, stamina, and attitude. But as Gary quickly learned, this gift could also be a curse, costing anyone who got too close to him their life. Now, he's trying to figure out how to use his system to make things better for those around him. Unfortunately, before things get better, they're going to get much, much worse.

As it turns out, I can't stay away. Life keeps throwing us together, and it seems like she's everywhere all at once. She's in the same house as me, in the bedroom next to mine as I dream about what she's doing in there. She's interning at the baseball stadium when I'm there to focus on the game, and her boss has assigned her to shadow me as we work on a project together.

He’s a game she never intended to play. And she’s the game changer he never knew he needed. When Cassie Andrews meets rising baseball hopeful Jack Carter, she is determined to steer clear of him and his typical cocky attitude. But Jack has other things on his mind… like getting Cassie to give him the time of day.

Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the UK, is a desperate young soccer agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin” – an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Messi.

Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the United Kingdom, is a desperate young soccer agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin”—an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Lionel Messi.

I knocked up my sister's co-worker. And I didn't even know her name. I know. This sounds really bad, but listen, I can explain. To hockey fans, I'm known for my strength and skills on the ice. To women, I'm known for my talent and endurance in the bedroom.

When football fanatic and loveable loser Max Best saved an old codger from a mugging, he never expected to be rewarded with the ability to immediately pinpoint a player's specific skills—and use that knowledge to up his own levels. Ever since that fateful night, Max has devoted himself to the game far more than any mere fan, becoming not only a serious footballer in his own right but a leader both on and off the pitch.

The boy next door isn't next door anymore. He's in Vegas, preparing for the upcoming NFL season, and I'm still stuck in the small Midwestern town where we grew up. We should be together, but people wanted us apart. They won. Secrets are uncovered, and lives are forever torn apart.

Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.

Novalee Heart liebt ihre Familie, ihre Freunde und Musik. Dagegen verabscheut sie egomane Menschen – besonders selbstverliebte, überbezahlte Profisportler. Der Radiosender, bei dem sie ihr Volontariat absolviert, wird überraschenderweise von dem Baseballstar Liam Cross aufgekauft. Und ausgerechnet der neue Eigentümer hört mit an, was Novalee von Leuten wie ihm hält ... Aufgeben ist für Novalee trotzdem keine Option, schließlich ist ihr größter Wunsch, Radiomoderatorin zu werden.

Per migliaia di chilometri, in auto, a piedi, su traghetti, bus e funivie, una carovana piena di colori tenta di stare dietro al ritmo furibondo imposto dai ciclisti che in tre settimane girano tutta l’Italia, dalla costiera amalfitana agli aspri profili del Vajont. Ne fa parte anche uno scrittore, che fin da bambino sognava di partecipare al Giro d’Italia e si butta in quest’avventura con entusiasmo assoluto, pronto a infiammarsi per l’epica che il ciclismo da sempre sprigiona. Ma presto scoprirà che la tenacia e la passione dei corridori sono solo una parte della storia.

Ich hätte das Angebot meines Bosses, mich in seinem Ferienhaus zu erholen, nicht annehmen sollen. Denn als der General Manager der Philadelphia Pucks plötzlich selbst hier auftaucht, kommen wir uns näher, als es vermutlich angebracht ist. Früher hätte ich Brads Vorschlag sofort abgelehnt, doch nach meinem gewonnenen Kampf gegen den Krebs im letzten Jahr habe ich gelernt, das Glück am Schopf zu packen. Sein Anwesen in Hawaii gleicht einem Paradies... zumindest, bis plötzlich ein wildfremder, splitterfasernackter Typ vor mir steht und ich auf der Flucht vor ihm im Fenster stecken bleibe.

After years of trying to get back home to be closer to my daughter, I finally secured a spot on the newly expanded San Francisco Shockwaves. Juggling being the newly appointed Captain of the team and taking on full-time fatherhood to a teenager sends my life into chaos. I quickly find myself needing someone who can pick up the pieces and keep my life in order as I certainly can't do it alone.

Tom King, un boxeur australien sur le déclin se prépare pour un combat important contre l'étoile montante de la boxe, un jeune homme nommé Sandel. Mais Tom sait qu'il ne s'est pas bien préparé pour ce match. Il n'a pas pu manger à sa faim, ni s'entraîner autant qu'il aurait dû. Il rêve d'un bon bifteck pour lui donner de l'énergie, mais l'argent manque dans son foyer. Quand il était jeune, il se battait pour la gloire et le public hurlait son nom. Désormais, il se bat pour manger à sa faim. Le combat de King contre Sandel, c'est celui de la sagesse et de l'expérience contre la vitalité de la jeunesse.

After spending the last twenty-five years in prison, former professional wrestler "Bad Guy" Brian Hearns is willing to do anything for a second chance. Then he learns the truth about the dark circumstances that landed him behind bars, and an old acquaintance gives him the means to go back in time and set things right.

Humor is the best part of baseball. To survive a long season, the everyday schedule, and the failure that is inherent in the game people have always needed a good laugh about a ballgame from time to time. The stories in Baseball Humor: A Collection of Stories by Master Storytellers poke good fun at the struggles, ambition, greed, romance, envy, wisdom, and quirks of the players, managers, wives, and fans. Included are “The Pitcher and the Plutocrat” by P G Wodehouse, “Horseshoes” and “Alibi Ike” by Ring Lardner, “The Red-Headed Outfield” and “The Rube” by Zane Gray, and many others.