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With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn't interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. But when Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet's misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match.

Verity Michaels is new to New York City, but even she knows riding in a stolen cab is not a normal way to meet someone. Damn it if that tattoo-covered would-be felon isn't everywhere now, and lighting everything on fire under her skirt. His name is Hudson Fenn, and he's frustratingly impossible to pin down. He works as a bike messenger, but has the manners of a prince - along with a strange tendency toward breaking and entering.

Lily LeBlanc isn't versed in the art of casual sex, but after seven years in an on-again, off-again relationship, she's definitely willing to give it a shot. And who better to try it with than her best friend's boyfriend's best friend? What could possibly go wrong? NHL player Randy Ballistic lives up to his last name on the ice and in the bedroom. His best friend and teammate has recently given up the puck bunnies and traded them in for a real girlfriend. And she just happens to have a seriously feisty, extra-hot best friend on the rebound.

Miller "Buck" Butterson has been banging his way through life ever since a puck to the face fixed his messed-up front teeth. After five years in the NHL, deflecting goals on the ice and scoring them with puck bunnies, Miller has decided he's ready for a girlfriend. A real, nonbunny girlfriend to take on dates and not jump into bed with after five seconds of conversation. Miller thinks he's found that woman in his teammate's sister.

Kailyn Flowers was always calm, rational, and controlled—until she ended up sprawled all over Daxton Hughes, the former actor she totally crushed on as a teenager. Then she did the unthinkable: She became a mortifying fangirl in five seconds flat, which may or may not have included professing her undying love. And oddly, he didn't run away. In fact, their meet cute led to a friendship she never saw coming. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming, either....

Werden sie die Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen können, um für eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu kämpfen? Teagan Firestone braucht eine Veränderung in ihrem Leben. Und so zieht sie in die kleine Stadt Pearl Lake, in der auch schon ihr Bruder Van ein Zuhause gefunden hat. Dort trifft sie auf den attraktiven Aaron Saunders, der zwar einen Ruf als Playboy hat, allerdings sonst nicht viel von sich preis gibt. Doch die Anziehung zwischen den beiden ist so stark, dass sie gar nicht anders können, als Zeit miteinander zu verbringen.

Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence. He never wears a shirt. We can’t seem to stop fighting. He’s an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation. Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen but that was a long time ago. I know better than to trust him. I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place. And not accidentally let Tristan show me exactly how well-deserved his reputation is.

I’m Jake Masterson, single dad, and the general manager of Seattle’s NHL team. I walked away from a career as a player so I could raise my daughter. For the last 20-plus years, Queenie has been my main priority, but now she’s getting married. And there’s a small complication. A beautiful, sexy complication named Hanna. 

Sobald sie aufeinandertreffen, fliegen die Funken. Endlich ist Blaire Calloways großer Tag gekommen. Monatelang hat sie darauf hingearbeitet, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen: die Cupcake- und Cocktailbar Buttercreme and Booze. Doch dann muss sie feststellen, dass direkt nebenan eine rustikale Sportsbar eröffnet - und dass der ebenso attraktive wie unverschämte Besitzer Ronan Knight zum Problem werden könnte. Schafft er es doch, mit seinem Charme und seinem umwerfenden Lächeln ihre Kundschaft abzuwerben. Aber das lässt sich Blaire nicht gefallen!

Ihr gemeinsamer Pakt könnte beiden von Nutzen sein - wenn nur die Gefühle nicht dazwischenfunken! Als Stevie Bowman und Bishop Winslow das erste Mal aufeinandertreffen, könnte es gar nicht schlechter laufen. Bishop hält Stevie für die Affäre seines Eis-Hockey-Team-Captains - und ist geschockt, als er erfährt, dass sie in Wahrheit dessen kleine Schwester ist.

"Es werden immer wir sein, Charlene, du und ich. Was auch immer du brauchst, ich werde es für dich sein." Darren war nie der Typ für feste Beziehungen - bis er Charlene kennenlernte. Mit einem einzigen Blick hat sie seine Welt auf den Kopf gestellt. Dabei hatte er sich fest vorgenommen, niemals jemanden so nahe an sich heranzulassen. Was er nicht ahnt: Charlene kämpft ebenso wie er mit den Dämonen ihrer Vergangenheit. Bald schon brauchen die beiden einander mehr denn je. Doch können sie ihrer Liebe eine Chance geben?

"Ich bin eine Legende. Ich bin derjenige, über den die Leute reden - auch wenn die Hälfte der Gerüchte über mich nicht wahr ist. Ich bin derjenige, auf den die Frauen stehen, die keine Hemmungen haben. Und ich hasse es." Lance "Romance" Romero ist der berüchtigste Spieler der NHL. Er schläft mit zu vielen Frauen, feiert zu viele Partys und provoziert seine Gegner viel zu oft - auf dem Eis und auch privat. Als er wieder einmal in eine Schlägerei verwickelt ist und im Krankenhaus landet, schickt ihn sein Coach zur Physiotherapie, damit er schnellstmöglich wieder einsatzbereit ist.

Part owner of the Chicago tattoo shop Inked Armor, Chris Zelter is a talented artist who decorates skin with gorgeous designs. He might look the part of the typical jacked-up, inked-up bad boy, but underneath is a fiercely loyal, complicated man. Kicked out at 16, Chris has had to fend for himself for the last 12 years, making his Inked Armor crew as much family as they are business partners. For him, it’s enough - until he meets Sarah Adamson.

Tattooist Chris Zelter doesn’t always make the best decisions when it comes to the people he cares about, or the women he gets involved with. Things have changed recently, though. Chris has lost interest in casual flings as he finds himself wrapped up in Sarah Adamson, a waitress at the local strip club he frequents. It takes months of persistent attention before she finally agrees to date him, and he's determined not to mess it up.

A short story from the NYT best-selling author of the Shacking Up series about a road trip that started with a broken-down car and ended with a questionable motel, an indoor campout, and a set of Kama Sutra sheets.

It was supposed to be a temporary thing. A gig in Paris while I tried to find my dad. Then I met him. Ho. The man. The suit. The professional escort...? I mean, he did go on two consecutive dates during one of my shifts - and I ended up being the third. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, but it turned out to be forever. Here was what I wasn't ready for - Ho held more than just my destiny and my heart. He held the key to unravel the mystery of my dad, too.

Lilah isn't sure what hurt worse: the day Ethan left her to focus on his hockey career or the day he came back eight years later. He might think they can pick up just where they left off, but she's no longer that same girl and never wants to be again. Ethan wants his glory days back. And that includes having Lilah by his side. With her, he was magic. They were magic. All he has to do is make her see that. Just when Lilah might finally be ready to let Ethan in, though, she finds out their reunion might have nothing to do with love and everything to do with improving his game.

Annaliese Harper knows that one tiny mistake can jeopardize a career before it's even begun. Letting your boss find the extensive collection of porn on your personal laptop is one way. Sleeping with him is another. Liese manages to do both. As the new librarian at a prestigious small-town private high school, Liese is drawn to her sexy, charismatic principal, Ryder Whitehall - an attraction she refuses to acknowledge given their relationship and her recent liberation from a delusional ex-boyfriend.

As an NHL player, relationships haven't been my thing. Shrouded in secrecy and speculation, they never last very long. But then that's what happens when you require an NDA before the first date. Until Charlene. She's like a firefly. She's elusive, and if you catch her she'll burn bright, but keeping her trapped dulls her fire and dims her beauty. I caught her. And as much as I might want to keep her, I'll never put the lid on her jar. Not at the risk of losing her. So I've let her set the rules in our relationship.  

Ruby Scott is months behind on rent and can't seem to land a steady job. She has one chance to turn things around with a big audition. But instead of getting her big break, she gets sick as a dog and completely bombs it in the most humiliating fashion. All thanks to a mysterious, gorgeous guy who kissed - and then coughed on - her at a party the night before.