Twenty-Two
When Lucas Brooks was traded to the Nashville Assassins over a decade ago, he was a brash, brawling hothead without an anchor. Well, four kids and a smokin' hot wife will weigh you down real fast, but Lucas wouldn't change a minute of his happily ever after. During an epic, end-of-season quest for the Cup, changes appear on the horizon, and suddenly, there's a plot twist in Lucas's fairy tale.
One Timer
The last twenty years for Harper Allen and Jakob Titov have been even better than they could have dreamed. But when their daughter comes home, informing them she's giving up everything for a boy, they know it's past time to tell the truth about the shutout they scored all those years ago to get where they are. It wasn't easy. But sometimes, that one-time thing leads to a fairy-tale kind of ending.
Claire and Jude Sinclair have been living the perfect life for the last ten years.
Blissfully in love, professionally successful, happily married . . . They have everything they want-except a baby to make their family complete.
On the eve of the birth of the baby they're planning to adopt, Jude gets traded to another hockey team in another state, and their thoughtfully planned-out road to parenthood hits a speed bump.
But they didn't survive all the turmoil of their pasts to get knocked out now. This is their game seven, and they won't accept anything less than a win for the family they're destined to have.
Allison Titov and Asher Brooks have been best friends their whole lives. Brought up together as part of the Assassins family, they might as well be related. But . . . Ally has never felt anything sisterly toward Asher.
In love with Asher since she was a teen, Ally has gone pro at keeping her feelings a secret. It's been easy . . . as long as he's stayed halfway across the country at college and she has a volleyball to slap her frustrations out on. But now, he's home. And having his quick wit, heart-filling laugh, and adorkable smile so close is going to test her like never before.
After being dumped by his fiancee, Asher is at a loss what to do next. He craves stability, but with an unexpected kiss, Ally might as well have spiked Asher in the face with a volleyball. Now he's faced with the dilemma of his life. Does he keep Ally in the friend zone, or does he take the ultimate risk for love?
If they've learned one thing growing up in the glow of hockey greatness, it's that you can't win it all if you don't play the game. And by serving one hell of an ace into the middle of Asher's safe little life, Ally is ready to claim victory.
This is going to be Ryan Justice's year. It's his last year of college and his last year as a hockey player for the Bellevue Bullies. He's making all the plays in preparation for achieving his dream of being drafted into the NHL.
This is Sofia Castilleja's beginning. She is starting her college career as a star member of Bellevue's brand-new gymnastics team. She's going to tumble her way to success, first in school, and then by realizing her dream of opening her own gym.
Ryan and Sofia didn't see each other coming, but once they meet, they can't look away. Their dreams are destined to take them in opposite directions. But it doesn't take them long to realize that waking up to reality together may be better than dreaming alone.
Boon Hoenes only has three goals in life.
To make Posey Adler his wife, to win the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row, and for Shea Adler to like him.
The first, he's got on lock.
The second, he's well on his way.
And the third . . .
Well, two out of three ain't bad.
Posey Adler is coming home. After a devastating journey for what she mistakenly thought was true love, she is saying to hell with men and love forever. As the Nashville Assassins's new assistant coach for special teams, Posey is ready to focus on her job and have the attention on her for a change. She's been haunted by her place in her sister's shadow, but this is her chance to shine and force her family to take notice. But in order to make a name for herself, she's going to have to go toe-to-toe with her team's leading power play scorer.
Boon Hoenes lives for special teams. The power play is his favorite thing about the game. He loves having that advantage over his opponent. And most of the time, it's his quick thinking that sends the puck to the back of the goal when he's on the ice. Off the ice, however, no amount of quick thinking prepared his heart for being dumped by his college sweetheart. Boon has sworn off women, but when Posey Adler comes onto his ice-and kicks him off his beloved power play-he decides she's one woman he doesn't want to swear off.
They've both been hurt, but instead of going in for the penalty kill, Boon is ready to convince Posey their hearts are the secret to how they'll win. How they'll score the ultimate goal. A forever kind of love.
Nico Merryweather is loud, cocky, and says exactly what he's thinking. People laugh it off because they think they know him. And Nico makes sure no one is close enough to learn the truth. With a new season starting, they'll all be watching Nico, the goalie, but they'll never know the man behind the mask. The mask that hides a diagnosis few take the time to understand.
Aviva Pearce's life is a collection of bad days all wrapped up without a bow. If it can go wrong, it will. She isn't the type to waste time dwelling on her misfortunes or to give up, though. She's got too much fight in her. And she definitely doesn't have time to waste on the wildly sexy, showboating goaltender everyone wants.
After being bullied as a child, Nico has worked hard keep up the illusion he's just like everyone else. But with Aviva, he's ready to take off his protective gear and score the most important goal of his life.
Shelli Adler has known what she wanted since she was eleven years old. Aiden Brooks.
But Aiden has always had other ideas. After spending the early years of his life without his dad, hockey legend Lucas Brooks, Aiden is determined not to settle for anything less than true love. When he's ready. Now he's living the fast life of an NHL bachelor. He won't give his heart to any one girl, but they can have his body-all night long.
The party to celebrate the start of the second half of the season was supposed to be no different from any other night. And when a stunning stranger approaches him, he can't seem to keep his hands off her.
The next morning, she's gone, and he's been traded to his dad's former team, the Nashville Assassins. All of his professional dreams are coming true, but he can't shake the memory of the girl from that last party. He wants to see her again. Though, after moving across the country-and without knowing her name-that dream seems like a puck destined to miss the net.
For Shelli, her night with Aiden was everything she'd ever imagined it could be, and she's sure it is all about to change for them. But for that to happen . . . he would have to know who she was.
Chandler Moon's career as a defenseman for the IceCats is on fire. However, his marriage has gone up in flames . . . literally. He's resigned himself to the single life and being the best dog dad he can be, but he still holds out hope that one day he'll find 'The One.' So, imagine his surprise when he runs into 'The One Who Got Away': Amelia Justice. His best friend's baby sister. AKA: 'The One Who Is Totally Off-Limits.'
Amelia is broken. The punches that life, and her ex-husband, have thrown at her have her down for the count. She's cut herself off from her family and friends as she works to rebuild her self-esteem and her spirit. Hidden away in a small town, she never expects to reconnect with 'The One She Should Have Chosen.'
Chandler is so much more than he was in college: more handsome, more muscular, more tattooed . . . It was supposed to be a casual fling while Amelia and Chandler worked to put the pieces of their lives back together.
But as every good hockey player knows, a rebound can turn into one hell of a goal.
***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER***
Vera Woods is at her wit’s end.
Her husband has run off with the nanny, leaving Vera with a broken heart, three very angry sons, and even less time to juggle the demands of family and her career. After her boys scare away a sixth replacement nanny, Vera is out of time off from work and desperately out of options. Still nursing an aching heart, she turns to an unlikely source for help—a manny.
Lincoln Scott is no stranger to family chaos. But rather than grow jaded, he has thrown his natural talents into building his own business—providing live-in childcare for families as a manny. The money is great and the perks are a blast, but when his family of six years moves to Germany and their plans to bring him along fall through, Lincoln is suddenly unemployed and aware of how much of himself he’s given to other people’s families.
Brought together by circumstances, Lincoln and Vera’s mutually beneficial business arrangement becomes complicated by the undeniable chemistry they share. Vera needs a manny and Lincoln needs a job, but they both may have found the very thing neither one had realized they needed—a whole lot more.
Winning has always come naturally for stud ice hockey defenseman Gus "the Bus" Persson. On the ice or off, he's never had any trouble scoring, racking up goals-and girls. As the best player in his rookie class and the number one draft pick of the Malibu Suns, he's taking his game to the next level and is justifiably full of swagger. So why does one of the Suns' ice girls treat him like he's invisible?Bo St. James doesn't have time for rookie hotshots who think their gloves don't stink. She knows them, she works with them, she trains them. It doesn't matter that Gus Persson is the hottest newbie she's ever seen. She knows his type. She's got big plans of her own, and she's not going to let some cocky rich-kid athlete keep her from her goals. But there's a chemistry between them they cannot deny. A lust that burns so hot it threatens to melt the very ice on which they make their livings. The game has changed for both of them. Together, can these two play to win?
