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A best friends to lovers hockey romance. My coach is playing matchmaker. And that’s a problem because I work with this beautiful and distracting woman. Also, she’s my best friend’s ex making her very off limits. I also might be crushing on her. Hard. That’s a hat trick of reasons to say no. But if I don’t follow coach’s playbook on and off the ice I’ll be benched. Kind of like my heart. If I say yes to this fake-dating plan…well, it could save my reputation (nice guy, wrong place, wrong time, etc., etc.) as well as get me those deals I so desperately need. It could even help...

Get ready for a heartwarming Christmas romance where he falls first in this grumpy sunshine sports novel featuring a curvy small town heroine and a hockey player hero! Because sometimes love doesn't follow the playbook… When sunshiney Jenny wished for more adventure in her life, she never thought she’d be sent a grumpy hockey player. But could Dylan’s gruff exterior be nothing more than an act? Does this hockey hunk secretly enjoy their spirited debates that upset their friends at Thanksgiving? (Oops.) Of course, men like him don’t go for curvy, small town women… Or do they? Dylan...

Her hunky, tattooed star forward was supposed to admit defeat this time. He was supposed to follow her rules. Not charm his way onto the cover of her upcoming cookbook. Athena Gavras has a bone to pick with hottie hockey player Chadwick Raul Mullens. He shrugs off her prescribed dietary plans with that stupid, sexy smile that makes her knees shaky, has marched his way into two of her cooking projects and refuses to call her by her real name. Seriously. Has the man taken too many pucks to the head? He doesn’t even know the difference between kale and iceberg lettuce. Someone please tell ...

A secret identity romance between a former NHL star and the owner of the league's newest team. But can you truly fall in love with someone who's keeping their identity a secret? A charming, sweet hockey romance with characters so real they'll feel like long-lost friends. Miranda's family thinks she's crazy. Not only did she just buy a hockey team—which made her a tiny bit famous—but she also moved into a small house out in the country. And, to their chagrin, she's still single. (Not like she could ever find a man to understand her.) Unless maybe she shed her true identity and pretended ...

Simone Pascal loves being independent and self-reliant - she's never needed a man to save her, and yet she keeps falling into Josh’s arms at every turn, wanting him to rescue her. The worst part? She likes it. A lot. Which is a big problem since she’s rearranged her entire life to take on a new project - a baby via a sperm donor. Her life plans most definitely do not include anything as unpredictable as falling in love with Mr. Macho Firefighter, but that seems to be exactly what she’s doing.

The cowboy and his best friend... April MacFarlane wishes her best friend, veterinarian, Brant Wylder would see her as more than another rescue. Someone he might choose for his own happily ever after. Can she convince him the only thing in need of rescue is her heart? Brant knows April’s life is a mess, and figures the last thing she needs is her BFF hitting on her. After all, he just extracted her from a loveless marriage, gave her a job, as well as a home for her and her four-year-old son. Plus, she’s got to be freaking out over the sudden return of her first love, the man everyone ...

AWESOME boredom busting play ideas—from creative crafts to tricky challenges to mind-boggling science experiments. Every activity, craft and game uses things you already have at home! Beat the boredom blues with over 1,000 play ideas suitable for three-year-olds to ten-year olds. There's something for everyone in this tried and tested book from NY Times bestselling author (and mom!) Jean Oram. "A lifesaver for parents and educators." --Kenneth, reader. Make it easy to say “no” to more screen time and “yes” to more play time with activities your kid will want to do again and again....

If wishes were free… No, really. I’ve done a lot of wishing in my time: for hunky security guard James to like me back, for that cute skirt to zip all the way up, for my colleague to shut up about her amazing love life already, for my father to show up on my tenth birthday… The list goes on. And on. But so does the bill that’s just arrived from my own personal fairy godmother. Sure, my life has been semi-charmed up to this point, but a fairy godmother? I don’t think so. There’s only one way to prove this lady’s not real: wish for James to ditch his date and ask me out instead....

"Great moments of hilarity." "Fun & quirky." "A great opposites attract romance that pulls at your heartstrings." NYC fashion model Laura Oakes longs to be taken seriously. When an inheritance brings her to Sweetheart Creek, Texas, she shucks her old life and dives headlong into small town living. Too bad the handsome and serious cowboy Levi Wylder she’s crushing on sees her as nothing more than a princess. Was it the sparkly cowboy boots? Because it couldn’t be due to how she stepped in and calmed that rearing horse outside his stable. The last thing Levi Wylder needs is a high-...

Be my Valentine, Blueberry Springs. Three stories of sweet, clean romance from the Blueberry Springs series. Love triangles, forbidden kisses, and a question that will change the future of one of the town’s favorite couples. Story 1: Tequila and Candy Hearts One new job. One chance to prove herself. And one crush on the man she most definitely shouldn’t. Nicola Samuels has spent the past two years traveling the world with her best friend Todd Haber and is ready to settle down with her first real career as Blueberry Springs’s community planner. Eager to make her mark on the small town,...

When Connor's doctor forces him to take it easy and go deep into cottage country for some much needed R&R, he lands on an old cottage veranda in Muskoka which lacks the luxuries he’s accustomed to. Maya Summer, a recent business grad, has been waiting for opportunity to come a knockin’ and not only has it arrived on her doorstep, but it’s presented itself in a very sexy package. However, despite Maya's best advances and proposals, Connor's strict new "no-work diet" has them both starving for much more than than just business.

Jill has a husband she doesn't remember marrying... Businessman Burke Carver can’t get Jill Armstrong out of his mind. She’s smart and intriguing, and a year ago they had a fun night at a conference—a night he can’t fully recall. With his company’s profits starting to slide, he knows he doesn’t have time for a relationship but he’s still tempted to look her up… Only he won’t have to. Jill Armstrong needs to talk to the handsome and brilliant CEO, Burke Carver. A year ago he made it clear he was happy to date her for an evening but not partner their businesses. Well, it ...

Something borrowed, something (baby) blue… Zach, a former international agent, orders everything from socks to groceries online. Including—after a spontaneous click of his mouse—his new bride. But when Catherine arrives on his step with a baby in her arms and a scared look in her eyes he's not sure if it's the situation or her past causing the fear. All he knows is that he's the man who can protect this small family. Catherine figures she's found her safe haven with Zach, a rugged, handsome man in charge of his own private security business. But will it become more than just shelter ...

One picture. One tabloid. Two lives changed forever. Finian Alexander is one scandalous tabloid photo away from catapulting his acting career onto the A-list. All his bad-boy persona needs is an agreeable member of the paparazzi to give him a friendly boost. But vacationing out in the middle of nowhere, the only photographer he knows is way too scrupulous for her own good. Or is she?

Will this shy mascot fall for the rookie hockey player in this friends to lovers hockey romance? Violet Granger believes she’s been cursed when it comes to love. And crushing on the new recruit? A hunky, former bull-riding champion who’s joined the NHL hockey team she mascots for, surely won’t help. He’s kind, sweet, and doesn’t seem to be bothered by the way her tongue twists up and her brain freezes whenever he’s around. Leo Pattra knows nothing about curses or the way men leave Violet. But he’s certainly charmed by her quiet wit and shy awkwardness. He even finds that he ...

Sometimes exes come in handy. Devon Mattson’s week couldn’t get much worse. Not only is he fake engaged to the gorgeous woman who broke his heart a decade ago, but his goal of saving his hometown of Blueberry Springs has become dependent on the two of them playing nicely. Olivia Carrington isn’t happy to have her ex back in her life. She’s spent ten long years regretting how they ended things and she’s worked hard to move on. She should be focusing on saving her family’s company, not on the handsome, helpful, fun-loving Devon who has just offered her a lifeline she can’t ...

Newly divorced Polly Morgan needs a vacation, and she's hoping some extra time in the oceanside town of Indigo Bay before her friend’s wedding will do the trick. But she doesn’t expect to have to save the entire event alongside the man she measures all kisses against—her first love, Nick Wylder. Nick hasn’t seen Polly in almost two decades, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped thinking about her. He’s pretty sure she feels the power of their rekindled love too, and he’s ready to make a move. To his Texas ranch, to her home in Canada—anywhere as long as she’s there. But ...

One nature guide. One accidental forest fire. And one steamy investigator hot on her tail. Life would be easy for Jen Kulak if she hadn’t just burned down the forest she depends upon for her business’s wilderness adventures. It would be even easier if she hadn’t accidentally fallen head over heels for the fire investigator tracking her every move. When the pressure on Jen heats up will she run like she has in the past? Or will she find the strength to fight the accusations that could cost her everything, including her own happily ever after? Find out in this small town contemporary ...

Falling in love wasn't part of the plan. Luke and Emma need each other, but not for a clandestine rendezvous like they have in the past. No, Emma needs an experienced business partner to help launch her new product line, and—thanks to a recent personal scandal—Luke is the only one who will take her calls. All she has to do is convince this CEO to abandon his post and move to the small mountain town of Blueberry Springs… Luke knows Emma’s plan is perfect—as long as she agrees to marry him. Not only will their professional partnership earn his company some much-needed positive ...

Two best friends. One night that changes it all. Nicola Samuels kissed the sexiest man she knows--her best friend. The man who veers away from commitment as though it's scarier than a pit of snakes. The man who, she believes, has only ever seen her as his backpacking travel buddy. The man she hasn't spoken to since The Kiss.But Nicola's ready for the next step in life--career, marriage, family. And she knows just the man who will fit by her side--the man who makes her laugh and her heart sing. Todd Haber, her commitment-phobe BBF and the best kisser she's ever met. Can Nicola find a way to ...