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A best friends to lovers hockey romance with a workplace-prompted fake relationship! 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 ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One woman. One cheating ex. One life do-over. Amber Thompson always thought she wanted a superstar boyfriend—until he kicked her to the curb on the eve of his big break. When Amber’s best friend, Scott Malone, comes running in to save her once again, she realizes he’s the man she truly wants. The only problem? Scott isn’t interested in pursuing a woman on the rebound. Determined to prove she’s ready to commit, Amber comes up with a plan to woo Scott, only to have it derailed by explosive family secrets. With her assumptions about everything—including herself—dismantled, she ...

When life hands you a hunky, rich hockey player…say yes. But Cassandra isn’t used to accepting help—and especially not from a sweet-talking, hunky man with more cash than she’s seen in her lifetime. And anyway, she’s got problems that are bigger than his bank account… Single dad Landon isn’t used to hearing no. Especially when he knows the only thing holding Cass back from agreeing to be his nanny is her pride and unfounded fears. How can he convince her that he’s worth counting on when it comes to helping her sick son, and she’s the best thing for his headstrong young ...

Sometimes enemies make the best boyfriends. Nurse Katie Reiter’s nemesis, Dr. Nash Leham is back in Blueberry Springs and he came for one thing—Katie. Will their battles turn to stolen kisses in the midst of a Christmas storm or will Katie find her happily ever after in the arms of another? Katie loves to be in control, and so does Nash. And while the two may have butted heads in the past, when a family member falls ill on Christmas Eve, Katie knows there is only one doctor in Blueberry Springs that she trusts to help the Reiter's pull through in the midst of the blizzard. But what she ...

A beautiful bride with cold feet. Feet that are running straight out the small town church doors and away from the wedding she didn’t plan. With her wedding gown flapping in the cold December wind, Karlene gallops to the town’s limits on a “borrowed” horse. Only one person anticipates her next move: her steady-as-a-rock childhood crush—her brother’s best friend. He’s six years her senior, and a man who’s never minded her tagging along. Instinctively, Joey knows where Karlene’s going and what she needs. He sets her up with a fresh horse to a bed roll so she can hide out at ...

"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-...

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 ...

Raised by her older sister in the small town of Blueberry Springs, all Beth Wilkinson wants is to create a family so big she’ll never be alone. Things are going great until her fiancé, Oz, rethinks everything from his own career to their nuptial plans—forcing Beth to do the same. As Beth works to rediscover herself in hopes of reattracting Oz, she catches the eye of the charming new city doctor, Nash. Not only does he see her as she’d like to be seen, but he knows exactly what he wants from life—and that includes Beth.

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?

Christmas is the best time of the year…except when you accidentally hit Rudolph with your car. I’ve had a year. I’ve moved back home. Given my ex a second chance. (And failed.) And now I’m slowly caving like a wedding cake left out in the rain under my mother’s pressure to hurry up and marry. Someone. Anyone. Before all the good ones are gone. Small town living at its best, right? Well, one good man isn’t gone yet. Unfortunately, this hunky veterinarian has a county-wide fan group blowing up his phone with fake animal emergencies. Oh, and Haden’s also my ex-boyfriend’s older...

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.

Evander de la Fosse believes he's only good for one thing: stopping bullets meant for others. But as war-torn hero Evander shadows single mother Daphne Summer, he finds himself wishing for the one thing war took from him - a life worth living. Daphne, with her bright and upbeat disposition, possesses a pull on him he can't deny.

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....

Forgiveness. Second chances…and secrets. Resort manager Zoe Ward has spent the past year throwing her broken heart into rescuing abandoned pets and ensuring vacationing couples have the trip of their dreams. She even helps engaged couples create their happily ever afters, something she’d believed she was going to have with Ashton Wallace before he left with barely a word about why. But now he’s back and looking for a second chance. Ashton can’t stop thinking about Zoe. He knows all she wants is marriage and a family, and he was certain he could provide it. However, when his past ...

Librarian Karen Hartley is not looking for a cowboy. And she’s most definitely not looking for a jock. So when ranch-owning, football-coaching Myles Wylder enters the scene with his inquisitive blue eyes and impossibly broad shoulders, as well as an offer to help save the town library, of course she says no. Just like she does when her heart begins to whisper that maybe there’s more to this cowboy than meets the eye… Too bad he doesn’t check off any of the boxes on her future Mr. Right list. …but maybe it’s time for a new list… Myles knows he’s not what Karen’s looking for...

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...