Hockey Holiday

Christmas is the last thing on my mind when the heating breaks in the dorms, and I’m stuck with nowhere to go. My parents kicked me out years ago, and I’ve spent every holiday since pretending it doesn’t bother me. But now I’m facing an empty campus and the coldest holiday of my life... until Coach Eric steps in. He offers me a place to stay, but there’s a catch. Eric isn’t just my coach. He’s the one person I should never be anywhere near in this way. The more time we spend together, the harder it gets to ignore the tension between us. His kindness makes me question ...

Vincent Lorena DeVitto and I don’t exactly see eye to eye. As the captain of the college hockey team, I’m used to being at the top, and she’s the kind of person who lives to challenge me. She’s loud, opinionated, and always looking to tear me down, whether it’s in class, at a game, or just crossing paths on the campus. So when I spot her at the secret Christmas kinky party, I see it as the perfect opportunity to show her exactly who’s in charge. There’s just one catch—she doesn’t realize it’s me. Tonight, I’m not Vincent Headley. I’m Santa. And I’m going to enjoy ...

It started innocently enough with a harmless inquiry about a cute guy at a coffee shop. The goal was to get back into the romance game. The search turned into a social media frenzy. #DesperatelySeekingDane was not available. Talk about a buzzkill. Just when I thought things couldn't become more dramatic, a TV production company reached out to me as a last-minute contestant in a dating contest because of my five minutes of online fame. It was an instant yes because one of the three bachelors was a major movie star and my lifelong crush.

He was my brother’s best friend. A six-foot-three hockey player with steel-blue eyes. Logan Brooks, the boy who kissed me under rink lights and Broke my heart the night his NHL career went up in flames. Ten years later, I’m back in the small town I swore I’d never see again. Pretending he was only a footnote in my medical school journey. Heart guarded. Plans temporary. But the storm of the century has other plans. My hospital’s flooding. His arena’s in ruins. And one grant can save either… not both. The board makes us work together. Smile for the cameras, sell the perfect #...

She ran away to the mountains to get over one athlete, little did she know she’d wind up with two! Andrea My mother always told me to avoid professional athletes, but did I listen? No. That’s how I wound up being cheated on -- and with a puck bunny no less. Now I’m suddenly single right before Christmas. Faced with the prospect of being alone for the holidays, I decide to escape to the mountains for a little ‘me time’. There’s just one problem. I’m not exactly cut out for country living. The cabin I’ve rented only has a fireplace for heat and even though I looked up how to ...

Ellie Klein fled Vermont after graduating high school, and she hasn't been back since. Not to see her overbearing parents nor her distant brother, not even to visit her temperamental cat and beloved dog. And most importantly, she hasn't been back to see Theo Fox. Her first love and brother's best friend has been but a distant and painful memory for the last seven years. When Ellie's travel site lands her back where it all began, her goal is to get in and out without seeing anyone from before. But life has other plans.

I hate hockey. Unfortunately, hockey is my family’s religion—and my hometown’s entire personality. When my older brother calls and says the Rinkrats are about to be sold, I should hang up. I escaped this town, this team, and my “perfect omega daughter” role years ago. Instead, I get on a plane. Now I’m back in Puckridge, population: hockey, gossip, and bad decisions. My brother’s coaching the failing team. My ex—the one who chose the sport over me—is the captain trying to hold the locker room together with duct tape and rage. And the franchise? One bad season away from ...

College hockey rivals turned lovers Jackson Reed and Killian Blackwell are about to face their toughest match yet: Christmas with both their families at the Reed mansion. Between sexual tension to melt the estate's ice sculptures, and a shared future that's anything but certain, this holiday season is bound to be unforgettable.

I was born an Arden. I chose to be Solace. I know how parties work: wear a green dress, let them get the good angles, force a smile that doesn’t crack. Then someone tries to make me the headline—and four men step in like a wall I didn’t ask for and a door I didn’t know I could open. Kade smells like iron and winter and stands behind me without crowding. Niall laughs at danger and then makes it behave. Silas touches code the way other people touch skin. Pax writes rules on rooms and keeps the door. We build a small, strange holiday: cocoa, lights, music—and consent. We reclaim a ...

Getting engaged wasn’t on my Santa list. I wanted cocoa, fuzzy socks, maybe eight hours of sleep. Not a fake fiancé with forearms that have their own fan base and a smile that ruins common sense. My grandmother’s will says: “engaged by New Year’s or lose the twelve-million-dollar trust.” So I do what any not-panicking, rational woman would: I proposition my coworker.

I’m a mafia princess. The arena darling. One omega who was never supposed to belong to anyone but a stranger in a tailored suit. And then my heat hits in the middle of a sold-out hockey game. One minute the crowd is screaming for their hometown heroes. The next, five alphas on the ice smell me—and the entire team falls apart. The captain misses an easy play, eyes locked on the glass where I’m pressed. The enforcer levels the wrong man just to get between me and the boards. The star center fumbles a puck he could handle in his sleep. The Russian import hits the wall so hard the arena ...

He came to town to heal his shoulder. Falling for the grumpy guy in the Santa suit was not part of the rehab plan… Jayden Reynolds is a sunshiney pro hockey player determined to enjoy six quiet weeks of recovery in a quirky small town. His plans change when he crashes into Charlie Kennedy, a grumpy retired hockey defenseman, who hates Christmas. Charlie used to have it all, but when he lost everything, he resigned himself to being alone, working on his parents’ Christmas tree farm and dreaming of what could have been. Unfortunately for him, the younger man he met at the ice rink is ...

'Tis the season to be tempted. All Beth Michaels wants for Christmas is a fresh start. A new job in a new city is her chance to finally break free from her overbearing yet well-meaning mother, not to mention her small-town notoriety as NHL superstar Ben Michaels’ little sister. But her dream of independence hits an unexpected snag when a housing mishap leaves her with no choice but to move in with Ben’s best friend and teammate, the broody (and gorgeous) Foster James. As a top goalie, Foster has always been great at handling high-pressure decisions and sticking to the rules.

The first shot goes off while I’m still taping ankles behind the bench. Ten minutes later, I’m hiding in the home locker room with five armed alphas, gunfire echoing through the concrete, and my heat tearing through every lie I’ve ever told. Everyone at the arena thinks I’m just the bench medic. Little beta, useful hands, no trouble. They don’t know I’m an omega. They don’t know my father runs half the guns in this city. They don’t know tonight’s sold-out rivalry game is also a cover for a cash-and-weapons exchange under the stands. When the lights flicker and the first ...

Book two in The Ottawa Otters Series

When I spot Leonardo—the hockey team’s captain—alone outside the empty dorms with nowhere to go for Christmas, I can’t just leave him there. My brother’s deployed, his room is free, and my family would never let anyone spend the holidays alone. The problem? Leonardo has always been a smug, infuriating jerk. And the second he steps through our front door, I remember exactly why I promised myself I’d avoid him forever. He’s all polite smiles and good manners around my parents… but the minute we’re alone, he’s back to messing with me and pushing my buttons like it’s his ...

The night I get assigned three bodyguards, I’m just trying to keep my dad’s players in one piece. I’m the coach’s omega daughter and the assistant trainer—tape on my fingers, stopwatch around my neck, always on the bench or in the tunnel. On paper, I’m staff. In a city where the mob owns our team, I’m leverage. My dad spent his career trying to keep the locker room clean of their influence. No thrown games, no favors, no quiet little deals. The threats start when he refuses to play along—first a “mugging” in a parking garage, then a message in red paint where only I’m ...

Three men. One bar on the brink. A holiday week that changes everything. Roxy Vale keeps The Penalty Box alive with grit, lists, and late nights. She doesn’t do packs. She does payroll, kegs, and “keeping things running”—until anonymous complaints and a crooked county fixer target her license the week before Christmas. When sabotage hits in the shadows, help arrives where it has always stood: Aiden, her patient, steady door man; Nick, the brewer with calm hands and a plan; and Luca, the contractor who always fixes one more thing after close. Under twinkle lights and falling snow, ...

When the snow falls, sparks fly.. Sharing a house with Eric “Gator” Warren wasn’t on my Christmas list. Thanks to a last-minute mix-up, I’m stuck with the grumpy, gorgeous hockey star as my new roommate. He’s impossible to ignore Especially when he walks around shirtless, his towel slung low on his hips And he smirks at me like he knows exactly what I’m thinking. I’m determined to keep my distance, but when a PR disaster forces us into a fake relationship, every stolen glance feels like a dare, and every kiss sets my body on fire. Suddenly, pretending feels way too real, and ...

Adored by all, Britta is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. With a half brother on the team, Britta has a strict no-dating policy for hockey boys. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player.