Download or read book The Peppermint Lodge A Single Dad Single Mom Hockey Romance written by Jean Oram and published by Oram Productions. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 daughter? It’s hard to keep saying no. Especially when love starts to grow… Too bad they agreed to live together out of convenience—and not out of love. Is it too late to change their deal? Find out in The Peppermint Lodge, a standalone sweet romance set in the small town of Sweetheart Creek, Texas. Enjoy hockey players, ranchers, single moms and single dads, crazy errant armadillos, laughter and tears all within this sweet relationship of convenience romance.

Download or read book The Peppermint Lodge written by Jean Oram and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life hands you a hunky, rich hockey player...say yes. Especially when he wants to help you solve your son's medical problems... But can Cass and Landon act like a family unit without falling in love?

Download or read book The Defender written by Gina Azzi and published by Three Cities Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Boston’s most eligible nanny, I’m nurturing, trustworthy, and professional. Until my one-night stand turns out to be my new boss. Hawks defenseman James Ryan is Boston’s most eligible single-dad. He’s solemn, gorgeous, and an incredible father. But I’m drawn to him for other reasons. James’s eyes reflect the same grief and hurt I’m drowning in. His twins struggle with the same pain that once destroyed me. Living with the Ryan family and caring for James’s twins are both a salve and a curse. Soon, what made us click one summer night over whiskey is wreaking havoc on our commitment to remain professional. Our friendship blossoms into something more. Something searching, healing, and unbelievably complicated. Falling in love with Milly and Mason Ryan is easy. Falling in love with their father is something I never saw coming. If I give my heart to James, will he put it back together? Or will I end up more shattered than I already am?

Download or read book A Better Father written by Kris Fletcher and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From superstar to superdad Becoming a single dad was never hockey star Sam Catalano's game plan. Now he's turning his world upside down to give his two-year-old son, Casey, the best life he can. And buying his own childhood camp seems like the perfect way to do it. At least until he comes face-to-face with his new assistant director, and old camp flame, Libby Kovak. Sam can't afford to be distracted by Libby or the constant reminders of the passion they shared. His only priority is protecting Casey and making the transition as smooth as possible. But Sam's starting to believe that the most valuable thing he can give his son, and himself, is a life with Libby in it.

Download or read book Hockey Sweethearts Series Starter Box Set Books 1 4 Hockey Romance Collection written by Jean Oram and published by Oram Productions. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweet, low spice hockey romance box set that includes the first four books in the Hockey Sweethearts series. Laugh, cry and fall in love with these charming hockey players and the small town women who knock them off their feet. Read the Hockey Sweethearts series if you like: • Heartwarming Romances • Sports Romance • Friends to Lovers • Secrets! • Curvy, strong heroines • Heroes who treat them right! BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE HOCKEY SWEETHEARTS COMPLETE SERIES BOX SET Book #1: The Cupcake Cottage Hockey player Maverick's crushing on his best friend's ex and she wants to fake date him to fix his bad reputation. Can he keep his feelings a secret? Book #2: Peach Blossom Hollow Violet Granger is 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 her break that curse that has kept her single for years. Book #3: Chocolate Cherry Cabin The last thing Hannah needs is her hunky old nemesis moving in next door. But he has. And not only do her young sons adore him, but she’s finding it difficult to remember why he’s the enemy. Book #4: The Peppermint Lodge When life hands you a hunky, rich hockey player…say yes. Especially when he wants to help you solve your son's medical problems... But can Cass and Landon act like a family unit without falling in love? Indulge in a feel-good series that will have you reading late into the night.

Download or read book Hockey Sweethearts Complete Series Box Set Books 1 8 Hockey Romances written by Jean Oram and published by Oram Productions. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 1459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 8-book box set that includes the complete Hockey Sweethearts series by New York Times bestselling author Jean Oram. A sweet hockey series with all the "feels." Laugh, cry and fall in love with these charming hockey players and the small town women who knock them off their feet. Read the Hockey Sweethearts series if you like: • Heartwarming Romances • Sports Romance • Friends to Lovers • Secrets! • Curvy, strong heroines • Heroes who treat them right! And add in some single moms, single dads and Christmas romances on top of that! BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE HOCKEY SWEETHEARTS COMPLETE SERIES BOX SET Book #1: The Cupcake Cottage Hockey player Maverick's crushing on his best friend's ex and she wants to fake date him to fix his bad reputation. Can he keep his feelings a secret? Book #2: Peach Blossom Hollow Violet Granger is 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 her break that curse that has kept her single for years. Book #3: Chocolate Cherry Cabin The last thing Hannah needs is her hunky old nemesis moving in next door. But he has. And not only do her young sons adore him, but she’s finding it difficult to remember why he’s the enemy. Book #4: The Peppermint Lodge When life hands you a hunky, rich hockey player…say yes. Especially when he wants to help you solve your son's medical problems... But can Cass and Landon act like a family unit without falling in love? Book #5: The Huckleberry Bookshop Athena and Mullens butt heads at work, but what happens when they get stuck on a project together. Can they find their way to friendship…or more? Book #6: Sugar Cookie Country House He falls first in this sweet Thanksgiving & Christmas romance. She's curvy. He's an injured, professional hockey player. She's sunshine and he's grumpy. She's small town and he's always on the road. How could they possibly have anything in common? Book #7: The Gingerbread Cafe Miranda and Dak both have secrets. But will their secrets break them apart? Book #8 (BONUS NOVELLA): A Tiny House Christmas This is a BONUS novella with a Christmas runaway bride! Can Karlene overcome the age gap between her and her crush--her older brother's best friend? Go ahead—binge read this feel good series!

Download or read book His Baby Surprise written by Lisa Childs and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An injury takes professional hockey player Brooks Hoover off the ice and back to his Michigan hometown to recuperate and map out his future… which wasn't supposed to include fatherhood! It isn't every day a man finds a baby on his doorstep. A baby who just might be his. And that's not his only surprise…. In high school, Priscilla Andrews was a prim and proper sort of girl, but now she's all grown up—definitely his type of woman. She's also Brooks's new boss! Between coaching the high school hockey team, caring for an abandoned infant and sharing domestic duties with the alluring assistant principal, Brooks is starting to think he's more of a family-man type than a big-time sports star. But is a man who's used to the limelight ready to settle down?

Download or read book Blindsided written by Leslie LaFoy and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON THIN ICE Ex-hockey pro Logan Dupree had sworn never to return to the ice. Forced to leave the game after a debilitating accident, he'd spent his days battered and world-weary, trying to forget his former life. Until struggling single mom Catherine Talbott walked through his door begging him to coach her hockey team, and he couldn't resist the job—or his new boss. Catherine was immediately drawn to Logan—his tall build, penetrating eyes and deep voice made her desperate to warm his chilled heart—both on and off the ice. WOrking so closely with him made it difficult to resist temptation, even though she knew he wasn't the type to settle down. But would seducing a man so reluctant to love bring heartbreak, or was Catherine exactly what Logan needed?

Download or read book Cold as Ice written by L A Cotton and published by Delesty Books. This book was released on 2024-01-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An angsty single mom hockey romance from USA Today and WSJ bestselling author L A Cotton. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker? When Madison Reynolds accepts a dare to hit on the cute guy sitting alone at the bar, she doesn’t expect to see him again. Enter Austin Hart. Broody. Mysterious. With an icy stare that burns her to the core. When Austin suggests they explore the undeniable chemistry between them, they agree it can be nothing more than a friends-with-benefits arrangement. He’s Lakeshore U’s guarded goalie with no plans to settle down. She’s the young single mom with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Can Austin keep the pretty blonde and her daughter at arm’s length? Or will Madi be able to show him that even the coldest hearts have the capacity for love? *Cold as Ice is an 85,000-word standalone novel set in the Lakeshore U series.

Download or read book The Single Dad s Holiday Match written by Tanya Agler and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tis the season…For unexpected love! Officer Jonathan Maxwell is just as devoted to his job as he is to his two young daughters, leaving zero time for a social life. Until he meets Brooke Novak. The newly hired community center director is a single parent, too, and also part of his latest investigation. Jonathan needs Brooke’s help if he's going to close his case by Thanksgiving…but she might be the biggest distraction from keeping his mind on his job. Smoky Mountain First Responders Book 1: The Single Dad's Holiday Match

Download or read book Ice Cowboy written by Rachelle Vaughn and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hockey player wears cowboy boots! It's the off-season and the last thing Jesse Chaparrel wants to talk about is hockey. So when Laurell Monahan unexpectedly shows up on his Northern California cattle ranch, asking questions about his game and his daughter, Jesse has his suspicions about who the clever brunette really is. She might claim to be there answering his ad for an in-house chef, but it turns out she couldn't scramble an egg to save her life. Somehow Laurell's inexperience in the kitchen and city-slicker ways overshadow Jesse's doubts and get him to thinkin' about hot summer nights in the hayloft and convincing her to give up her big-city life for good and plant some roots in Red Valley with him. Too bad she's harboring a suitcase full of secrets that threaten everything and everyone he holds dear... *Although part of a series, Ice Cowboy can be read as a stand-alone, as can all the books in the Red Valley Ravens series.*

Download or read book Crush written by June Winters and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shea Ellis doesn't have time for love -- all the Boston Brawlers captain wants is one last shot at the Cup before he retires. Besides, after his ex-wife did him dirty, the single dad isn't sure if he could love again. Hell, he'd be happy just to find a decent nanny to help with his three kids. Sure, the latest nanny to get a try-out, Brynn, is a babe. But the hottest thing about the bright-eyed twenty-something isn't her sizzling figure -- it's how fast his kids fall for her. For a grizzled veteran, it's a pointless crush on a girl he knows he shouldn't have. And with the Brawlers marching towards the playoffs, the last thing he needs is a distraction. So why can't he get the cutie out of his mind? Can the hockey legend keep his eyes on the ice ... and his hands off the nanny? Brynn Conley never expected to nanny for her childhood crush. The pretty-boy rookie whose poster she painted with lipstick kisses all those years ago? He's a rugged man now. A salt-and-pepper single dad struggling with a troubled teen daughter and two wild twin boys. The hockey star has aged like fine wine, but Brynn's not looking for love -- she's got a job to do. And to Shea's delight, she's great with kids. It's a cruel irony for a young woman who can't have any children of her own. Brynn knows she shouldn't hook up with the athlete -- the last thing she'd ever want to do is confuse the kids. But when her hunky boss wraps his big hockey hands around her waist, will she insist that their relationship remain professional? Or will it be the start of an ice-melting romance? Crush is a 70,000 word single dad hockey romance! This stand-alone novel is the third and final book in the Boston Brawlers series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!

Download or read book He Has a Baby written by Stephanie Queen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe What's worse than having your nanny quit the minute you arrive in a new city to start the hockey season with a new team? Absolutely nothing. Except maybe meeting a hot and nurturing woman who volunteers to jump in and play your emergency nanny--and not being able to touch her because she's off-limits. Lost and grieving, she's vulnerable and the best friend of the team Captain's wife. Not someone to fool with. Did I mention she's a supermodel? Not good. My ex was a model and left me and my baby to pursue her modeling career. The last thing I need is another flight risk. So... I'm stuck between a hot super model nanny and a hard AF dick with no where to go. Zoey What's worse than falling for a precious baby girl who's not yours? Falling for her daddy too--when you can't have either of them. I lost my grams and I have no where to go with my aching heart, with the need to love and care for someone. When I walk out on my supermodel career, some people think I'm flighty. But when I volunteer to nanny for Rafe's baby in an emergency, my best friend thinks I'm crazy. Crazy, lost and flighty. I'm a total hot mess in no shape for a relationship. I can't imagine committing to anything for long. So... I'm stuck between a hot hockey player with his baby girl and a hard choice about what to do with my life. He Has a Baby is a full length New Adult hockey romance set in the world of the Boston Brawlers hockey team. You'll see players from other stories drop in for fun, but this book was written to be read as a stand-alone. If you love hot hockey players, forbidden romance and sizzling attraction with all the feels right up to the satisfying happy ending, you'll love this story! (Contains sex and language for mature audiences.)

Download or read book Comeback written by June Winters and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Where have all the good men gone?" Single mom Emma Swenson desperately needed a new start -- so she escaped to small town Bayfield, Ontario, where her unhinged ex can't possibly find her. Hockey star Jack Hathaway stunned the sports world when he walked out on a life of fame -- and never told a soul why. No one in the tranquil lake paradise of Bayfield knows about his hockey past. And that's just the way the former captain likes it. But the latest girl to catch his eye isn't looking for a fling. A striking blonde with a troubled smile, Emma puts her adorable daughter first -- and the single mom won't let the secretive athlete into their lives unless he proves himself worthy. Can the muscular millionaire with a broken heart learn to love again? Comeback is a 53,000 word hockey romance. This standalone novel is the second book in the Dallas Devils series. Narrated in dual POV. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!

Download or read book No Touch Zone written by G K Brady and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What starts as a game ends with two hearts on the line Dana "Mac" McPherson is a goaltender without a job, a team, or a city. Until he lands in Denver as a backup goalie. He should be happy, but he's not. Not only is his new job a step down from the starting goaltender position he's used to, even worse, he's uprooting his family from the only home they've ever known-and he's doing it as a widowed single dad of two young children. Mac decides the move to a new city is the perfect chance to hit the reset button and recapture a slice of his younger self when he was a ladies' man. But he's a little out of practice. So when he meets Mia Morales, the dark-eyed beauty helping him and his family find their Denver house, he decides she's the perfect woman to help him sharpen his skills. Burned out on her job, her family in turmoil, Mia doesn't need to add another twist in her already complicated life-like her hunky new client. Mac isn't just a twist: he's a huge wrinkle she needs to keep in the client zone because his halting boyish charm threatens to expose her carefully cloistered heart. Fate has a way of scrambling plans, and as Mac and Mia are continually thrown together, their attraction becomes bigger than both of them. When Mac decides Mia's more than a candidate to practice his imagined playboy moves on, his determined mother-in-law steps in with an agenda of her own. Meanwhile, Mia struggles to balance the weight of family and job. Her heart's not all she has to lose if she gives in to her desire to be with Mac. The path to Mac and Mia's happily-ever-after is littered with hip-checking hurdles. Some are of their own making, but others are barriers put up by those with a desire to keep them apart. Will they be able to skate around the barricades blocking their way and make it to the goal line, or will they veer so far off the path that they lose out on their happy ending? A little bit of humor and whole lot of heat

Download or read book Icy Temptation written by Violette Paradis and published by Jacksonville Stallions. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brooding hockey player only needed a nanny. But now they're faking an engagement. How hard could it be? Ash My ex-in-laws are visiting and they want to set me up with a total stranger just so that my daughter will have a mother. Bullsh*t. Not on my watch. I need to keep them off my back. I'll tell them I'm already taken. My sister's best friend, Rosalyn, just became my daughter's new nanny... And she has no clue that she's about to become my fake fiancée. Rosalyn My best friend's brother needs a nanny. The only problem? He just told his in-laws that I'm his fiancée. Things get even more twisted when I develop a ginormous crush on him. How could I not? Ash Oleksa is a huge brooding hockey player with a jawline that could cut steel and abs that even a t-shirt can't hide. Plus, he's the sweetest single dad in existence. When I'm put on the spot, I have no choice but to say yes to his fake proposal. I'm doing it for the money... and for his sweet little girl. At least, that's what I'm telling myself. It's not like I'm harboring a secret wish that Ash will see me as anything other than his daughter's nanny... No, definitely not... If you love a dual POV spicy hockey romance with a grumpy single dad and a fake engagement of convenience, then you'll love "Icy Temptation"! ***This steamy hockey novel is part of the Jacksonville Stallions universe but can be read as a standalone novel!***

Download or read book The Veteran written by Xavier Neal and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's good for the gosling is good for the gander... At least according to the sunshine and snowflakes woman whose amnesia episode has her believing she's been assigned to be my daughter's new nanny. And, of course, I can't really fire the fake hire because the last thing I need as the captain of my pro hockey team is to be trending for more drama. I guess you could say this season won't be easy. Especially for me, the veteran. TROPE CHECK Grumpy/Sunshine Single Dad/Nanny Amnesia Romance Plus-Size/Curvy Heroine Possessive Alpha