I’ve been friends with Cooper Rice from the moment we met. He was just as famous a decade ago on our college campus as he is now being the star quarterback for the Chicago Grizzlies.
But he’s not only talented on the field, he’s also the gorgeous football star women fawn over, posing in underwear and razor ads.
Here’s a secret those women don’t know—Cooper Rice isn’t a playboy. He’s the kind of man who wants to settle down with a family. He’s content ordering pizza and massaging my feet after my long shift as an emergency room doctor. He listens to me as if he’s as invested as I am in my patients. He has never let me down.
This is exactly why I refuse to live without Cooper in my life. Eight years ago, I made him promise me that we’d never cross that line. And just like I knew Cooper would, he’s held to that promise.
Despite our best efforts, our relationship is evolving, shifting into new territory and I find myself unsure if I want Cooper to keep that promise. Ignoring the obvious could tear us apart, but so could giving in, meaning there’s a chance I’ll lose Cooper forever no matter what decision I make.
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Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
Cooper has been in love with his best friend Ellery since they were in college, but he has always respected that she wasn’t willing to cross the line between friends to lovers. When she starts dating a fellow teammate it will finally force them to face their true feelings for each other.
Ellery is a doctor who has always remained focused on her career plan. There have been times she has considered crossing the line with Cooper but was always afraid to jeopardize their relationship until she realizes that is happening regardless and choices will finally have to be made.
Everyone in their lives know that Cooper and Ellery belong together and even though there was some angst to overcome I enjoyed every minute of seeing them realize it as well. This was a wonderful end to this series, and I am looking forward to seeing where this author is taking us next. The portrayal of the narrators draws you into the relationship between the characters as well as everything they were feeling.
As Treasurer of the Untamed Sons MC, I don’t have time to deal with a bratty kid. Briella is nineteen. I’m thirty-one. I’m too old for her tantrums, but I’m sure there’s something more to her acting out than a late teenage rebellion. When I look in her eyes, I see her demons glaring back at me, and I want to know who put them there. I shouldn’t be thinking about her at all, but I’m willing to stand against my club brothers and break vows I’ve made to keep her, but first I have to uncover what she’s hiding.
Briella
I’ve got darkness in my past that I can no longer keep buried. When Daimon finds out the truth, he’s going to drop me and run. I shouldn’t be falling for my brother’s best friend, but I can’t stop my feelings from growing. I want him. No, I need him. He’s becoming my everything and I have no idea how to be without him. But that choice might not be mine. Once he finds out the truth about me, he’s going to walk away because the truth is I’m broken, I’m damaged and my past is coming back to haunt me.
Banks Huntington has always been a family man. After his wife’s tragic death, he’s holding on tighter to the only thing he’s got left. His son.
Lamise Kelly walks into Harper Security Ops desperately hoping for a job. Working in a place filled with men who could see she remains unharmed is the perfect solution to all of her problems. Only, they’re not hiring.
For the first time in months, something stirs in Banks’ chest at the sight of Lamise. He wants to deny it, but he can’t. Refusing to let her walk away, Banks offers her a different kind of job.
Becoming a nanny wasn’t what she’d had in mind, but Lamise accepts the opportunity.
Following unimaginable losses, the pair attempt to get their lives back on track. But it isn’t long before they find themselves forming an unexpected bond.
Just as things heat up between them, a part of Lamise’s past she believed was gone forever returns.
Banks never expected a second chance. If he wants a shot at forever with Lamise, he’ll have no choice but to confront her past.
After the devastating loss of his wife Banks’ only priority is his infant son Rhys and even though his mother has been there every step of the way the time has come to hire a nanny. When Lamise approaches Harper Security looking for a job Banks believes that she will be a perfect however he never expected to develop feelings for her.
Lamise is struggling with the unanswered questions when it comes to the death of her fiancé, but she needs to try and move forward. Spending time with Rhys and Banks gives her hope for the future but that always means solving the mysteries of the past.
Banks and Lamise are exactly what the other needs in their life as they help each other heal and gives them a great appreciation for how important it is to appreciate every moment they have together.
A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports.
Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!
When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.
From New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation, Monica Murphy, comes a swoon-worthy new adult romance full of love songs.
Young heiress Scarlett Lancaster is delighted when her father tells her he hired a famous pop star and former boy band member to play at her eighteenth birthday. But delight becomes utter disappointment when it turns out he wasn’t talking about Harry Styles. No, Scarlett’s dad hired Tate Ramsey, former lead singer of the band Five Car Pileup, who hasn’t been popular for years.
Tate, after years of alcohol- and drug-fueled partying, is sober and ready for a comeback. He is in top form at Scarlett’s party and blows the audience away with his performance—though Scarlett herself still isn’t impressed. But when they talk after he leaves the stage, their encounter ends in a kiss that surprises them both—and immediately goes viral.
The viral kiss and the video of Tate singing at the party do wonders for both of their burgeoning careers. So after some careful negotiation, the two of them agree to start a fake relationship. But before long they discover their feelings might not be fake after all…
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Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance.
A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, son, their goofy dog, and three cats. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge watching something.
Scarlett was raised in an affluent lifestyle where her parents balance protecting her with urging her to spread her wings. Now that she has finished high school, she isn’t certain what the future holds but she never expected that direction to begin at her birthday star with a musician who has a difficult past.
Tate was living the life that others envied until it all came crashing down. Having the opportunity to perform at Scarlett’s birthday party was a new beginning but he never expected that it would be the stepping stone to reclaim all he had lost.
Scarlett and Tate have their own reasons to pretending to be a couple however the feelings between them are anything but. They are there for each other as they face their individual challenges, and the angst only shows that they belong together.
A sexy, single dad and his teenage son weren’t a part of my white-picket-fence fairy tale, but if life has taught me anything, it’s that things don’t always work out according to plan.
Ben offers me no-strings-attached sex, but we could never be stringless. He has a son to think about, one who’s very much a part of my life.
No matter how much I want to accept his offer, taking our relationship to the next level would leave us tangled in knots.
Benjamin
After experiencing firsthand the devastation love can cause, I knew having a family wasn’t for me.
Neither was being a single dad—but here we are, trying to make it work.
The last thing I need is a distraction, but then Savannah waltzes into my world, stealing my treadmill at the gym—as well as my son’s heart.
We agreed to no strings. No complications or commitments. But I’m going back on my word because now that I know what it’s like to be with Savannah, there’s no way I’m ever letting her go.
He’d wait forever for her. But the way things are going, forever might not be an option…
Relationships bring pain. Anna’s ex taught her that lesson. But unfortunately, her past isn’t content to stay in the past anymore. With her dangerous ex stalking her, now more than ever, she can’t afford to fall for anyone. Not even the man she’s been longing for since she first moved into the MC’s clubhouse…
Riggs would do anything for his club. And for Anna. Too bad she won’t let him. Because as much as he wants her, he can’t seem to convince her to open her heart to him. All he can do now is hope she’ll eventually decide to stop running from what they could have together…
But as it turns out, love is the least of their concerns. Powerful enemies are ready to wage war against them, while Anna’s ex lurks in the shadows. Can they find a way to protect everything and everyone they love—or will it all fall to pieces before Anna and Riggs can claim their happily ever after?
An entire campus knows my name. Women throw themselves at me, hoping I’ll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I’m the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores … that’s on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else’s dreams.
From the moment I saw Ryann Denver in my Business 101 class, I was intrigued and determined to get to know her. But unlike most girls at Brooks, she hates athletes. And when I introduce myself to her, she makes it perfectly clear that she’s not interested. So, I walk away forever with my tail tucked firmly between my legs.
But as fate would have it, we’re paired up together in a charity dance event. And now, whether she likes it or not, she has to spend time with me. A lot of time. I guess I’m in luck because it turns out she can use me in her corner right now. And when she finds herself in trouble and I’m the only one she can run to, she figures out maybe I’m not that bad after all.
Ryann is going to see I’m not like the players she’s dated in the past.
𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭 by USA Today bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly is coming March 1st!!! This is a friends to lovers, second chance hockey romance set in the Slayers Hockey series.
I’m Ben Boerboom, the NHL’s favorite puck boy, and Lara’s my slamming hot, former bestie. She’s also the friend who got away and my dirty, dirty accomplice from those two insane weeks that weren’t supposed to change anything… but did.
I wanted it all. Would have wrapped my forever around her finger if she’d let me. But if making bad decisions is my special skill, Lara’s is making good ones… Like prioritizing her career goals and the kind of security she didn’t have growing up.
Hard pass on that kind of heartbreak again. So cue the bunnies. Years of bunnies.
Now Lara’s back in my city. Temporarily. And thanks to a burst pipe and a miscommunication with my sister, she’s living in my spare room.
A lot has changed, but two things haven’t. Her goals and the way she sometimes believes my bad ideas are good… like crossing those lines I swore we wouldn’t cross again.
*All titles in the Slayers Hockey series are loosely connected but can be read as standalones.
Find more books by Mira Lyn Kelly: miralynkelly.com
ICE COLD PLAYER by Nikki Hall is releasing February 23rd!!! This is an enemies to lovers, he falls first, forced proximity, college hockey romance with plenty of heat!
Anyone but her. Eva Adams—the entitled, picture-perfect cheer princess. Incapable of empathy, patently manipulative, and absolutely beautiful. I can’t afford her drama—I just want to play my last year of hockey without being kicked out of TU, but there she is on my first day back. Crying. In a weak moment, I make her an offer. An agreement I never thought she’d take. Except she surprises me, and now I’m faced with a dilemma. Protect my secrets…or win the girl.
Eva
Anyone but him. Gavin King—the rebellious, coffee-slinging hockey god. Arrogant, irreverent, and way hotter than he has any right to be. Despite the lady tingles, I’d be happy to spend my last year at TU without seeing his face—or his tattoos—again. It should be easy. I have cheer, I have my friends, and I have nowhere to live. To my eternal frustration, he offers me a solution…for a price. When I take the deal, I can’t help wondering what else I’ll give him before the end.
As a star senior on the Tiff U volleyball team, it’s been my goal to come back strong after an injury that nearly took me out of the game. But I’m Laney freaking Price, and I’m taking my shot to make it on the new pro women’s team, despite the lack of support from my father.
The problem? Cutter McCreary. He is the Captain of the Tiff U hockey team, all-around loveable guy, and a total player. And did I mention a complete thorn in my side since freshman year? Yeah…that guy. His charms don’t tempt me.
Until…a mix up with our housing situation forces us into a bit of a predicament. We were both promised a room. The same room.
His proposal? A bet. We split the room in half—for now. Whoever falls in love with the other first has to move out. The winner gets to stay.
But when strategic glances turn into late night talks, and fake kisses start to feel real, I’m finding myself without a game plan. And winning suddenly doesn’t feel like the only thing that matters.
*The Tomboy and The Captain is written in dual pov.
Pro football might see me as their favorite underdog, but Madison Westfield would rather see me six feet under.
My ex-best friend’s little sister has every reason to hate me.
I took her boyfriend’s spot on this team, her brother might lose his too, and our short-lived engagement years ago is part of the reason our families are locked in a grudge match that has the whole league on edge.
Ruining me would fix most of her problems, but she’s stuck trying to work a PR miracle with my career instead.
Making my way through her build-a-better-image checklist is the kind of torture I’ll gladly sign up for, especially if I get to help her prove everyone wrong.
But it means we’re spending a lot of time alone together, and when it comes to Madison, I’ll take any chance she gives me.
Even if it means there’s hell to pay—on and off the field.
𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, the first book in the VEGAS HEAT: BASES LOADED series by Lisa Suzanne is coming March 7th!!! We are thrilled to share a teaser with you!
I wasn’t looking to change my “bad boy of baseball” reputation. At least not until my dream girl, Pop Princess Alexis Bodega, stepped foot in my clubhouse to sing for the stadium on opening day.
There’s just one problem, and it’s a big one. Her manager is also her boyfriend, and her father is her agent.
She’s kept on a tight leash with her incredibly busy schedule, and I’m at the start of a new baseball season with a new team.
It’s the worst time to explore this attraction with the wrong girl, but that doesn’t stop me from fighting my way backstage at her surprise performance in Vegas and slipping her my number.
I quickly discover that nothing is what it seems where her manager is concerned. The more I learn about America’s Sweetheart, the more I realize what the world knows of her is the carefully crafted façade of her brand…not the woman behind it all. But I’m getting to know the real Alexis, and I’m falling hard and fast for her.
Her father might be the one holding the ball, but I’m in a scoring position, and I won’t let anything stop me from getting the win.
SCORING POSITION is the first book in the VEGAS HEAT: BASES LOADED series. This series must be read in order.
A devastated planet. A mindless, voracious killer. Survival is not enough.
Zuri thought she knew pain…
But seeing a soldier burn her own squad to end the agony of being eaten alive…things changed.
“Me and mine. We survive.” Alien or human, don’t get in Zuri’s way.
After leaving the dangers of Haven behind, Delta make planetfall on Bathsen, desperate for resources to keep their ship flying. On arrival, they are thrown immediately into an interspecies war, where the only winner will be the last one standing.
As politicians struggle against their own prejudices in the face of complete annihilation, the squad take up arms to stand side by side with the human population as their land, cities and families are devoured by the relentless alien horde.
With the team learning more about themselves and how far they are willing to go to help others, Yasuko, the ship’s AI, finds her own purpose as she emerges from the Haven shackles on her capabilities to work alongside her human crew.
Their determination to help brings together a disparate people, building hope in the wreckage of past mistakes. But the squad still face devastating life and death decisions, ones that will change some of them forever.
And as thousands die, Zuri rises to the challenge among the city ruins, where the alien swarm descends to feed on the living and the dead.
Even though they’d never dated, Lily Shaw always just assumed she’d eventually end up with Ben, the boy who’s been her bestie since they were toddlers. So she’s understandably shocked to learn he’s getting married–and having a child with his fiancée. Shocked…but not terribly upset. The truth is, she’s been feeling butterflies every time she’s near a particular horse trainer on her parents’ ranch. Unfortunately, though attracted to Lily, Maverick’s decided he has nothing to offer her beyond a good time.
The Shaws are all about family, something Maverick Prescott admires. But despite his boss treating him like another son, and Maverick wanting the man’s daughter in the worst way, how can he start something he doesn’t think he can finish? He has nothing to offer Lily, not even his own heritage. Just a past filled with so much pain, he decided a long time ago he’s best off spending his life alone, tending to the rescue horses who are just as damaged as Maverick.
Lily, however, is a typical Shaw–stubborn as the day is long. Getting into Maverick’s bed is the easy part; getting into his heart is the real challenge. But maybe if he feels loved enough, he’ll be willing to give them a chance.
Loved Enough is a stand alone novel but for a better reading experience the author invites you to read the books in order.
Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Broken, Lost Love, and Never Enough, to name a few.
Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, Gus, her chocolate lab, four cats, and endless wildlife creatures. When she’s not writing, Kelly enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
To find out more about Kelly and her books, you can find her through her website. www.kellyelliottauthor.com
Lily had always believed that a life with her best friend was her end game until he makes a decision that allows her to see him as who he really is. A friendship develops between her and Maverick and after they give in to the chemistry between them, she is determined that they are meant to be more than friends and now she just has to convince him.
In Maverick’s mind and heart Lily is off limits due to his past as he doesn’t believe he can give her what she deserves. The situation is further complicated as he works for her family and doesn’t want to jeopardize the home he has found there however Lily is determined to show him that they are meant to be and where it counts he is already part of the family.
Lily is a force to be reckoned with and she knows who she wants and isn’t afraid to go after him and I enjoyed seeing Maverick open his heart and have hope for a future filled with all the love and happiness he deserves.
