Going Rogue

One broken heart. One winning bid at a date auction. One hot, grumpy hockey player. What could go wrong? According to my best friends, five months is too long to nurse a broken heart. They're determined to push me out of my nest made of sweatpants and sadness. I need to date, they say. They have the perfect plan, they say. Maddox Graves is the star center of the Minnesota Rogues, and he's every woman's fantasy. Tall, dark, and broody, he's the guy you picture when you're home alone enjoying some self-care. And after my friends win a date with him at a charity auction, he's all mine for one night. It's supposed to be a fun way to get back into the swing of dating. No pressure, no expectations, and absolutely no chance it will lead to anything more. It's perfect. Or it would be if Maddox Graves wasn't an insufferable, self-absorbed mother-pucker. I'm just an English teacher, but he thinks I'm a puck bunny after his money and fame. I think he's just another rich prick with an overinflated ego. One who's using me and this date for a publicity stunt. This is why I'm so surprised when he agrees to do something selfless to help me and my students. Only one tiny string attached. I won the date auction, but will Maddox Graves manage to win my heart? The Love You Win is the first standalone novel in the Going Rogue series. Each book will follow a different player on the Minnesota Rogues hockey team and the women they fall for. The Love You Win includes grumpy/sunshine; he falls first; a disastrous meet-cute; found family; and a date auction.

One blizzard. One cabin. One uninvited hockey player. Ho, ho, humbug. Normally, I love Christmas. The lights, the snow, the cozy traditions. Then my parents divorced. Intent to avoid awkward holiday drama, I head to our family's secluded cabin for a nice, relaxing week alone. At least that's the plan until Ryder Hanson shows up uninvited and dressed like a serial killer. Ryder has three strikes against him. One: He saw me naked. Two: He's a hockey player. And three: My dad likes him better than me. I want to hate him, but when he walks around the cabin all shirtless and sexy, I forget why I should. Or that the coach's daughter and the hotshot rookie only work out in novels. But the longer we're snowed in together, the more my heart and body warm to Ryder. When the roads are cleared and the real world beckons, will we ring in the new year as a couple, or will our budding romance crumble like a poorly built gingerbread house?

What do you get when you combine one drunken night in Vegas, your brother's best friend, and a twenty-four-hour chapel? One giant, hot hockey player mistake. Growing up with a hockey hotshot for a brother, I've spent my life surrounded by cocky men. I know the ins and outs of the games they play, both on and off the ice, which is why I'd never date one of them. And marriage? Absolutely not. Griffin Wright is my brother's best friend and star left wing for the Minnesota Rogues. After a few too many drinks celebrating a big win in Vegas, I wake up next to him with a ring on my finger, a killer hangover, and instant regret. The only option is to keep this a secret from my brother and immediately file for divorce. But Griffin has other plans. He demands a chance to prove this thing between us is more than simple attraction. If he can't, he'll give me what I want. All we have to do is keep our marriage a secret for six months, then Griffin will sign the divorce papers. He thinks I'll give in to this heat between us, but I know better. Because Griffin might be my Mr. Right Now, but he's definitely not my Mr. Right.