Lacrosse My Heart

Palmer York is sick of playing it safe. As the goalie for the professional women's lacrosse team The Baltimore Battle and a serial monogamist, she's always followed the playbook-on the field and off. But after getting dumped for her cousin, Palmer's self-esteem is riding the bench, her stick skills are slipping, and her dating life? Fully in the penalty box. Tired of falling fast and hard for all the wrong men, Palmer decides to step out of her comfort zone and take a different approach to dating. Try a casual hookup. No strings. No drama. No catching feelings. But she needs to find the right candidate, someone she can feel safe with, someone who knows how to handle his stick. Enter "Charming Charlie" Salinas. Hotter than turf in July, quick with the flirt, and in a different league, Charlie works media for the Battle and has been Palmer's friend-and late-night fantasy-for years. If she wanted serious, he's the last person she should let anywhere near her crease. But Charlie has all the right moves and his allergy to commitment fits Palmer's "sex, not love" experiment. But Charlie? He's been biding his time. And when Palmer proposes a strictly physical arrangement, he sees his shot and takes the fast break-straight to her heart. As their chemistry heats up and the boundaries blur, Palmer's playing a whole new kind of game-and the only thing harder than keeping her hands off Charlie might be walking away when the final whistle blows. Cate Tayler is a beach baby, born and raised on the Connecticut coastline. She met the love of her life while serving in the US Air Force, and after extensive overseas travel, they are now raising their four children in the wild suburbs of Maryland. When she's not living her own happily ever after, she's creating them in her small-town romances. Because the world always needs more happy endings! In addition to writing, her passions include cooking, everything 80s, sappy Hallmark movies, Arrow (specifically, Stephen Amell's abs), and the Miami Dolphins.

This novella was previously released as Taking the ShotProfessional lacrosse player Avalon Rivera, "The Ice Queen", has been in love with her best friend's older brother since she was a kid. But after his stinging rejection, she wrote him off for good. Eight years later, he's back in her life and the lacrosse star is forced to work with him to salvage her team's reputation, or she'll lose the career she's fought hard for. JJ Jennings is a premiere player in men's professional lacrosse, both on the field and off. But when he is reunited with Ava, the young girl he once thought of like a sister, he's tempted into becoming a one-woman man. If only he can convince The Ice Queen to give him another chance to heat up her sheets and thaw her heart.