Boston Bucks

All I wanted was to save the coastal resort that has been in our family for generations.Little did I expect the buyer would be the NHL player who my clique picked on in high school.I have no idea why the boy from the wrong side of the tracks would drag me - his enemy - back from the brink of ruin.But when he insists he has a position for me - nanny for his little girl - I begin to understand his motives.Revenge.I have no idea how he plans to exact it, but I'm willing to find out if it means saving White Beach Resort.As I wait for the ball to drop, the summer begins to slip by, and I begin to fall for the man who hates me.Stupid, I know.While I still haven't discovered what he has up his sleeve, I slowly, deliciously discover what he has under his shirt, and below his belt.The only problem is, I can't figure out if his touches and kisses are still about payback, or if they're about something more.But I think I have a way to find out...and I pray it doesn't backfire.

I wasn't looking for love. Heck I wasn't looking for anything.But it found me in a six-foot tall, two-hundred-pound hockey goalie.I try to fight it. I really do.This guy is a player, in more ways than one.At least I think he is.But I'm a Master of Psychology Student and there is one thing I know-not everything is as it appears.Looking deeper, I catch glimpses of the real Brady, the man this goalie keeps hidden-from everyone.I like that guy. A lot.And I'm pretty sure he likes me too.But then I discover something else about the man beneath the jersey, something dark and hurtful, something that tells me who I really am to him, which means there's only one thing left for me to do…Show the player who he's really playing with.

I need a favor, and there's only one guy I'd dare ask.Conner Birch.Boston Buck's right winger.Not only is he my best friend, he's my brother-in-law…and the man I've always loved.The problem is, he never loved me back. What I want might make things more awkward, and I can't risk our friendship, but…after losing my husband-Conner's brother-this is my only chance at the life I've dreamed of.Everything about our arrangement is risky, and when things heat up, it becomes harder and harder to hide what I feel.Soon enough, playing house becomes all too real, and I begin to think we might have a chance at a future.Until I find out the man I'm in love with might not be the friend I thought he was…

Have you ever met an alpha-hole?Well, let me introduce you to the ultimate Ash-hole: Ash Wheeler, star defenseman for the Boston Bucks.He's got it all-hockey skills, women, fame, looks, and swagger. A real Ash-hole.I don't want to be attracted to him. Seriously, I don't. But every time I'm around him, my body ignites.I've been burned by a guy like him before, and I swear I'll never go down that road again.Until I do.As a single mother who seems to draw men like Ash, I console myself with the knowledge that I know what I'm getting into.I mean, if I understand the risks, what could go wrong?A lot, apparently.I try to keep things casual and vow not to fall for him.Until I do.And then I discover his secret and now there's only one thing left for me to do...

Sharing a houseand a Jack and Jill bathroomwith my brother's best friend is a special kind of torture. Especially when that man is the one I've secretly wanted for years.But pretending to be his girlfriend at a family gathering? That's a whole new level of agony. The stolen glances, the whispered questions, the charadeit's all to get his parents off his back. It's all fun and games until I have to share his bed. Close enough to feel his heat, yet miles from what I truly want. It's an exquisite kind of punishment.And then Vegas happens. A wedding, a reckless moment, and a single choice that sets off a chain reaction capable of destroying everything: my brother's trust, his family's belief in me, and most painfully, my own fragile heart.Just when I think things couldn't get worse they do.And the only way out might save everyone else, but it'll shatter me.

The night before my wedding, I walked into my Vegas hotel suite and found my fiancé in bed with my best friend.Yeah. I know. World's biggest cliché.But maybe I should've seen it coming. He's a runway god-the son of a fashion mogul. And me? I'm just the people-pleasing, insecure girl from the wrong side of town, hiding behind a designer dress and a dream.I ran. Out of the suite. Out of my own life. And straight into the arms of Roman Marinelli-NHL superstar, my high school friend, and the Buck's biggest player... on and off the ice.Roman dried my tears and reminded me what it feels like to be seen. While I lost everything I thought I wanted-my fiancé, my dream fashion internship, my picture-perfect future-with Roman, I found something I never expected.Because with him, I don't have to pretend. Not even a little.But just when I start to believe in second chances, Roman does something that breaks me all over again.And this time, I never saw it coming.