Catching Feelings

It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage…license. Sean When my ex cheated and begged me to take her back, I made a rash, too-public vow: the next woman I kiss will be my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time-anything to stop being everyone's second choice. The ultimate fallback guy. Then the Kayla Carville walks into my bar, all bold and stunning. When she hears my ex tearing me apart, she kisses me to shut her up. And when she learns about my stupid promise, she offers me a way to save face: we'll claim we're engaged. The thing is, this isn't about some stupid vow anymore. It's about finding the courage to stop being the backup goalie and finally go for what I really want. If I can. Kayla My ex is the worst, so my dad bought me a baseball team. Classic billionaire-dad move. Now I'm living in a small Southern town that hates me, trying to convince everyone I'm an absolute delight, not some generic "Boss Babe." They're not buying it. Except for Sean O'Shannan, the hot hometown hockey hero and bar owner who gave me the courage to break up with my fiancé months ago. He's the kind of guy who remembers my smoothie order, saves a seat for me at the church potluck…and proposes when he discovers I don't meet the team's "ownership residency requirement." Saying yes is easy. The hard part? Not falling for my husband. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend is a swoony closed-door marriage of convenience sports rom-com brimming with delicious banter and chemistry but with no explicit scenes or cursing.

The only thing I hate worse than Christmas is Cooper Freaking Kellogg. Liesel: My reason for hating Christmas is simple: my mom loved Christmas, and now she's gone. My reason for hating Cooper Kellogg is also simple: he annoys the jingle out of me. The all-star, all-ego player is on the injured list, and-lucky me!-we're assigned to work on a special project together. Between awkward team events, a Christmas escape room, and some very inconvenient mistletoe, Coop and I are getting way too close for comfort. Then we're trapped in a blizzard overnight, and Coop's cocky grin slips, showing the man behind the mischief. I start falling for his exasperatingly handsome face faster than the snow can pile up around my car. Unfortunately, my overprotective MLB dad and brothers have one rule bigger than Santa himself: no dating players. And it'll take a lot more than Christmas magic to change their minds. Cooper: Liesel Fischer is the Grinch I never knew I needed. She's smart, snarky, and treats me like a typo she wants to delete. So naturally, getting under her skin is my new favorite Christmas tradition. It doesn't matter that I'm itching to unwrap all the intriguing layers beneath her prickly exterior. And it especially doesn't matter that she's the first woman I've ever wanted to drop my own walls for. I'm not allowed to date her. I shouldn't date her. But after a blizzard traps us in her car and I miss my flight home, I'm definitely going to date her. Now if a Christmas miracle can just convince her family that we belong together. I'll put it in my letter to Santa. Set in the charming world of Single All the Way, this swoony, closed-door standalone holiday romance connects to Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend and the Catching Feelings series.