Must Love Hockey

Lucy Quinn loves hockey. What she doesn't love? The latest PR stunt from her favorite team-a hockey romance book club designed to lure in more female fans. Pandering to so-called "thirsty" fans? It totally cheapens the sport. The worst part? They've slapped Bennett Wilder-the infuriatingly cocky, annoyingly handsome star forward-on the cover of this PR disaster like he's some kind of book boyfriend. Gross. So Lucy does what any passionate, totally rational fan would do-she starts a boycott. Bennett doesn't love being the face of a book club, but, hey, it's harmless fun… until he finds out some feisty, foul-mouthed superfan is trashing it, he's intrigued. And maybe just a little bit turned on. So, naturally, he makes it his mission to shut her up-with charm, persistence, and exceptionally skilled hands. And somehow, he always manages to make her forget why she was mad. But as their very public rivalry turns into something much deeper, Lucy realizes one terrifying truth-she might just be falling for the one guy she swore to hate.

Fake dating a hockey player for Christmas wasn't on my bingo card. Clare Johnson's job is handling PR for the Dallas Stampede-not getting tangled up with one of the players. But when Mitchell Drake-charming forward, fan favorite, and very off-limits-asks her to pose as his girlfriend for one week in small-town Minnesota, she reluctantly agrees. What's the worst that could happen? Mitchell's had six months to get over his very public broken engagement, and his family is done waiting. The last thing he needs is pitying smiles and whispered gossip. Clare is smart, sharp, and strong enough to hold her own with both fans and family-the perfect fake girlfriend. But holiday lights and snowy nights have a way of blurring the line between pretend and real. Clare fits too easily into his world-bonding with his grandma, winning at pond hockey, and looking unfairly good in his flannel. The more time they spend together, the less fake it feels. Full of small-town holiday magic, meddling relatives, and sizzling chemistry, Checking It Twice is a hockey romance about second chances and falling in love when you least expect it. Perfect for fans of fake dating, one-bed tension, forced proximity, and happily-ever-afters wrapped in Christmas lights. Because sometimes the best gifts aren't under the tree-they're standing right in front of you.

She doesn't believe in love. He doesn't believe in losing. Let the games begin. Scarlett "Scottie" Calloway built her career writing books about why women don't need men. Romance? Overrated. Soulmates? A marketing ploy. The last thing she wants is to spend a summer co–hosting a romance book club with an arrogant, insufferably handsome hockey player who thinks he knows a thing or two about love. Immediate no. Chase Remington lives for three things: hockey, winning, and pushing Scarlett's buttons. He's never met a challenge he couldn't charm his way through-until her. The queen of anti–romance loathes him, and frankly? He's having the time of his life getting under her skin. But when a PR stunt forces them together, their battle of wits turns into something far more dangerous-an attraction neither can afford. She swears she won't fall. He bets she will. By summer's end, only one will be right. And if there's one thing they do have in common? Neither likes to lose. The Book Club Boyfriend is a slow burn, enemies–to–lovers sports romance featuring professional athletes, shameless flirting, and a hero who falls first-and hard. Expect banter, chemistry, and a guaranteed happily ever after.