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Changing Lines (Railers' Book 1)


Can Tennant show Jared that age is just a number, and that love is all that matters?

The Rowe Brothers are famous hockey hotshots, but as the youngest of the trio, Tennant has always had to play against his brothers’ reputations. To get out of their shadows, and against their advice, he accepts a trade to the Harrisburg Railers, where he runs into Jared Madsen. Mads is an old family friend and his brother’s one-time teammate. Mads is Tennant’s new coach. And Mads is the sexiest thing he’s ever laid eyes on.

Jared Madsen’s hockey career was cut short by a fault in his heart, but coaching keeps him close to the game. When Ten is traded to the team, his carefully organized world is thrown into chaos. Nine years younger and his best friend’s brother, he knows Ten is strictly off-limits, but as soon as he sees Ten’s moves, on and off the ice, he knows his heart could get him into trouble again.


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Torvill & Dean - The figure skaters that got me hooked on ice...



Yesterday was the release of Deep Edge, book 3 in the Railers series with VL Locey. In it we have an ice hockey player and a figure skater, in an opposites attract story.

As you all know I love hockey, but my love of this came from watching the pairs figure skating at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics. We had these skaters you see, the UK I mean, and we don't have an awful lot of people entering the Winter Olympics (or at least we didn't back then!). They were called Torvill & Dean and they were going to win something.

So we all watched, because, you know it was weird to have this thing happening. Robin Cousins was our other figure skater at the time, but like I said before as a country we don't have the investment in ice sports the same as we do in say, Football.

T&D won gold and became "... the highest scoring figure skaters of all time (for a single programme) receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge, after skating to Boléro. ..."

You can see the actual program here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zbbN4OL98

Amazing...

They were national treasures from that day on!


Deep Edge - RJ Scott & VL Locey

One man’s passion, another man’s lies. Can love fix even the darkest of hearts.

Trent Hanson is a figure skating phenom adored by millions around the world. His whole life has been dedicated to the sport he loves even when the sport - and his own family - have turned against him. From the playground to the Olympics to his parent’s living room, Trent has fought against bullies and homophobes to be the out and proud gay man he is. But the constant fighting has left Trent tired, lonely, and skittish.

All those fears will have to be shelved though when he’s hired to spend the summer working with the Harrisburg Railers ice hockey team. Who would have guessed that the man fate has decided to pair him off with is Dieter Lehmann, all-around sex god and a man who seems to have everything to prove and doesn’t care who he hurts to get what he wants.

Dieter has spent too many years languishing in the minors and a secret addiction to prescription painkillers means his career is in a downward spiral. His ex is blackmailing him and he’s close to walking away from it all.

But when he’s called up in the run for the Stanley Cup to cover injuries he has a taste of what it’s like playing in the NHL and he realizes that a place on the Railers roster is what he wants more than anything. More than listening to his heart, and even more than caring for the infuriating figure skater who gets under his skin. When he crosses the line to get what he wants, he knows he has lost his way. He has to change, but is it too late for both his career and any chance he might have at love?

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Changing on the Fly: The Second Period – A MM Hockey Romance Charity Anthology


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The Anthology 

Changing on the Fly is a celebration of romance, featuring four M/M stories about hockey players falling in love on – and off – the ice. All proceeds from the anthology will be donated to a charity that supports inclusiveness in athletics.

The anthology will be available starting in October 4, 2017, for a limited time only.

It includes the following stories:

Head in the Game by Jeff Adams
Second Chance at Love by Heather Lire
Rookie Moves by V.L. Locey
Secrets by RJ Scott

Story Blurbs

Jeff Adams’ – Head in the Game

After a disastrous breakup, pro hockey defenseman Roger Jacobson’s game is slipping. With his contract up for renewal he has to do something quick because his fourteen-year career is on the line. Roger returns to his hometown to work with his old coach, while helping run the summer hockey camp. But Dylan Baker, a handsome graduate student and the coach’s son, proves to be a romantic distraction that Roger couldn’t have anticipated.

Can Roger’s trip home fix his game and mend his broken heart?

Heather Lire’s Second Chance at Love

Growing up in Holiday, Vermont Zach and Tony were best friends. After high school, they drifted apart as their lives and careers took them in different directions. When they run into each other on vacation they fall back into the easy friendship they’d had as kids.
The one thing they didn’t expect was the sexual tension between them. As they explore these new feelings for each other they discover that sometimes the last person they expected fall for is their Second Chance at Love.

V.L. Locey’s Rookie Moves

It’s been three months since New York Nightwings superstar center and captain, Riley Zeally, came out. The glare of the media has been incredibly bright but Riley’s used to dealing with the spotlight. His boyfriend, Keiffer, isn’t. The intense scrutiny of being at the side of such a huge sports star is proving to be incredibly stressful for the one-time hustler.

Details about his former life on the streets is now common knowledge, his life with Riley is under a magnifying glass, and his past is about to step out of the shadows in an even bigger way. Can a rookie in the ways of the press and professional athletics survive the pressure of sharing his life with the league’s most famous gay player? Will the tentative new love Riley and Keiffer share fold under the weight of fans and fame?

Rj Scott’s Secrets

Benji is 'the' skater in the league who brings down the height average. Coming in at five eight, he's used to players chirping at him all night about his height.

Including the sexy defenseman for the Carlisle Rush, Avery Lester, with his stunning eyes and his cute smile.

When Benji makes a single inappropriate comment about Avery's ass, everything goes to hell. Add in Avery’s heroics during a hate crime, and things just go from bad to worse.

Abruptly it's not his height Benji has to worry about, but the chance that his closely guarded secret is shared all over the Internet.

Can love find a way, or will keeping secrets tear Benji and Avery apart?


First Season (Harrisburg Railers #2) with V.L. Locey

Cover by Meredith Russell

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Layton Foxx has worked hard for what he's achieved. The condo, the career, the chance to make his mark...it's all down to the sacrifices he's made. With tragedy in his past, he doesn’t want or need love. Then he meets Adler Lockhart, the extroverted, sexy winger for the Harrisburg Railers, and abruptly he can’t avoid love even if he wanted to.

Adler Lockhart has had everything handed to him his whole life. Cars, villas, cash, college tuition at the finest Ivy League schools. The only thing he doesn’t have is parents who care, or the love of a good man. Then Layton walks into his privileged life and shows him what real love can be like.

Layton wants success, Adler wants a family...how can love make both these things possible?

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Harrisburg Railers Series

Changing Lines (Book #1)
First Season (Book #2)
Deep Edge (Book #3)

Reviews

"First Season is an excellent follow up to Changing Lines and solidifies this series as a must read for anyone who enjoys hockey or a sweet romance between strong men." Joyfully Jay

"...When you mix that all together in the story First Season, it all comes together in a romance that hooked me in from the very start, made me love its characters from the main couple to the secondary cast and kept me invested as well as connected in everyone’s story." Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words 

"...First Season is of the same high quality writing, character and plot development that has become the norm for RJ Scott and V.L. Locey." Jim's Reading Room

"On the surface, this is probably one of the most unlikely pairings that I’ve encountered in a while but at the end of it all, it’s also one of the sweetest." My Fiction Nook 



Changing Lines (Harrisburg Railers #1) with V.L. Locey


Cover by Meredith Russell

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The Rowe Brothers are famous hockey hotshots, but as the youngest of the trio, Tennant has always had to play against his brothers’ reputations. To get out of their shadows, and against their advice, he accepts a trade to the Harrisburg Railers, where he runs into Jared Madsen. Mads is an old family friend and his brother’s one-time teammate. Mads is Tennant’s new coach. And Mads is the sexiest thing he’s ever laid eyes on.

Jared Madsen’s hockey career was cut short by a fault in his heart, but coaching keeps him close to the game. When Ten is traded to the team, his carefully organized world is thrown into chaos. Nine years his junior and his best friend’s brother, he knows Ten is strictly off-limits, but as soon as he sees Ten’s moves, on and off the ice, he knows that his heart could get him into trouble again.

Can Tennant show Jared that age is just a number, and that love is all that matters?


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Harrisburg Railers Series

Changing Lines (Book #1)
First Season (Book #2) 
Deep Edge (Book #3) WIP
Poke Check (Book #4) WIP

Reviews

‘Changing Lines’ is by no means a comedy but it is a good start to what I think is going to be an enjoyable hockey themed series. There were hot men both on and off the ice, humorous moments…also on and off the ice, there’s Pokemon and Pokemon tattoos, there’s Sven, one of the best Russian goalies EVER!…I love Sven and a coming out that is epic from start to finish.
If book 2 is anything like this one…well, all I can say is…‘Hockey Night in Canada’ just got a whole lot more interesting." - My Fiction Nook

"While both Ten and Mads are brilliant characters the supporting characters are just as good, from Ten’s brothers to the Harrisburg Railers team they are an interesting mix and fully entertaining. I have a secret hope that Stan will one day get a story because that Russian goalie is just one excellent character!
I recommend this to those who love sports stories, love a dash of angst, who adore characters with explosive temperaments, and who love watching two men overcoming fears and embracing their love for each other." - MM Good Book Reviews

Excerpt

I heard the fight before I saw it, but skated over on instinct, sliding to a halt and attempting to work out what the hell was going on. A quick head-count had five guys beating on each other, and right in the middle, Ten.

Coach skated alongside. “What the fuck?” he shouted, and blew his whistle.

Three of the fighters backed off, but Ten and…shit, that was Addison, his line mate. They were still going at it, Ten sliding back, losing his footing and falling on his ass, dragging Addison with him in a tumble and tangle of arms and legs. The crack of a breaking stick had me wincing, and I waded through the shocked observers to the two on the floor. Ten was on the bottom to start with, but by the time I reached him, he was straddling Addison and shouting in his face.

I couldn’t make out the words, not clearly, but I winced at what I did hear. Fag. And that was from Ten. Disgust and disappointment welled inside me. Ten knew me, knew I’d had a boyfriend. He wasn’t a kid who crossed lines like that. I gripped his jersey, and with a tug so hard he flailed, I dragged him upward. Temper made me see red, and I yanked him across the ice. He couldn’t get purchase, off balance, and almost crashed to the rubber when we stepped off the ice.

“Jesus, Mads,” he said, and righted himself with a hand on the boards.

“With me,” I snapped.

The forwards coach skated over, but I waved him away. I was dealing with this, and even though he frowned, my counterpart let it go.

“Five minutes,” was all he said. “Then he’s mine.”

I stamped my way to the changing rooms and through to the skate-sharpening area, which was sound-proofed. I had words to say, and I wasn’t leaving them unsaid. Ten came in after me, and I shoved him aside so I could shut the door.

“What the fuck?” I asked with restrained aggression.

“He fucking started it!” Ten said, touching the lump on his forehead. “Asshole.”

That defense meant nothing to me, and it was my turn to snap. I backed him up against the door.

“If I ever hear you using that word again, I will personally knock you the fuck out.”

I was shouting right at him, eye to eye, and I saw the moment when the temper in his eyes became something else. Confusion.

“I didn’t… I wouldn’t…”

“I heard you, Ten. You called him a fag—”

“No,” he interrupted me, and he sounded so hurt—defensive, almost. “He called me that, said I was showing him up, that I needed to slow the hell down, and then he called me a faggot, and I lost it, okay?”

Now it was my turn to be confused. “I heard you say…”

“That if he ever used the word fag again, I would bury him.”

“Why?”

“Why what?” Ten looked at me like I’d grown a second head, like I had something on my face. He was trying to find something there, and all I could show him was confusion.

“Did you do that for me?” I asked, and abruptly all my strength left me and I slumped against the wall for support.

“Jared—”

“Don’t do that, okay? I’m at peace with who I am, but I don’t need you to fight for me, you get that? You keep yourself safe and you don’t rise to what anyone says.”

“That’s bullshit,” Ten snapped. “That word is offensive and I don’t want it used in that way, demeaning, laughing. I won’t have it.”

“Why? Ten, there are ways of dealing with this. Official ways.”

“He kept saying it, and he knew…”

“Knew what? About me? The world and his wife know I’m bi; I don’t need protecting.” My confusion was growing, and Ten looked like someone had kicked him in the balls and left him to cry in a heap on the floor.

“He saw me, he must have…”

“Ten?”

“Okay, so it’s no big deal, right,” Ten began. “I took a guy back to my room when I first got here, and he saw.”

“What are you saying?”

Ten looked at me. “You’re not stupid,” he said. “I’m gay, Jared. I’m in the fucking closet, and I’m gay. Okay?”

Warning - offensive word use ahead... NSFW - paying lip service to orientation and gender rights

Ryan Getzlaf, hockey player earning $9.25 million a year, used an offensive word in a Stanley Cup third round game, he pretty much screamed the word cocksucker at an opposing player. Not once apparently, but more than once, directed at the referee, allegedly.

This is the moment, plus a typical response to that post:

https://twitter.com/sharonjackson/status/866046012036571136

There was an outcry from both sides; *that was a bad word, and shouldn't have been used in any circumstance*, was one argument. *It's a game, they're men, stop being pansies about this* was fifty percent of the replies.

I should give you some background here. Getzlaf is captain of the Anaheim Ducks, who are playing the Nashville Predators, and kind of losing. The winners of this set of games go through to the finals of *the* cup every hockey player dreams of winning - the Stanley Cup. Tension is high, anger is high, and hockey is a game that is fierce, and violent at times. There is a lot of cursing, and pushing, and hitting, and there is also a lot of mistakes made on ice, calls that were missed, calls made on things that shouldn’t even be calls. Also it is fast. Really fast. It's a mass of movement and action and speed.

To me, Getzlaf seemed like a hard working physical player who appeared in interviews to have a cool sense of humor and seemed to embody what being a captain was all about. I’m not rooting for their team, but I liked to watch him on the ice. I’ve watched him, and many others on every single NHL team curse. A fuck here, a bastard there, a c**t there, using these words as punctuation. There are also one hell of a lot of passive aggressive comments made to the linesman and ref, and there are copious uses of the word shit, fuck, asshole etc.

Andrew Shaw, another player used the word *fag*, was fined and suspended.

Getzlaf used the word *cocksucker* and was fined £10,000 (The maximum they could be apparently - I bet he misses that in his $9.25 million annual salary). The NHL didn't suspend him, because... hell knows, probably because he's the captain, and this is the finals, blah blah.

Mixed message there, and one that supports my ongoing theory.

Both of these words along with my own personal hated word c**t (I can’t even type it LOL) implies that the skater being shouted at is *less than a man should be*. They are *Gay* (fag, cocksucker) or they are women (c**t).

I’ve seen the incident. You can read more here: http://www.outsports.com/2017/5/20/15670274/ryan-getzlaf-gay-slur-fine

Afterwards Getzlaf had this to say:

"Obviously a situation like that where I'm on the bench by myself, frustration set in," Getzlaf said after the Ducks lost 3-1 in Game 5 at Honda Center on Saturday. "There was obviously some words said, not necessarily directed at anyone in particular, it was just kind of a comment. … I've got to be a little bit more responsible … the words I choose."

The league, in fining him, had this to say:

"Getzlaf's comment in Thursday's game, particularly as directed to another individual on the ice, was inappropriately demeaning and disrespectful, and crossed the line into behavior that we deem unacceptable," NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in a statement. "The type of language chosen and utilized in this instance will not be tolerated in the National Hockey League."

I’m not sure what Getzlaf is meaning when he says this though:

"That's my responsibility … is to understand there's eyes and ears on us all the time. Fortunately enough, nobody heard it. If you can read lips, it's a little bit harder and I apologize for that. That's the thing you won't hear from me again. I hope I didn't offend anybody outside the circle that we trust."

I actually think this is a non-apology and he is saying, "fuck, i thought i'd got away with it, but i was spotted, asshole lip readers", probably.

Endemic in the NHL, and in fact all professional male sports is this whole concept that your sexuality impacts you as a player.

So for me, it wasn’t the use of the slur I wanted to debate, it was the intent behind it.

Heat of the moment, I know. It’s a rough intense sport, I know. Ryan didn’t mean it the way it was said, not so sure. Of course he wanted to use something that would hurt someone as much as he could.

But the worst thing for me is that behind all the You Can Play initiatives, encouraging equality in the sport for all gender, sexual identities, and ability, there will always be that place of final retreat – demeaning a player by likening them to a group that is deemed lesser. Seems to me the NHL is paying lip service to orientation and gender rights.

Next time Getzlaf, stick to *asshole*… we all have those.


Secrets (Changing On the Fly Anthology)

Release - October 2017

A Charity Anthology 

Benji is the skater in the league who brings down the height average. Coming in at five eight, he's used to players chirping at him all night about his height.

Including the sexy defender for the Carlisle Rush, Avery Lester, with his stunning eyes and his cute smile.

When Benji makes a single inappropriate comment about Avery's ass, everything goes to hell. Add in Avery’s heroics during a hate crime, and things just go from bad to worse.

Abruptly it's not his height Benji has to worry about, but the chance that his closely guarded secret is shared all over the Internet.


Can love find a way, or will keeping secrets tear Benji and Avery apart?



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Sunday Social with V L Locey

It's Sunday Social time and today I'm sitting down with VL Locey, author of many MF and MM books for a chat about writing, hockey, fanfic, hockey, books, hockey and a collaboration between the two of us (hockey)!

RJ: Welcome VL. Take a seat by the fire, have a glass of wine, and nibbles and are you ready to start?

VL: Mm. nibbles…

RJ: I’ve got the hockey on as well. It’s a Penguins vs Rangers game, so we’re in for a nice peaceful chat with no rivalry. Right?

VL: Of course. *hides Rangers foam finger behind back*

RJ: Takes off Sidney Crosby shirt...

RJ: So, to those RJ fans who haven’t met you before, can you tell us a bit about your writing? First off: What kinds of genres do you write in

VL:I primarily write erotic hockey romances, mostly M/M although I do have an M/F hockey series running. I also dabble in M/M shifter romances from time to time.

RJ: Where do people need to visit you if they want to see the books you have written

VL: They can find my books on Amazon and all the other quality sites as well as my website -http://vlloceyauthor.com/-

RJ: Oh look the Pens scored, that’s 10 - 2 to the Pens now - JK.

VL: Wait a second! 10-2! *searches tv channels for game RJ is watching* My game shows the Rangers up by 11. *winks*

RJ: Wrong channel… clearly...So when did you start writing - have you always wanted to write?

VL: Sorry, I was still flipping for this game. The guys are going to be exhausted by the time it’s over.
I’ve always had stories in my head I just never knew I could write them down and other people would want to read them.

RJ: What was the first thing you wrote that you wanted the *public* to read?

VL: The first thing I ever wrote that I shared was a Wolverine fan fiction. That was umpteen years ago over at the old Marvel Message boards where I was a moderator. Totally blew me away when other Marvel fans read and liked that story.

RJ: As anyone who follows my blog knows I started in Supernatural fan fiction, and yes, to think that people want to read your stuff - it blows you away. So, how long did you write fan fiction before you decided to publish? Oh and is any of your fan fiction still available and do you still write it?

VL:Was that the Ranger goal horn I just heard?

RJ: No, clearly not.

VL: Rats.

RJ: Well it may have been, but in this virtual game, only the Penguin’s goals count!

VL: I suspect fowl play. Fowl. Ha! See because we’re talking about penguins… Ahem.

RJ: So, go on then, do you still write fan fiction?

VL: As for the fan fiction, yes I still write it. Mostly it’s Torchwood although I do have some older Marvel stuff I want to tidy up and post over AO3. I write under my old Marvel admin name of Feral Female, in honor of Wolverine. I wubs Logan.

RJ: (I wubs Logan too) AO3 is where I read all the hockey fan fiction… just saying… Crosby/Malkin, Kane/Toews, Benn/Seguin

VL: I need to seriously look up this hockey fan fiction. It intrigues me.

RJ: Well, there is a lot of beta/alpha stories, and soul bond stories, very fan fiction, and always awesome! One of my first novels, Oracle, and also Texas 1 and Moments, they were old fan fictions that I took and redid and published with three times the word counts… have you re-visited any of your old fan fiction and thought *This would make an awesome story?*

VL: That’s cool that you could pull some original works from the FF. I never have done that and here’s why. My head is weird. Well, you probably knew that but when I write a story, it’s done. I cannot go back and rewrite it. Which is why I have to work in a linear way. Start to finish on one project. If I stop and go off I lose interest and I never go back. So I have to purge the work completely the first time. I will say that a few of my original characters are based on real hockey players...

RJ: Of course your head is weird, you’re a Rangers fan. Joking aside I feel the same way, once I finish a story now, it’s complete in my head. Done. Poeple ask me whether I would revisit stories like The Christmas Throwaway, and in my mind that story is complete. It would have to take a lot for me to write more in that universe.

*nods*

VL: *throws Rangers hat at Rj*

RJ: Threatens to take of Penguin pants as well as sweatshirt

RJ: Okay so are you a pantser or a plotter then?

VL: Pantster. 100% organic writer. I jot out some character bios before I start and maybe a hot scene or two but that’s it. Plotting kills a story fast for me because I’ve already written it in the plotting if that makes sense.

RJ: Same here. Do you ever feel that plotting means that the story is done in your head? That is how I feel, so I am a definite pantser. I give my characters birthdays, eye colour etc, I even research the houses they live in, but the story just unfolds so I don’t get bored. Is that how you feel?

VL: Totally the same for me.

RJ: Clearly we were twins separated at birth - apart from the fact you support the wrong hockey team

VL: Clearly twins. Although methinks ‘tis you who supports the wrong team. *flashes Zucc shirt*

RJ: Anyone would think I’ve only supported a team since last March…

VL: Hockey is like that. Once you discover how incredible it is you’re hooked forever.

RJ: Sexy. Fast. Brutal. I love the stories behind the teams. This inspires my own hockey series, so tell me about your MM hockey series as most of my readers are MM fans

VL: oh boy, this may take a while. My MM hockey series consist of a couple new ones that I’m going to be kicking off now that I have my rights back from Ellora’s Cave. I’ll be starting things off with a box set re-release of my top selling MM hockey books the Point Shot trilogy. From those I’ll be springboarding into a new series about the Cayuga Cougars, the team that Victor and Dan (from the Point Shot trilogy) played one. I also will be launching a new M/M series about a new team that forms in a Pennsylvania gay hockey league, The Brighton Wood Blades. I have a passel of novellas that came back to me from EC that I’m going to get into box sets as well but those will come later.

RJ: OMG we need to write this together. Sid could mentor them! And bloody Ellora’s cave. Talking of the books coming back from crappy publishers - of which I have some as well - do you find it hard to get those back out with new cover art when you’ve lost money on them?

VL: I would LOVE to write something with you someday. And yes, it’s a real struggle to get them back out financially because good cover art costs. Thankfully at least the editing has been done so there’s not that expense. But, I LOVE the new covers so much more than the older ones so the expense was worth it to me.

RJ: Oh we should write together in an MM series … invites you to write in my ‘verse set in Vermont… in all seriousness, we could rock that, and you could be a Pens fan… oh maybe not… I have had to invest in a lot of new cover art for my ARe books…. (insert curse word for ARe)... and I am much happier with the covers I have now.

VL: We would rock an MM hockey series. You could be a Rangers fan...or maybe not. ;)

RJ: I can’t see that happening - looks at standings - how about we both anti-support the Blue Jackets and the Washington Capitals?

VL: The Russian in a trunk discussion we had just a bit ago? We could totally work that into a book. Just saying.

RJ: So much this!!!!

RJ: we should focus on the interview… coughs… SO what made you decide to publish your work? I can’t stop laughing.

VL: Same here. I’m laughing so hard that it’s hard to type. Ahem, yes. I decided to try my hand at publishing when other people kept telling me to. Seriously, it took that kind of push from several good friends. You know us artists. We’re our own worst critics and I never imagined that what I plunked down on paper would interest anyone other than me. But, I gave it a whirl and wrote the first M/F hockey book in the Wildcat series and the rest just fell into place.

RJ: And I am English, we don’t do well with self confidence at the best of times...LOL… I thought you Americans were super confident!

VL: Oh not all of us. We have our doubts and insecurities just like everyone else. We just hide them behind Captain America.

RJ: Well we have *insert UK hero here* ohhhh we have Dr Who and Torchwood! And Cardiff!

VL: Captain Britain! Well you know my love for Jack and Ianto and Dr. Who. *writes all the Janto*

RJ: If only for Captain Britain, or Captain UK (CUK for short!) So, my next question is… where about in the US do you live? Because there is a very good saying - in the UK 100 miles is a long way, and in the US, 100 years is a long time. We actually think it’s cool that it takes as long to fly from London to NY as it is for you to fly from NY to say, Seattle.

VL: I live in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, which is why most of my stories are set in the PA/NY area since I’m so familiar with it. We’re way up in the mountains and VERY rural. Dirt roads, chickens in the yard, no neighbors.

RJ: So why aren’t you a Pittsburgh Penguins fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VL: They don’t have Mats Zuccarello or The King. Although they do have my Hags.

RJ: Rumor is that the Pens might be taking Zuccarello - how do you react to that?

VL: Take that back! You already got Hags, you can’t have Zucc. *hugs Mats close to chest*

RJ: Rubs hands in glee… offers Zucc 10 million a year for twenty years, just to reunite Zuccs and Hags…

VL:Wow, you have one HELL of a cap.

RJ: We won the Stanley Cup - we can have what we want!

VL: Pft

RJ: So a reminder to readers… what is your next book and where can they find details? AND, if they are new to VL Locey, where should they start?

VL: My next M/F book will be Angle Play, Venom #4, coming out 18 January, actually. The M/M books will be starting with the Point Shot Trilogy coming out 3/1 *giggles as Rj fixes dates* [RJ: 1st March] Snap Shot, Cayuga Cougars #1 will release on 4/6 and [RJ: 6th April for the non yanks here] and then there will be an F/F novella for the Venom on 5/5 [RJ: well that can’t be argued with, 5th May!]. Oh! The Brighton Wood Blades first book, Finding the Edge, will come out on 9/27 [RJ: that is 27 September, which is incidentally is 24 days after my 50th birthday, just saying!]. There’s more in there but my brain is not working well due to worry over Zuccarello going to the Pens.

RJ: and the Pens score again, that is 14:2 now

VL: Okay, you are totes making that score up.

RJ: look entirely innocent :)

RJ: thank you for this, it was so much fun, and I guess my readers need to watch out for a joint MM series from me and VL Locey… coming soon…

VL: Yay! I had a blast, truly. Thank you for sitting down to chat with me. *hugs*

RJ: Do you have a newsletter to sign up to?

VL: I sure do! Here’s the link--http://vlloceyauthor.us12.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=e5d2a9913f9b3cafe6d73edba&id=1595d88bbf

RJ: To read VL’s books go visit

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RJ: Thank you VL, It was a lot of fun, let’s go organise our series of 29 books now…. And guys, did you see out of this created a whole new series!!!!!!


Lily Harlem - Hot Ice Hockey



Lily Harlem’s sexy Vipers have been re-released and are available on Kindle Unlimited for the first time.


HOT ICE is a series of hockey-themed 7 novels, the first HIRED is only 99c/99p, and the 7th, RUSSIAN HEAT, comes with a FREE bonus short story ROOKIE RULES. They are predominantly M/F erotic romances with the exception of HIGH-STICKED which is M/M and TEAMWORK which is menage a trois. Go on…get lost in Lily’s bad boys of the ice and the women who tame them.

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Excerpt from HIRED

“You grab the cushions,” Logan called over the noise of the flapping shrubbery. “I’ll anchor down the parasol.”

Unlocking the door to the living area, I grabbed three pillows and chucked them inside. I went back for the other three then tumbled in, half shutting the door behind myself. My hair was wild, my cheeks stung and my heart pounded as I caught my breath.

I watched Logan close the umbrella and secure the pole into place. He glanced around, shading his eyes with his hand, checking for anything else that might blow away, then headed my way with a train of dry, flat leaves skittering past his feet. I opened the door wide to let him through. He stepped in, still squinting against the dust, as I pushed the door shut with a loud click.

The world went silent. After the howling wind and the roaring sea, the quiet of the house was acute and heavy and fell around us like a dense cloak.

Leaning back against the door, I pulled in a deep breath. “Made it,” I gasped.

“Yeah,” he said, stepping up close—real close.

When I looked up, his cheeks were stained red, several grains of sand hung in his long lashes and his hair was tousled and dusted with gold. “Is that everything tied down?” I asked, trying to ignore my breasts heaving against my halter-top.

“Well, almost everything,” he said with a decidedly carnal grin.

I flattened my palms against the cool glass door behind me. “What else do you need to tie down?”

The right side of his mouth creased upward and he gave the tiniest of twitches with his eyebrows. “I’d like to tie you down,” he said, his gaze coming to rest on my mouth. “To the bed.”

My stomach knotted as excitement, anticipation and sin collided in a delicious tangle.

“But I guess that’s moving a bit fast,” he murmured, bending his head lower. “We only just met.”

“A bit fast for me,” I agreed, absorbing the burning heat from his body as it radiated toward mine.

“Brooke.” He raised one hand and rested it against the wooden doorframe by my left ear. He moved in closer still. The gorgeous spiced aftershave he wore invaded my nostrils and settled not just on my tongue but somewhere else deep inside me. “You remember when you walked out the water yesterday?” he asked in a low, rumbling voice.

“Yes.” How could I forget the toe-curling embarrassment? He’d stared silently as me as I’d ambled up the beach, trying desperately to look cool and unflustered. I felt my cheeks warming further at the memory as my stomach twisted.

“It was a million times better than any Bond movie.”

“It was?”

“Hell, yeah. If they had you as a Bond girl it would be my favorite film. Not just 007, but any film ever.” His mouth slid upward in a grin. “You just about blew my mind.”

“I did?” He’d liked what he’d seen, and I thought he’d been unimpressed with my curvy attributes.

“Oh, yeah, my mind and other parts of my anatomy.”

He ducked his head, his lips a whisper from mine. I could almost taste the salt on his mouth.

“Well, we wouldn’t want that would we, Logan?” I murmured.

“Wouldn’t we?” He raised his eyebrows.

“Sounds painful.” I swallowed, my throat tight.

“It’s already getting painful.” He shifted his weight to the other foot. We were so close now my breast brushed against his chest and my nipples, which had tightened to hard pinched peaks, scraped against him through my clothing.

I reached up to touch his jaw, his bristles catching on my fingertips. Our gazes connected and I rose onto the balls of my feet and pressed my mouth to his.

He opened up and took immediate control of the kiss. He tasted so good—man and ocean, wind and sun—he tasted of everything I was missing in my life and had been for so long. I moved my hands to his shoulders and squeezed hard muscles through his soft cotton shirt. My tongue searched for his and began to explore his mouth.

Logan groaned and let go of the doorframe, cradling the base of my skull in his palm and winding his other arm around my waist. He pulled me close and as the length of our bodies touched, right in the very center of my abdomen, he pressed his steely erection forward. He was right, he was painfully hard.

“Damn, you taste good,” he murmured, trailing a gentle kiss across my cheek.

I tipped my head back and let him explore the base of my ear, the angle of my jaw and the hollow of my throat. “I taste like salt,” I said.

“You taste of the beach and flowers and coconut,” he whispered between kisses. “Delicious.” He pulled back slightly, slipping his fingertips under the shoulders of my cardigan and easing it down my arms. It fell to the floor and he slid his palms back up over my elbows to the base of my neck.

Each tiny section of flesh he touched came alive with sensation and pricked with greedy little goose bumps searching out his caress. I found his mouth again and ran my fingers into the hair at the nape of his neck. I pulled his head to mine harder. I wanted more. Much more.

He was busy, fiddling with the knot at the back of my halter-top. It was cleverly designed with a fitted bra, it had cost a fortune but was well worth it. I felt it slipping free and pulled back from the kiss, crossing my arm over my chest and gripping my opposite shoulder to hold it in place.

“What’s up?” Logan asked, his eyes heavy with desire and his voice thick with lust.

“I’m…I’m big,” I said in a rush then felt silly for saying something so insecure and obvious.

“Me too,” he said, a provocative grin playing on his mouth.

About Lily Harlem

Lily Harlem lives in the UK and is an award-winning author of erotic romance. She writes for publishers on both sides of the Atlantic including HarperCollins, Totally Bound, Pride, Evernight, and Stormy Nights Publishing. Her work regularly receives high praise and industry nominations.

Before turning her hand to writing Lily Harlem worked as a trauma nurse and her latest HarperCollins release, Confessions of a Naughty Night Nurse draws on her many experiences while nursing in London. Lily also self-publishes and The Silk Tie, The Glass Knot Cold Nights, Hot Bodies Bite Mark and Shared have been blessed with many 5* reviews.

Lily writes MF, MM and ménage a trois, her books regularly hit the #1 spot on Amazon Bestseller lists and Breathe You In was named a USA Today Reviewer’s Recommended Read of 2014. Her latest MM novel is Dark Warrior and you can grab Part One of her series Caught on Camera for FREE! Don’t miss HOT ICE a popular hockey series, again first book FREE!

Lily also co-authors with Natalie Dae and publishes under the name Harlem Dae - check out That Filthy Book which has been hailed as a novel 'every woman should read' and is available in book stores nationwide.

One thing you can be sure of, whatever book you pick up by Ms Harlem, is it will be wildly romantic and down-and-dirty sexy. Enjoy!

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Christmas On The Ice #2 - Various Authors

Two of my favourite things, Christmas and Hockey, so time to curl up on the sofa, stick on the Christmas mix and spend some time reading about those gorgeous hockey hunks and how they're going to be spending their season of goodwill!



Samantha Wayland - Checking It Twice (Crashing #2)
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Blurb

Mike & Alexei are back, and they’re hotter than ever.

After four years with Alexei, there are a few things Mike knows with absolute certainty: he loves Alexei, Alexei loves him, and Alexei gives the very best gifts. This Christmas is no exception, though Mike is having a hell of a time figuring out what, exactly, Alexei’s gift is.

Alexei knows his gift this year is going to blow Mike’s mind, but in the meantime, it’s pretty hilarious watching Mike try to figure out what it is. Granted, Alexei does have a lot of surprises in store for Mike this week, and it sure as hell isn’t frankincense and myrrh.

Author Bio

Samantha Wayland has always dreamed of being a novelist. She wrote her first novel as an escape from the pressures of her day job. That fascinating piece of contemporary erotic mystery/suspense with elements of paranormal, international intrigue, and god only knows what else, is safely tucked under her bed, where it will remain until hell freezes over. Since then she’s learned a lot about the craft and turned her attention to writing contemporary MM and MMF Ménage erotic romance.

Sam lives with her family—of both the two and four-legged variety—outside of Boston. She used to spend her days toiling away in corporate nerdville but was recently sprung from that hell. Now when she’s not locked away in her home office, she can generally be found tucked in the corner of the local Thai place with a few beloved friends (and fellow authors).

Her favorite things include mango martinis, tiny Chihuahuas with big attitude problems, and the Oxford comma.

Sam loves to hear from readers.

Email her at samantha@samanthawayland.com or find her on Facebook or Twitter.



Kaz Mizera - Cody's Christmas Surprise (Las Vegas Sidewinders #1.5)

Blurb

The magic of Christmas is in the air and Cody Armstrong has a big surprise for his wife of seven years. Surrounded by their friends and family, he’s hoping this will be a Christmas Eve she’ll never forget.

Suzanne Armstrong finally understands that her sweet, handsome husband didn’t just marry her because she was pregnant. This is their first Christmas as a real couple and she has a special surprise for him too.

When an old acquaintance shows up on their doorstep with a surprise of her own, it could be the end of the happily ever after they’ve waited so long to find. Cody will have to prove that Suze is the only woman he’s ever loved and she’ll have to search her heart to decide whether she can put her faith in him. Facing their biggest obstacle yet, will they come out the other side or will the past shatter any chance for them to have a future?

Note: This is a holiday novella that goes along with the Las Vegas Sidewinders series. It can be read as a stand-alone but is a supplement to the series that falls between the first two books.



Lisa B. Kamps - Breakaway (Baltimore Sinners #5)

Blurb

Jean-Pierre "JP" Larocque is a speed demon for the Baltimore Banners. He lives for speed off the ice, too, playing fast and loose with cars and women. But is he really a player, or is his carefree exterior nothing more than a show, hiding a lonely man filled with regret as he struggles to forget the only woman who mattered?

Emily Poole thought she knew what she wanted in life, but everything changed five years ago. Now she exists day by day, helping care for her niece after her sister’s bitter divorce. It may not be how she envisioned her life, but she's happy. Or so she thinks, until JP re-enters her life. Now she realizes there’s a lot more she wants, including a second chance with JP.

Can these two lost souls finally find forgiveness and Break Away to the future? Or will the shared tragedy of their past tear them apart for good this time?

Author Bio

Lisa B. Kamps is the author of the best-selling series The Baltimore Banners, featuring "hard-hitting, heart-melting hockey players" (USA Today), on and off the ice. Her newest series, Firehouse Fourteen, features hot and heroic firefighters and launched with ONCE BURNED.

Lisa grew up with an overactive imagination, strong encouragement from her parents, an insatiable infatuation with the Peanuts gang--and the constant companion of stories in her head. Writing those stories down just seemed natural and a new love was born at the ripe old age of five!

That love of writing continued to grow, along with all those voices in her head, even during her assorted careers: first as a firefighter with the Baltimore County Fire Department, then a very brief (and not very successful) stint at bartending in east Baltimore, and finally as the Director of Retail Operations for a busy Civil War non-profit.

Lisa currently lives in Maryland with her husband and two sons (who are mostly sorta-kinda moved out!), one very spoiled Border Collie, two cats with major attitude, several head of cattle, and entirely too many chickens to count.

Email: lisabkamps@gmail.com


Christmas On The Ice - Various Authors

Two of my favourite things, Christmas and Hockey, so time to curl up on the sofa, stick on the Christmas mix and spend some time reading about those gorgeous hockey hunks and how they're going to be spending their season of goodwill!

V L Locey - Holly & Hockey Boots

Blurb

Minor league goalie Adam Seiger is a nice guy. He’s kind, cute, and a little quirky (but show me a goalie who isn’t) and he loves to interact with fans. During a meet and greet after a game Adam meets Cason Reyes, a hard-working young man with stunning amber eyes and a smile as sweet as a candy cane. Desperate to see Cason again, Adam does something more than a little naughty.

To add insult to the egg nog, it appears that one little white lie may end Adam’s chance of having a merry Christmas with a new boyfriend. Will he end up with nothing but a lump of coal in his stocking, instead of the man who owns his heart?

Author Bio

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a flock of assorted domestic fowl, and two Jersey steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand. She can also be found online on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and GoodReads.

Website: http://vlloceyauthor.com/

Kelly Jamieson - Off Limits (An Aces Hockey Novella)
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Blurb

The Christmas season always puts a smile on Jenna McFadden’s face. Even though she’s bringing a boyfriend home for the first time, inside she’s dying to see Andrew. Years ago, when the McFaddens took the troubled teen into their home, Jenna had to keep her blazing-hot crush a secret. And now that he’s playing pro hockey for the NHL’s Chicago Aces, nothing’s changed. With his wide shoulders and taut muscles, Andrew’s the most tempting package in the house . . . one that Jenna’s dying to unwrap.

Andrew Ross just can’t make a play for Jenna. Her dad and brothers wouldn’t approve, and he could never betray the trust of the wonderful people who treated him like family when he lost his own. That’s what makes the holidays so hard. Whether Jenna’s skating with Andrew on a frozen pond or sitting on his lap while he plays Santa, she’s pushing all their boundaries—and there’s only so much a man can take. Andrew knows that she’s off-limits. But something deep down tells him that Jenna’s heart is the one prize he simply has to win.

Author Bio

Kelly Jamieson is a USA Today bestselling author of over 40 romance novels and novellas.

Her writing has been described as “emotionally complex”, “sweet and satisfying” and “blisteringly sexy”. She likes black coffee, white wine and high heels…and of course cheering on her Winnipeg Jets during hockey season!



Jennifer Loring - Firebird (The Firebird Trilogy)

Blurb

Stephanie Hartwell is a journalist chasing the story of her career…

When superstar hockey player and notorious bad boy Aleksandr Volynsky is traded to the Seattle Earthquakes in a blockbuster deal, Stephanie demands the opportunity to prove herself by scoring an exclusive interview with a man with no love for the media…the same man she once thought, as a naïve teenager, she’d someday marry.

An Olympian and Stanley Cup Champion, Aleksandr has achieved every goal he’s ever set…

Now expected to carry a failing team on his shoulders, Aleksandr’s troubles deepen when he encounters Stephanie after a season-opening loss. His lifestyle of drinking and random hookups has been a futile attempt to forget the beautiful tomboy who stole his heart nine years ago. And worse, fame and fortune have made it impossible for him to trust anyone—especially Stephanie, who is engaged to another man.

Romance rekindles, but tragedy reveals Aleksandr’s dark side…

Being with Aleksandr in the first place jeopardizes Stephanie’s journalistic integrity and threatens her career, and when he spirals out of control, it reawakens fears from her own history, making her unable to commit to a future with him.

When Aleksandr discovers the truth behind his self-destructive behavior, will his newfound self-awareness be enough to convince Stephanie to give him one last chance…

Or will his revelation drive her away for good?

Author Bio

Born in Portland, Maine and raised in rural western New York, Jennifer Loring had read Stephen King by age 11 and was writing horror stories within a year. Her first publication was in the Canadian vampire magazine Requiem Aeternam at age 21. After graduating with a BA in studio art, Jennifer wrote several novels that thankfully never saw the light of day, dabbled in more short stories (including the first draft of “The Bombay Trash Service”, which in 2004 was awarded an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror), and ran a popular fan fiction group in which members wrote space opera set in the Voltron universe.

Jennifer received her MFA from Seton Hill University’s program in Writing Popular Fiction, with a concentration in horror fiction, under the mentorship of William H. Horner and Tim Waggoner. She holds a BA in Studio Art from Mercyhurst University. In 2013, she won first place in Crystal Lake Publishing’s inaugural Tales from the Lake horror writing competition, which found her published alongside Tim Waggoner in the anthology of the same name. DarkFuse released her psychological horror/ghost story novella Conduits in September 2014, and her debut novel, Those of My Kind, was published by Omnium Gatherum in May 2015. The first book in her contemporary romance series, Firebird, was released on October 20, 2015 by Limitless Publishing, and the second book, What’s Left of Me, arrived in July 2016. 2016 will also see the release of her sci-fi romance novella, No One on Earth, from After Glows Publishing.

Jennifer lives in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, two basset hounds, and a turtle. She is a member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW).



The Code (Ice Dragons #1) Paperback

Now available to purchase in paperback!
 

Loving his best friend's sister goes against every code he knows, but one kiss is all it takes.

Ryan Flynn’s life and career with the Ice Dragons hockey team is defined by a code: friendship, loyalty, respect, leadership, and protection. A call from his best friend’s sister ends up with him taking her home, and it’s all he can do to remember that she’s off limits. It doesn’t matter that she’s too much of a temptation for a man on the edge, he’s promised her brother he wouldn’t let any guy in professional sports anywhere near her, and that includes him.

Kat has been in lust with hockey player Ryan Flynn since she first laid eyes on him. The problem? Ryan is her brother’s best friend, bound by a complicated code of chivalry both on and off the ice. When he rescues her and then takes her home, she just needs a single kiss—and he is more than happy to help her out. When the kiss is just the start of something they need to hide from her brother, abruptly things are out of control.

Could Ryan, the hard man of the Dragons, see her as anything more than his best friend’s sister? And will Kat be able to catch and keep this Dragon who is the other half of her?

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The Code (Ice Dragons #1) Paperback

Now available to purchase in paperback! 



Loving his best friend's sister goes against every code he knows, but one kiss is all it takes.

Ryan Flynn’s life and career with the Ice Dragons hockey team is defined by a code: friendship, loyalty, respect, leadership, and protection. A call from his best friend’s sister ends up with him taking her home, and it’s all he can do to remember that she’s off limits. It doesn’t matter that she’s too much of a temptation for a man on the edge, he’s promised her brother he wouldn’t let any guy in professional sports anywhere near her, and that includes him.

Kat has been in lust with hockey player Ryan Flynn since she first laid eyes on him. The problem? Ryan is her brother’s best friend, bound by a complicated code of chivalry both on and off the ice. When he rescues her and then takes her home, she just needs a single kiss—and he is more than happy to help her out. When the kiss is just the start of something they need to hide from her brother, abruptly things are out of control.

Could Ryan, the hard man of the Dragons, see her as anything more than his best friend’s sister? And will Kat be able to catch and keep this Dragon who is the other half of her?

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The Cold Fury Series - Sawyer Bennett

Love this series so much, I've already pre-ordered the December book (and the 2017 book - Roman!). A brilliant romance/hockey balance. Recommended.

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Alex (Cold Fury Hockey #1)

Hockey star Alexander Crossman has a reputation as a cold-hearted player on and off the rink. Pushed into the sport by an alcoholic father, Alex isn't afraid to give fans the proverbial middle finger, relishing his role as the MVP they love to hate. Management, however, isn't so amused. Now Alex has a choice: fix his public image through community service or ride the bench. But Alex refuses to be molded into the Carolina Cold Fury poster boy . . . not even by a tempting redhead with killer curves.

As a social worker, Sutton Price is accustomed to difficult people--like Alex, who's been assigned to help her create a drug-abuse awareness program for at-risk youth as part of the team's effort to clean up his image. What she doesn't expect is the arrogant smirk from his perfect lips to stir her most heated fantasies. But Sutton isn't one to cross professional boundaries--and besides, Alex doesn't do relationships . . . or does he? The more she sees behind Alex's bad-boy facade, the more Sutton craves the man she uncovers."

Garrett (Cold Fury Hockey #2)
Carolina Cold Fury star Garrett Samuelson never wants to miss out on a single minute of fun. Whether he’s playing hockey, hanging out with friends, or walking the red carpet with a new date on his arm, he lives every day to the fullest. When he meets Olivia Case, he sees someone who’s exactly his type—confident, sexy, smart . . . his next fling. But the more he pursues her, the more Garrett shares a side of himself that other women don’t normally get to see.

Olivia has been keeping a secret. While Garrett lives for the next thrill, Olivia’s not sure she’ll live to see the next day. She’s undergoing treatment for some serious medical issues, and she doesn’t have time for a relationship with no guarantees—especially one with a hot-as-sin womanizer who won’t take no for an answer. But as she gets to know the real Garrett, Olivia can’t help falling for him . . . hard. To reveal the truth would mean risking everything—but you can’t score without taking the tough shots.

Zack (Cold Fury Hockey #3)
Rising star Zack Grantham has been stuck in a downward spiral of grief ever since the car accident that left him a single dad and put his career on hold. Back on the road with the Carolina Cold Fury and still crippled by emotional baggage, he’s in need of some serious help with his son. But while the nerdy new nanny wins his son’s heart, Zack isn’t sure he’s ready for a woman’s touch—even after getting a glimpse of the killer curves she’s hiding under those baggy clothes.

Kate Francis usually keeps men like Zack at a distance. Though his athlete’s body is honed to perfection, he refuses to move on with his life—and besides, he’s her boss. Still, the sparks between them are undeniable, tempting Kate to turn their professional relationship into a personal one. But before she makes a power play for Zack’s wounded heart, Kate will have to open him up again and show him that love is worth the fight.

Ryker (Cold Fury Hockey, #4)

The stakes have never been higher for Carolina Cold Fury goalie Ryker Evans. With his contract running out, he’s got a year left to prove he’s still at the top of his game. And since his wife left him, Ryker has been balancing life as a pro-hockey star and a single parent to two daughters. Management is waiting for him to screw up. The fans are ready to pounce. Everybody’s taking dirty shots—except for the fiery redhead whose faith in Ryker gives him a fresh start.

As the league’s only female general manager, Gray Brannon has learned not to mix business with pleasure. And yet even this tough, talented career woman can’t help breaking her own rules as she gives Ryker everything she’s got. She hopes their hot streak will last forever, but with Ryker’s conniving ex plotting to reclaim her man, the pressure’s on Gray to step up and save a tender new love before it’s too late.


Hawke (Cold Fury Hockey #5)
The Carolina Cold Fury hockey team proves that love is a power play. As Sawyer Bennett’s New York Times bestselling series continues, the league’s most notorious party animal gets blindsided by the one that got away.

Off the ice, elite defenseman Hawke Therrien enjoys his fair share of booze and good times. And why shouldn’t he? He’s worked his way up from the minor leagues and made himself a star. The only thing Hawke misses from that life is the pierced, tattooed free spirit who broke his heart without so much as an explanation. She’s almost unrecognizable when she walks back into his life seven years later—except for the look in her eyes that feels like a punch to the gut.

Vale Campbell isn’t the same girl she was at twenty. As crazy as she was about Hawke, her reckless behavior and out-of-control drinking were starting to scare her. She had to clean up her act, and that would never happen with Hawke around. Cutting him loose was the hardest thing Vale ever had to do—until now. Because she’s still crazy about Hawke. And if he could ever learn to forgive her, they just might have a future together.


Max (Cold Fury Hockey #6) - coming Christmas 2016
The ice is a cold mistress. As the league’s most eligible goalie, Max Fournier has access to his fair share of willing puck bunnies, but right now he’s more interested in bringing home another championship than a one-night stand. A romantic at heart, Max believes in love; he’s just not great at relationships. So when he finally meets a nice girl who’s not blinded by his celebrity, he’s feeling the heat—and the pressure to save her from herself.

Between working two jobs and raising her sister’s kids, Julianne Bradley doesn’t have time for sports—or men. All she knows about Max is that he’s the sexiest customer to ever grace her gas-station counter. And he sees past her tired eyes and makes Jules yearn for things she can’t have: a glamorous fling, a passionate lover, and the time to enjoy both. Max makes her feel like Cinderella, even though Jules has enough baggage to crush a glass slipper. Luckily, he’s no prince—only a fierce competitor determined to win her heart.





The Baltimore Banners - Lisa B Kamps


Review

I have literally mainlined this entire series over the past month. I love a hockey book and this series is a brilliant mix of hockey and romance. Recommended.

And today book 8 has landed on my kindle so I have a happy smile and know exactly what I am reading tonight! 

The Heller Brothers Hockey Series - Kelly Jamieson



These brothers play the game…but the women know the score…
  • Book 1 - Breakaway (Jase)
  • Book 2 - Faceoff (Tag)
  • Book 3 - One Man Advantage (Logan)
  • Book 4 - Hat Trick – The Hellers are Home for the Holidays
  • Book 5 - Offside (Matt) 


Link to the five book set | Link to book 1 alone

Quick Review

I not only have a thing for hockey books, I also have a HUGE thing for series books featuring brothers. This series ticks both those things so was a win/win. A wonderful series, and oh much I wish there was a couple more *unknown* brothers, or maybe a few cousins... LOL

Also...

Check out Aces, another series by this author...