I’ve sworn off hockey players. Until the pregnancy test turns pink.Noah Scotch is revered in Boston, a veritable god on the ice. I’m a nerdy, newly minted college professor who would rather color code my planner than hit the club scene. Noah shouldn’t look at me twice but when he does, I falter.Who can blame me?The sweet talker with the deliciously chiseled abs and sinful chocolate eyes is a force. On and off the ice. One hot and intense night with Noah has me second guessing my lack of a dating life.Friends with benefits? He offers, I dive in headfirst.Growing up in a hockey family, I know better than to get serious with a player. But the more time I spend getting to know Noah, the more my intention to keep things casual rings false. Now, I’ve got a hopeful heart and a baby on the way.I just need to tell Noah. But when I do, will I end up with everything I never knew I wanted? Or on my own?

SophiaUnexpectedly becoming an heiress should've made all my problems go away, but instead, I have three new, huge ones: two giant tortoises and a lean, mean two-hundred-pound hockey player named Mason. He's as hot as he is insufferable, and he would've made a fine Viking if he hadn't been born in the wrong century.He wants to buy my hockey team, won't take no for an answer, and is willing to do anything to get his way… no matter how dirty he has to play.MasonAll I wanted was to buy my team, but what was supposed to be a simple business transaction got complicated, fast—and all because I accidentally insulted a woman who turned out to be the new owner… and a force of nature. Now all my carefully laid plans are unraveling, and I’m faced with a life-changing choice.Do I still want the team, or do I want the team’s owner more?

I'm his new boss. If we can stop hating each other long enough to work together.A chance meeting in a quiet corner of the bar leaves me furious. Who does he think he is anyway? Just because Cam North is a tall, smoking hot hockey god doesn't mean he can treat me like that.What he doesn't know is I'm his team's new owner, and I'm about to make his life a whole lot more complicated.I have one goal—make the Lowball Bay Sea Dragons ice hockey team as good as I know they can be. To do that, I need to keep a safe distance between me and the players. I can't lose my perspective.I sure as hell can't lose my heart.

A friends-to-lovers, off-limits, football romance from #26 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic.Sam Harper and I have been best friends since we were fourteen years old. Unfortunately, he sees himself as my unofficial big brother. Which really means that the guy is a major cock block. I swear he has a sixth sense when it comes to me getting laid. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to be on the verge of sealing the deal only for your bestie to appear out of nowhere and ruin everything?I have the sneaking suspicion that the guy enjoys messing with me.Why else would he take such perverse pleasure in doing it?Exactly.What Sam needs is a girlfriend.Someone to preoccupy him.Maybe then he'd stop trying to ruin all my fun.Except...I'm starting to notice things about Sam that I definitely shouldn’t be noticing. Like those piercing blue eyes that pin me in place. Or his short blond hair that I want to drag my fingers through. Not to mention those killer abs that I catch fleeting glimpses of when he stretches in class.These strange feelings are definitely starting to freak me out. I mean, we’re friends. We’ve always been just friends. And I don’t want that to change. I don’t want to take a chance and lose Sam. Next to my grandparents, he’s all I have.What I need is for our relationship to slide back to the way it's always been. We have eight solid years of friendship behind us. That's not something you throw away on a bit of sexual attraction that’ll eventually fizzle out.No matter how tempting it is.

I need to get my head in the game...ShaneI'm a goaltender in a slump but, when I meet a redhead who raises more than my blood pressure, it's game on. One steamy night with Bliss and I'm winning games again. Our affair is on fire and so is my game. But we both know it can't last. I want to move up to the NHL, and Bliss has her roots planted in a small town.…not let my heart call the shots.BlissI'm not looking for a relationship, especially not with an intense, driven athlete who's chasing his dreams. My ex's need for control nearly made me his emotional slave. I'm never going to give another man that kind of hold over me again. But a one-night stand with a hot hockey player who won't be around forever? Absolutely. But Shane's off-beat humor and killer smile might be more than I can withstand. And when Shane gets the call he’s been waiting for his whole life, I realize I've been fooling myself about giving him up. And Shane isn't giving up without a fight.

“Of the recent crop of Formula 1 romances, this one’s way out in front.” -- Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewWhen the curves are this dangerous, only a race car driver will do… A sizzling, high-octane Formula One rom-com you can read in one sitting!Mia Neal is a champion overthinker. Find something, fixate on it and spiral down. Fortunately, she puts that energy to good use: in a podcast about Formula One, her favorite sport in the world. There’s nothing about racing Mia doesn’t adore. The speed. The drivers. The fierce competition. The single-minded ambition. Ironic for a woman who’s changed careers more times than she can count.Only now, her salty takes on gorgeous Brit driver Xander Bishop have gone viral, and the podcast feels more and more like what she’s meant to do… Then Xander’s teammate invites her to the Miami Grand Prix to see F1 up close—and get in Xander’s head. He’s not exactly delighted at the shade she’s been throwing his way.It should be all-out war. Instead, Mia and Xander are stunned by the sudden crackle of…something sexual arcing between them. It’s irresistible, unbelievably hot—and Mia’s warning flags are waving. Because this reckless attraction is coming at Mia all too fast…Afterglow Books are bold, fast-paced romances you can read in one sitting. Don’t miss any of these other fun titles…Swap and Smell the Roses by Karen BoothFake Flame by Adele BuckMeet Me in a Mile by Elizabeth Hrib