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Hart Breaker

♥A steamy, forbidden one-night stand, ex’s sister, football romance♥

Before starting my NFL career, I flew into the city closest to the town I’d call home. I booked a room, went out to grab a bite, and ended up talking football with the locals, who had no clue who I was. Oh yeah, and I had a few too many drinks.

As the night wore on, everything became a little bit blurry. Deciding to use the men’s room before grabbing a ride back to the hotel to catch some ZZZs, the door to the stall behind me swung open and a chick with an SU ball cap on, barely containing her wild, dark locks, stepped out, glanced down at my junk, and said, “That will work.”

My response? “You sure about that?”

It worked. Of course, it worked. I’ve never had a problem making it … work.

Even after finding out she was related to the owners of the New York Knights, there wasn’t a problem. We agreed it was no big deal. I didn’t even take offense to what that could have meant south of the border, either.

The problem arose when I met her sister.

They look alike, but they couldn't be any different. And no, it’s not what you’re thinking. I don’t have a sisters fantasy or anything like that, and I’ve never been, and never will be, the guy who falls in love. My heart just doesn’t work that way.

The minute I met her fiancé, I knew he wasn’t the kind of guy who deserves to marry a girl like Riley Mae Brooks. Everyone around her knows it, too, but they’re not doing a damn thing to stop it. So, why do I feel like I have to?

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Dream Chaser

It was supposed to be a detour, not a destination.

Izzy

I’ve got websites to keep running, shifts to cover at the brewery, my ‘volunteer work’, a twenty-acre co-op farm to launch, a newspaper, and a coffee shop to figure out what to do with.

How is it that the merch closet reorganization is my biggest challenge? Okay, maybe not my biggest.

I manage my time to the minute and make time for all the important things. What I don’t have time for is the starting right guard of the New York Knights—no matter how much he fills out his team tee.

Griffon Skinner is all biceps, smirks, and trouble.

One night in Philly, we crossed a line.

And now?

He’s showing up in my space, drinking my coffee, and making me feel things I absolutely do not have time to feel.

Griffon

I’ve played in some of the loudest stadiums in the country, and with more … ladies than I can count, but nothing makes my heart race like Izzy Ross.

She’s a force—untamed, brilliant, unpredictable.

That night after the playoffs? I should’ve left it there.

But I didn’t.

And now I’m fighting to stay in control.

She thinks I’m just another jock with an ego complex.

I think she’s the most addictive thing I’ve ever touched.

One night was supposed to be enough.

Two might be considered a mistake.

But the more I see her—the woman, the dreamer, the tether—I know I’m already all in.

What to expect:

💛One Night Stand (with lingering consequences)
🏈Sports Romance (Pro Football)
💛Grumpy/Sunshine (in reverse!)
🏈Forced Proximity
💛Small Town / Found Family
🏈He Falls First
💛Secret Hookup to Something More
🏈Hidden Feelings, Big Energy

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The One Night Dash

Noelle

By day, I sell stories in my bookstore. By night, I’m writing my own spicy romcoms, so caffeinated and cheesy they’ll make you giggle, blush, and swoon. Because real life? It’s messy enough. My books are my escape, my happy place.

In college, athletes were never my type. Couldn’t be. Not when the risk of letting someone that close always outweighs the reward. Which is why Dash Sterling, the hockey player who made Lit class bearable, the guy whom I introduced to my then-best friend, was never even on my radar.

Now, one spilled coffee, one ruined dress, and he's suddenly everywhere. And worse? He’s looking at me like I’m the story he wants to write.

Dash

I’ve been a goner for Noelle Pembrooke since the first day of Lit class. She challenged me, made me laugh, and made me want more than I thought I deserved. But she never looked my way—not really. So, when she introduced me to her best friend, I let myself settle. A situationship, nothing real, nothing close to what I could have felt for her.

But I wasn’t ready for it then, anyway.

Now we’re both in New York, our lives colliding again, and this time, I’m not standing on the sidelines. Noelle may secretly write her spicy romance full of happy-ever-afters, but luckily for me, she still hasn’t found hers.

Some stories aren’t just written. They are fought for.

What to expect:

🏒 Pro Hockey Player
📚 Bookstore Owner
🏒 Grumpy x Sunshine
📚 Second Chance-ish
🏒 Hidden Scars
📚 Found Family

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The Ultimate Goal

Claudia

I swore I would never fall for another hockey player.

Not after a fling turned into a pregnancy and, when I offered him a chance to walk away, he took it. I can raise my daughter alone. I'd been raising myself for years. PhD completed and a job lined up, I didn't need him or his money.

She was almost four months old when he demanded to meet her in New York. I flew out, only to find he had forgotten to book the hotel room he promised, and every room in the city was booked.

The next day, he threatened to sue for custody and served me.

That night, he picked a fight after the game. A fight that brought an unexpected protector into my life.

Another player.

His rival.

Deacon

The Bears traded him, but he is never far enough away. We still have to play his team, and with them always comes trouble. They lost, and he and a few others showed up at Icehouse to start something.

I am not the guy who throws hands off the ice, but if something pops off, I back my team. That is what I was doing when he hit me from behind.

Turns out it was the best hit I ever took.

Because the woman he was harassing that night is now our new team psychologist.

Single mom. Brilliant. Calm. Untouchable.

I knew her without knowing her name.

And now that she is here, I am not letting her face him or anything else alone.

The Ultimate Goal is a steamy, single-mom, second-chance pro hockey romance with a protective hero who doesn’t stop until he gets what he wants.

What to expect:

🏒 Pro Hockey Player
📚 Single Mother
🏒 Protective MC
📚 Second Chance-ish
🏒 Hidden Scars
📚 Found Family

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The Romance Killer

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The Mother Faulker

Brilliant, broke, and building stability where none existed before.

I grew up somewhere that assumes your future will look exactly like your past.
Scholarships, discipline, and more late nights than I can count are the reason mine won’t.
I’m within reach of finishing my PhD and building the kind of life where stability isn’t something you hope for. It’s something you create.

Then Lucy arrives.

A little girl who’s already seen more dysfunction than any child should, and suddenly, the future I’ve been working toward carries a lot more weight.
Finishing my doctorate isn’t just about ambition anymore. It’s about making sure Lucy grows up somewhere steady, somewhere safe, somewhere with room to grow.

Which is not the apartment I share with three other people while barely getting by.

Most of the guys who used to live there have moved on with the women they fell for, women I know through the bookstore where I work and a PR campaign I’ve been helping with.
The house that once held half a hockey roster has room for more.

It’s about to become our temporary home.

Built for pressure, burdened by inheritance, best on the ice.

Responsibility has never been my favorite word.
Not when it comes wrapped in estates, expectations, and a family legacy that assumes my life already belongs to it.

Hockey is different. Hockey is something I chose.

Then there’s Hildy.

Brilliant. Stunning. The kind of woman who turns heads the moment she walks into a room, even in thrifted clothes.

Most people underestimate her. That’s their first mistake.
Mine was assuming she recognized me.

But the woman who stole my attention during a lecture, and kept it long after, clearly believed I was just another academic.

She still does.

Which means she has no idea the man she left that lecture with lives at the Puck Pad. The same place she’s about to call home.

What if the night she barely remembers is only the beginning?

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Taking First

From USA Today author MJ Fields, comes a small town, marriage of convenience, standalone sports romance. This steamy romance will make you blush, everywhere.

Whitley

When Pope left our hometown, my life changed. When he came back he saw his nemesis’ ring on my finger, I knew he was going to be angry, but people change, right?

When he found out I had a little girl he demanded I call things off with Kal. He says he refuses to let a man like him raise his child.

I told him she wasn’t his, but he still won’t back down.

Pope

The last thing I expected when I finally came home was to find out my best friend was a single mother to a four-year-old little beauty. Especially since that best friend asked me to rid her of her virtue before I left to play in the minors, nearly five years ago.

She says she’s not mine, but I know she belongs to me.

They say all is fair in love and baseball, but when secrets are revealed and truths are finally told, will he fight for a love he never expected or the game he was born to play?

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Stealing Second

From USA Today best-selling author MJ Fields, comes a brand new, grumpy sunshine, close proximity, standalone, steamy baseball romance

About Stealing Second

Cecilia

Fresh out of college, I stumbled into the opportunity of a lifetime. My favorite professor had a friend who was looking to retire and sell his animal clinic. With a lot of help and a giant push from my sister and her husband, I made an offer. I’m now the proud owner of Wags Veterinary Clinic in Trenton, New Jersey.

Life is good. I have a home with a beautifully landscaped lawn, a business that I love, and an amazing tribe of friends who encourage me to put myself out there. Truth be told, I prefer animals over most people. I’m happy with the occasional girls’ night in and catching a glimpse of the hot neighbor, who I undeniably fantasize about—often.

Those fantasies, however, come to a dramatic end when I see him walking his new puppy on my property and not cleaning up its mess—twice. There’s nothing hot about a man who doesn’t take care of his shhh—or his dog’s. Nothing.

Fantasy ruined.

Roman

Who gets a second chance at playing professional baseball after turning it down once before? This guy. I thought it was too good to be true, but my family encouraged me to take the opportunity and see what would happen. That’s exactly what I did, with zero expectations.

When I got the call that I was being pulled up from the minors to the majors, it was no longer an opportunity; it was a reality. Adjustments had to be made. I was going to be calling Trenton, New Jersey, home for a while; therefore, my minor-league lifestyle had to change. No more cleat chasers or hookups. I had to focus.

The problem with this is, my focus is on the hot redhead next door, and she … well, she can’t stand me.

If I’ve learned anything in the past couple of years, it’s that baseball is magic. It’s not in the game itself; it’s in the lessons about endless opportunities.

Right now, I’m on first, just waiting for the opportunity to steal second.

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Force At Third

An Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriage, Small Town Second Chance, Sports Romance.

Leland Locke is everything I always knew he would be.

Professional baseball player and F-boy extraordinaire, Locke’s the kind of man that no woman would ever give up a chance to call him theirs, even if for one night.

He’s just that good, and I hate that about him.

On the first day of my sophomore year of high school, I saw her and knew she was it.

That same night, I broke up with my girlfriend, Shelby Shutter, and Gwendolyn York became my girl, and I became her player. We were best friends and each other’s first everything.

She’s the last girl I loved, and I’m still the guy she hates.

Now, she and her partner are on a case involving my neighbor, and I will not stop until I get the answer to the one question I still have: how did we manage to mess up something as good as us?

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