Houston Baddies Hockey
A fast-paced, sexy romp about a sassy fan-girl and a flailing hockey star.
1. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT by Sara Ney
SYNOPSIS
I didn’t mean to roast Gio Montagalo, goalie and crown jewel of The Houston Baddies hockey team. Honestly, I was screaming at the TV in a sports bar like any self-respecting sports junkie does when their team is on a losing streak! So when his twin sister sidles up on the stool beside me, laughing at my commentary, I figured I’d made a fan, too. What I didn’t expect? For her brother—the guy I called ‘a flashy ice peacock with the reflexes of a sloth’—to hear about it. Yikes. What were the odds?!
Next thing I know, Gio is in my DMs with a challenge: “Hold up a sassy sign at my game and hit me with your best shot. Roast me in front of everyone.” For him, it’s fun. For me, it’s humiliating. But I did it. Glitter included. And because the universe thrives on chaos, the Baddies won.
Now Gio thinks I’m his good luck charm, begging me to show up with more signs. He also wants to see me—off the ice. What does a hot, hockey hunk want with a bookish girlie like me?
I try to keep my distance. Mostly. Soon, Gio is showing up at my job for swoony kisses and trying to charm my dog—also named Gio—and failing because my dog hates him at first sight. I wonder if this whole ‘lucky charm’ thing has less to do with hockey and more to do with the overwhelming, undeniable pull I feel toward him. Or maybe it’s fate’s way of showing me that sometimes, the guy you roast on national TV can be the one you accidentally fall for.
A laugh-out-loud romp packed with sizzling chemistry, sharp banter, and a no-strings fling that’s about to break all the rules.
2. CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT by Sara Ney
SYNOPSIS
There are two sacred rules in the Montagalo household: Family comes first. Don’t date my brother’s teammates. Of course, I went and broke both…
It started with a little banter on a dating app. A teeny, tiny secret: flirty messages with Luca Babineaux, the sweet, charming—and stupidly attractive forward on the Houston Baddies—who makes sweat and bruises look so f’ing hot. One spark turns into a secret first date. A few kisses become way more. Now I’m tangled in a full-blown secret romance, and every time Gio walks into the room, I have a full-blown anxiety attack.
Dating in secret? Thrilling.
Lying to my brother? Exhausting.
Falling for Luca Babineaux obviously wasn’t part of the game plan. It never is, is it? He wants to go public with our relationship. I’d rather not.
Now I have to decide what matters more: keeping my promises to my dumb, overprotective brother... or choose myself for once. All’s fair in love and hockey. Right?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Ney is a USA Today best-selling author of contemporary romance. She is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult works.
Among her favorite vices, Sara includes iced lattes, historical architecture, and well-placed sarcasm.
She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.
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