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Hot for the Hockey Player
2025
First Published
4.43
Average Rating
430
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Book 2 of The Single Moms of San The Vino Vixens. A reverse age gap (older woman/younger man), single mom, small town romance. She’s a guarded single mom. He’s the hockey player who never forgot her. In a small town full of whispers, their slow-burn attraction is about to ignite. Welcome to San Camanez, a humble, peaceful little island in the Puget Sound and home to the Vino Vixens. Four cousins—and single moms—who run a vineyard, love the wine they sell, raise their kids together, and still hold out hope that not all men are like the ones they married. This is Gabrielle’s story … Maverick Eight years ago, Gabrielle Campbell was the untouchable woman I lived with—sophisticated, stunning, off-limits. I was just a teenage hockey player with a hopeless crush. Now I’m twenty-six, a pro athlete sidelined by injury, and she’s back in my sights … watching me get carted off the ice. When I head to her sleepy island to rehab, I don’t expect her to still haunt my thoughts—or for that fire between us to burn hotter than ever. She’s trying to keep her distance, but I didn’t come this far to stay in the friend zone. Gabrielle Maverick Roy is temptation wrapped in muscle and charm … and completely wrong for me. I’m forty-one, a mother of two, and I don’t do impulsive. He’s younger, temporary, stirring up gossip on the island and trouble in the league. He’s a risk I can’t afford. But when he looks at me, I forget every reason I should say no. He’s patient. He’s kind. And when he touches me, I forget how to be careful. I swore I’d never gamble with my heart—or my kids’—but Maverick is breaking down every wall I’ve built. Letting him in could ruin everything—but denying him might ruin me.

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Whitley Cox
Whitley Cox
Author · 59 books

A Canadian West Coast baby born and raised, Whitley is married to her high school sweetheart and together they have two beautiful daughters and a fluffy dog. She spends her days making food that gets thrown on the floor, vacuuming Cheerios out from under the couch and making sure that the dog food doesn't end up in the air conditioner. But when the kids are at school and it's not quite wine o'clock, Whitley sits down, avoids the pile of laundry on the couch, and writes. A lover of all things decadent; wine, cheese, chocolate and spicy erotic romance, Whitley brings the humorous side of sex, the ridiculous side of relationships and the suspense of everyday life into her stories. With single dads, firefighters, Navy SEALs, mommy wars, body issues, threesomes, bondage and role-playing, Whitley’s books have all the funny and fabulously filthy words you could hope for. For all foreign translation rights and audiobook rights inquiries please contact literary agent Ena Burnette with SBR Media: ena@sbrmedia.com

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