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Playing it
2021
First Published
3.86
Average Rating
300
Number of Pages

Part of Series

Anyone but him! Noah Waddell is a tough cop who spends his off-time playing hockey with first responders on the Portland Panthers. He’s in the small town of Elm Creek for a week of tournament games and he needs his sleep, so he's booked into a local hotel. Unfortunately, due to some back luck at the hotel, he and a woman he's never met both get booked into the last room. Emma Sanderson is not thrilled to be back in Elm Creek with her extended family, all of whom are obsessed with marrying her off. If fending off their attempts at matchmaking and having to wear the ugliest orange bridesmaid gown ever isn’t enough, now she’s sharing a hotel room with a hockey-playing detective. He might be rude, but he's hotter than sin, and there's a steamy attraction that's as inconvenient as it is potent. When a series of misunderstands results in Noah pretending to be her boyfriend and wedding date, Emma tries to remember that it’s all make-believe . . . even though she’s starting to think she wouldn’t mind if their fake romance was a reality.

Avg Rating
3.86
Number of Ratings
22
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author

Nicky Arden
Nicky Arden
Author · 6 books

In one of her many jobs, Nicky Arden once worked for an NHL team writing for their fan magazine. She’s also worked in engineering and high tech, for an environmental coalition and she spent five years as a newspaper reporter and editor. She can barely skate, but she loves the smell of a hockey rink right before a game, the excitement of the crowd and cheering her favorite players on. Nicky lives in the Pacific Northwest. Want to stay in touch? Check out her website at www.nickyarden.com or stop by her Facebook page.

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