The good news is I was recently named head coach of the Portsmouth Whalers hockey team, the youngest coach in the NHL for their newest expansion team. The bad news? Brace yourself. I wish I had when I found out my half-brother just took his life. When I got up off the floor I also found out he left me with a mountain of debt—and his baby daughter. Even though my Aunt Hildie promises to come live with me in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to help me take care of the kid, she won't be coming until after her hip surgery. The I show up on the first day of pre-season training camp in a dented up old Jeep with a stroller full of trouble. Lucky for me—and luckier for the kid—the sister of one of my players is at the rink and she offers to help me out. She's a little young and a little crazy, but It’s only for a month. What could go wrong? She’s laid-back. and I'm an in-charge type. ( I'm grumpy and she's sunshine.) She loves kids and I don’t know what to do with the little girl. She teaches me. My girlfriend objects… ( Adult language and sexual content.)

“With a name like Chase, I should have known you’d catch up with me,” she says sporting her wry smile, pretending to be all casually cynical. I would have believed her act if it hadn’t been for that one night... Only problem is, I’m dying to re-live it all. And she’s not. Chase Whittier, just up from the minor leagues to join the NHL's new Portsmouth Whalers, is riding high and out to celebrate in Boston after their win against the Brawlers. In a departure from his usual behavior, he takes a woman home for a one night stand. Except this woman and this night are not what he expects from a one-night-stand. He connects with her on a level he’s never experienced before. This can’t be normal. But when she disappears before morning, he's more than disappointed because he didn't get her number—or her last name. And though he doesn’t expect to ever see her again, she stays on his mind. Until two weeks later when he goes to his grandma’s in Boston for Christmas and finds her there. She's his grandma's caretaker. And not happy to see him. At all. The One Timer is a full length New Adult hockey romance set in the world of the Portsmouth Whalers hockey team—an hour north of the Boston Brawlers. You'll see players from other stories drop in for fun, but this book was written to be read as a stand-alone. If you love hot hockey players and sizzling attraction with all the feels right up to the satisfying happy ending, you'll love this story! ( Contains sex and language for mature audiences. )

Sabien What does a billionaire hockey player and a clueless dog walker have in common? Besides my dog, we both enjoyed spending one hot night burning up the sheets. And we both needed something desperately enough to strike a deal. Possibly the stupidest deal ever imagined according to my lawyer, but once it's done, we're in bed together—literally—for the duration of the season. The one rule is that we agree to part ways cleanly at the end of the contract. No contact allowed. Whether we want it or not...