He’s sexy as sin… …and if someone doesn’t check me fast, I’m gonna fall for the single dad hockey coach. I’d adored my last two charges with all of my heart, but they grew up and no longer needed me. Saying goodbye had hurt more than I could endure again, so I wasn’t keen to start over as a nanny anytime soon… Until I met scared, angry Beatrix. I had to help the little girl whose need for love is palpable. And her uncle Silas, who’s stepped up to dad? His sultry, pin-me-in-place eyes promised to fulfill all my dreams. Silas knows nothing about children, thanks to his broken childhood, and even less about making a family or a home. He’s in way over his head. That’s where I come in. A fixer, they call it in hockey. I’m not sure I can fix what’s broken between them, and yet... I yearn for the life we could share—that is, if taking a chance on the single dad doesn’t put my heart in the penalty box for good… A steamy, angsty single dad sports romance from USA Today Bestseller Alexa Padgett. \\\FORMERLY TITLED COACHING THE NANNY\\\

The only ice he fears is the frozen wall protecting her battered heart… Keelie Hayes has fast and hard rules about life and love. And those rules have served her well, keeping her heart safe from being broken again, her trust from another painful shattering. Until hockey star Cormac Bouchard skated onto the scene with his charm and scorching sensual gaze only for her and changed the whole game. Keelie’s no longer sure about her rules, but she’s throwing up every frosty defense possible to keep from dreaming of that coveted shot at forever. Cormac makes no excuses for the poor choices he’s made on and off the ice. He’s done the work, put in the hours, and served his time in life’s penalty box. Now all he wants is a place to belong–and to take his Wildcatters to the NHL finals. They’ve become the family he’s always wanted, and he can’t let them down. But his normally iron-willed focus fails him when it comes to the beautiful ice queen he wants to melt in the hottest ways possible. If only he could earn her precious trust. Which would mean finally pushing beyond his own painful past to be the partner she deserves and the man he desperately wants to be. Easier said than done. Dare he go all-in on a long-shot love that just might heal both their pasts and redeem a future neither ever dreamed possible?

Ours is a marriage of convenience…until it isn’t. What do you get when you throw a stoic D-Man, a free-spirited art therapist, and an enormous dog into a house? It sounds like an opening line to a joke. But this is my life ... I never expected to find myself legally tied to Maxim Dolov, the star defenseman for the Houston Wildcatters. Between his visa issues and my angry ex, a marriage on paper solves all our problems. Until our marriage becomes real… too real and I’m forced to confront the truth about our future: I don’t want our marriage to end. Another Hit will have you cheering for Maxim and Ida Jane’s happily ever after. Don’t miss this story with its sizzling chemistry and heart-pounding hockey action.