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I was a confirmed bachelor. I was married to my work and committed to nothing more. No woman was going to change that. Eva is my best friend and needed a life-changing favor: marry her so she could gain custody of her niece. A marriage of convenience that would only last a year, tops.

When I inherited the Dallas Oilers from my father, I became one of the youngest owners in hockey history. Even though the team was at the bottom of the hockey standings, I had big plans to change that and bring the Cup to Dallas. Falling in love was something I never believed would happen to me. You’d think I was getting everything I ever wanted with the girl and the winning record, but I still have a promise to fulfill to my childhood best friend.

Coming back home was supposed to be normal - not that my life had ever been normal, but it was getting there. Then I opened the door and found a man, broken, bloodied, and fighting for his life. I don’t know why, but I said I would take care of him. I had to - needed to. He was a mystery, showing up from out of nowhere. But he might have already stolen my heart.

After my sisters’ disastrous weddings, I’m never going to get married. I’ll just stay single forever. It doesn’t matter that I’m in love with my brother’s best friend. Or that Bennett and I shouldn’t even be friends with benefits. Until the positive sign tells me I’m pregnant....

I'm the one who broke up the golden couple - the woman people still whisper about, point at, and give dirty looks to. Did I sleep with the prom king? No. Did I sleep with the town's golden boy on vacation from college? Yes. Did I believe that he was going to marry me? Wholeheartedly. Did he? Not even close. He got engaged right in front of me, and then his father threw $200 at me and told me to take the trash out.

I never wanted to be a cowboy - living in a small town was suffocating. The military was my out. I saw every place I ever wanted and everything that nightmares are made of...until I almost lost my life and ended up back home.

Being a cowboy is in my blood, just like my father, and his father before him. Except unlike my father the only thing that interested me were my horses. I was the quiet one, the one who stood in the back and watched things unfold. Until I found her fighting for her life. Something inside me shifted. I couldn’t stop it, I fell in love with her. Even though I knew, in the end, she would leave me.

An Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, a Grammy - Kellie has them all. She's the most sought-after woman in Hollywood. She's about to leave on the biggest concert tour of her life. Headlining for the first time in five years. Around the world in 90 days. Should be a piece of cake. Until her new security detail walks in the room, and she’s looking into the eyes of the only man who didn’t fall for her charm. It's only a matter of time till he falls for Hollywood's princess.

Six days in Paris, that was the plan. Keep my head down, do my duty, and then I'd go back to my vineyard. It was smooth sailing until she came into the restaurant and sent back my newest full-bodied savory creation. I ignored her until she stormed out of the restaurant looking for a taxi at one in the morning. The gentleman I was, I couldn't leave her wandering around the streets of Paris, could I? I'd give her a ride, make sure she was safe, and it would be done...except it wasn't.

When my business partner asked me to do him a favor, I had no idea he was sending me on the blind date his mother had arranged for him. I walked into the bar, saw the woman drinking her third martini, and knew I was in for an eventful night. After an unexpected second date, she didn't know my real name or who I really was. By that time, the lie was too far gone, and I wanted her too much to admit the truth.

A blonde, a brunette, a redhead...he can have his pick of them all on any given night and he knows it. They wait, hoping he looks up and gives them his signature smirk, choosing them over the others because that’s his game. Except now he's signed the contract of a lifetime, one with a pesky little clause that says his zipper must stay up and his playboy image has got to tamp down.

Getting pregnant after a booze-cruise hookup was not what any parent wanted to hear, so I picked up my entire life and moved to Paris to start over. Six years later, I was ready to go home. I was a single mom, and the only thing I knew about my son's dad was his name - Luca. I didn't need to know anything else. The universe had other ideas because on our second day back home, the man came crashing back into my life.

Never make the same mistake twice is my motto. After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myself and never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots. Then he showed up, and he’s everywhere I turn, making me want something I shouldn’t.

Marissa: I didn't want this life. But sometimes you're forced to make the best of the crappy hand you've been dealt. I wanted to teach my daughter that. No matter what happens you face your problems head-on. Never cower. Never give up. Then someone took her and I had to put my faith in a system that had failed me, and my hope in a man I didn't know.

Ich bin Kapitän des NHL-Teams Dallas Oilers. Mit dem Privileg kommen Verpflichtungen. Ich bin ihr Anführer - auf und neben dem Eis. Von außen sieht es sicher so aus, als hätte ich das perfekte Leben. Weit gefehlt. Meine Ehefrau weigert sich, der Scheidung zuzustimmen. Sie will Status und Ruhm, ich will einfach nur frei sein. Es sollte nur ein normaler Abend mit Sponsoren und Mitspielern sein. Doch dann kam alles anders.

Sie nennen ihn den begehrtesten Junggesellen der NHL: Miller Adams. Da liegt es auf der Hand, dass er ein Date für den wohltätigen Zweck versteigert. Was hat er zu verlieren? Im schlimmsten Fall verbringt er einen Abend mit einem Fan. Im besten Fall ist sie heiß. Dass seine Traumfrau das höchste Gebot abgibt, ist ... unerwartet. Seit Jahren lässt die Sportreporterin Layla ihn abblitzen, doch jetzt bekommt er endlich eine Chance. Heiß, gefühlvoll und aufregend - das ist die neue Serie von USA TODAY Bestsellerautorin Natasha Madison über die Stars des Eishockey-Teams in Dallas.

Mit dem Schritt in die NHL nach Dallas ging für mich ein Traum in Erfüllung. Ich hatte alles, was ich wollte: Eine erfolgreiche Eishockey-Karriere, eine liebevolle Ehefrau, das erste Kind auf dem Weg. Was sollte schiefgehen? Stellt sich heraus, alles.

Elle s’est promis de ne plus jamais tomber amoureuse. Lui, il recherche la femme de sa vie. Mais après tout, on dit bien que les opposés s’attirent. Vivienne: Ne jamais tomber amoureuse. C’est ma devise, et je m’y suis toujours tenue. Avoir le cœur brisé une fois m’a suffi, je ne veux plus jamais revivre cette expérience. Il était censé n’être qu’un coup d’un soir, parce que c’est tout ce que je m’autorise. Cette simple règle ne devrait pas être aussi dure à suivre, mais je suis retournée le voir une deuxième fois, puis une troisième.

Elle, n’était pas prête à faire la rencontre de quelqu’un et encore moins à craquer pour le nouveau coach de son fils. Lui, est prêt à prouver à tout le monde qu’ils sont faits l’un pour l’autre. Caroline: Je ne m’attendais pas à devenir mère célibataire à seize ans. Mais je ne changerais mon passé pour rien au monde, parce que ce petit garçon est tout pour moi. Comme mon fils ne s’intéresse qu’au hockey, je cumule deux boulots pour m’assurer qu’il puisse y jouer. Je serais prête à tout pour qu’il n’ait pas à souffrir des mauvaises décisions de son père.

Tomber amoureux est bien la dernière chose dont ils ont besoin à l’heure actuelle... Zoé Quand on grandit entourée de joueurs de hockey, une chose est sûre : hors de question de se mettre en couple avec l’un d’eux. Et puis ce n’est pas comme si je cherchais une relation amoureuse... Jusqu’à ce qu’il chamboule toutes mes résolutions... Viktor À en croire mes parents, j’ai commencé à patiner avant même de savoir marcher. J’ai été sélectionné à la NHL à dix-sept ans. Et je vivais à LA, la ville de tous les possibles.