Emil
I’m back, baby. And this time, I’m here to stay. After a year in the NHL, I gave up my dream when family obligations and my girlfriend called me home to Sweden, but I’m over that…and her. I belong in the U.S., competing at the highest level of hockey, playing for the newest NHL expansion team, the Texas Tornadoes. And never again will I trust a woman to put our love first.
Hanna
Two years ago, I was too young and immature to move five thousand miles from everything and everyone I knew. Emil tried to make us work, but he wasn’t happy playing hockey in Sweden. So it’s my turn to move across the world. I’m ready to show him I can be brave and stand on my own. But my student housing at the university in Austin falls through at the last minute, and now, I’m on his doorstep, hoping he’ll give me a second chance to prove I’ll love him forever.
Cam
Guarding the net is not my only goal
While other players relax on the golf course, my off-season is spent in the ballroom. Dancing keeps me limber and the memory of my mom alive. My father dismissed hockey as a career and moved on to a new family. Joke’s on him. I’ve made it to the NHL, and I’ll clear close to a mil at age twenty-four. The only thing left on my life plan is a family, and I have my eye on the beautiful dance instructor who keeps me on my toes.
Christina
I prefer numbers to people. They’re far more predictable. Numbers make sense; people don’t.
After a health issue ended my competitive ballroom dancing career, I took over management of my family’s financial empire. Then my brother insisted on bringing pro hockey to Austin, so here I am, co-owner of an NHL team and agreeing to give free financial advice to the players. When a friend needs help at her dance studio, the hottie taking private lessons is more tempting than a macro-enabled spreadsheet, until his headshot pops up on my brother’s hockey roster. Talk about a conflict of interest. Worse, he wants what I can’t give him—kids. Maybe just a fling…
Dances with Pucks is a workplace romance between two incredibly flexible people, which means things get steamy, stretched, and sometimes twisted. It introduces the Texas Tornadoes, the hottest, coolest expansion NHL team in hockey.
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