Cover of Make Your Play

Make Your Play

Cali Melle · Aston Archers Hockey #2

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A hockey star proposes a marriage-of-convenience to cover his best friend's sister's pregnancy bills — then falls first.

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Falling for my best friend’s brother was not a part of my plan... especially while I was pregnant with someone else’s child.In my defense, I got pregnant by a guy who wants absolutely nothing to do with me or the baby.And, just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, my health insurance drops me, claiming I lied about a pre-existing condition.Being in this alone is scary enough, but trying to figure out how I’m going to pay for my medical care? That’s a whole new level of terrifying.When Nash Simmons—my best friend’s brother, and Aston Archers star hockey player—finds out about the predicament I’m in, he steps in to save me from a financial disaster with an offer I can’t possibly refuse.His proposal: I marry him for his insurance and we get it annulled after the baby is born.It seems like the perfect solution, but as our arrangement unfolds and we continue to grow closer, it becomes even harder to ignore the electricity sizzling between us.The lines between real and fake are starting to blur, and I can’t help but wonder if there’s room for my son and I in his future.Or am I only fooling myself by thinking this could ever be more than what it was supposed to be?____________________________________________From bestselling romance author, Cali Melle, Make Your Play is a fun and steamy standalone from the Aston Archers series. Each book can be read alone and follows a fictional professional player falling in love.MAKE YOUR PLAY TROPES:Pro Hockey RomanceSurprise Pregnancy (it's not his)Best Friend's SiblingMarriage of ConvenienceForced ProximityHe Falls First

Aston Archers Hockey series

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