Scoring Beauty
Alley Ciz · BTU Alumni #6
A sworn-off-dating hockey captain meets a single mom who's sworn off hockey players — her kid ships it anyway.
Description
RyanI’m done with dating.Happily-ever-after isn’t in the cards for me, so I’m officially taking myself off the market.Hockey is my mecca.The arena my temple.The ice the altar I worship at.Then...I met her.Strip me naked and run me over with a Zamboni—she’s the textbook definition of a bad love match.Amara Miller, beyond beautiful and effortlessly drawing me into her orbit and making it impossible to resist her. AmaraIt should have been a simple cross-country move.Instead, it sent me crashing—quite literally—into the captain of Coach’s new hockey team.Did I mention he was half-naked when it happened?It doesn’t matter that he’s sexy as sin and the swooniest motherpucker I’ve ever met.I will not lust after hockey players.Been there.Done that.Bought the maternity shirt.And Ryan Donnelly? He’s pretty much Mr. Hockey.The problem is, I’m not the only one enamored with him—my kid is too.It’s turning into a problem, because this mama doesn’t have time to play games when it comes to our hearts.Scoring Beauty is a sporty, sexy romcom featuring a hot-mess (at least in her eyes) single mom who’s about to knock this swoony motherpucking hockey player on his very fine behind. This interconnected stand-alone comes complete with your favorite can’t-mind-their-own-business Covenettes, a next generation trying their hands at the matchmaking shenanigans, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
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