Kim Findlay – författare

When did my job become fake dating the rookie screwup instead of playing hockey myself? I'm a professional hockey player, and an Olympic champion, but I've always taken second place to my brother. Male hockey trumps women's anything in my family. While my knee is heeling and I'm waiting to get back on the ice, I'm doing PR work for the Blaze and seeing all the advantages they get closeup.The frustration pays off when I arrange for my teammate to play during a men's game. Just one period, but still - a triumph! Unfortunately, it's tainted by the rookie goalie's rant about it being unfair. With the trade deadline passed, and the playoffs coming up, the team needs him, so they add fake dating him to my job description, hoping to prove that he supports women's hockey.  I'm a hockey player, not a WAG!He shocks me when he shares the reason behind his blowup - a secret he's keeping to protect my teammate. He's not the misogynist I thought. Now I just have to I convince people I'm interested in this guy, without falling for him, or betraying his confidence.Obviously I won't do either.

Whatever that is you're wearing is not going to cut itCooperWhat he's got:- Successful career as professional hockey player- Money.- Fame.- Penthouse apartment- Ferrari and Bentley- Impeccable taste in clothingWhat he doesn't have:- Respect of my family- A date for my sister's wedding CallieWhat she's got:- A successful career as a tax attorney- A nest egg- On track for becoming partner- A modest condo that's all hers- A ride or die roomie/bestie- Too big a bust lineWhat she doesn't have:- Any idea of how to golf or fit in at the country club- Fashion sense A makeover might solve both their problems, if he can convince her to trust him.

JoshI'm not the brightest guy. I did well in hockey but not in class. So it's not surprising that my mom and Katie's parents convinced me to break up with her back in high school. I thought I was doing the right thing, but when I run into her five years later, she lets me know just how badly I messed up.Things are different now. I'm an established hockey player on the Toronto Blaze, not a draft hopeful, and I have my teammates to help me figure out how to win Katie back. I've learned how to fight to get what I want now. And that's Katie.But when trade rumors start, I might be sidelined before I can convince her that this time, she's my goal.KatieJosh broke my heart in high school when he ended a two-year relationship by text. Since then I've put my education first, and I'm now working on my master's in math in Toronto. What are the odds I'd run into the guy again in a city of millions?I'm angry with him, but when I find out what our parents did, I'm angrier with them. I agree to be friends, like we were before we started dating. Until those pesky feelings arise, and despite how ordinary I am, he's pushing for more.I had my life planned out, and I don't know if getting involved with Josh again will be a mistake that derails my future, or the key to getting everything I want. With school struggles and trade rumors and family disapproval, what's the right solution to this problem?

PhinThe Christmas hockey break came at just the right time. I wanted to avoid my family's Christmas plans and rest my shoulder, so I drove out of the city to spend the holidays at the cottage. I didn't expect a snowfall to blow up into a storm, or to land in the ditch. I also didn't expect the tow driver who came to rescue me to be the girl from the cottage next door. The anger she blazed at me? Also unexpected.When we get snowed in together, I have my chance to find out why.SkyePhin Collins' face was on a dartboard in our family garage. Finding out he is the reason I was dragged out in a snowstorm two days before Christmas was infuriating. Especially when he asked me to drop him at the 'cottage' his family had built after forcing us to sell ours. But the kicker was when the power lines came down, and I was forced to shelter in their McMansion cottage during the storm.I was worried about controlling my temper. I didn't realize our chemistry would be the problem.

RemyFor the last twenty years, hockey has been my life. As a thirty-two-year-old backup goalie, on what could be my final contract, I need to game time if I hope to get an offer next year. Problem? The goalie coach is a former rival, and he's not happy I'm living next door to his ex-wife. My career is in his hands, so the smart play is to keep her at arms length.It would be easier if she wasn't so kind, to me and my rescue dog. She's the most amazing woman I've met, but this can't go anywhere. Her dreams are in Austin, and if the Aces let me go, my hockey career is over and I have no legal standing to be in the country.She's from a family of famous people, her ex was a better goalie than me, and I have nothing to offer, but my stupid heart won't let go.SophieI'm surrounded by superstars, including my ex-husband, so I'm used to being in the shadows, fixing guitars out of the limelight. I want to expand my business, but without my family's support, I'm doing it the hard way. Then Remy moves into the apartment over my workshop, and my ex freaks out.Remy's only here for the season, and spending time with me could hurt his career, so obviously we should ignore everything that's pulling us together. But he's the first person in a long time to see me, not the famous people around me. And when I need to feel desirable after a horrible evening, he makes me feel irresistible.How can I ask him to risk his hockey dreams when being with me is career suicide?

‎ JustinAs a hockey player, I'm used to playing through pain. But when I punch my teammate at practice, breaking my hand and ending my team's playoff hopes, I find out that emotional pain is not something I can ignore in the long-term.So now I'm back in my hometown, where I made the hard choice between family and love eleven years ago. My therapist wants me to face up to the past. It's not easy. My parents avoid discussing what they did, and the team hired the woman I left behind to help my recovery.I can deal with my parents. But seeing Mia again stirs up old feelings. Strong ones. I'm trying to change, but if I have to make the same choice, is a different outcome possible? MiaI'm struggling to keep so many balls in the air I don't have a moment for myself: my job, my six-year-old son, supporting my family including a horrible stepfather, increasingly incapacitated mother and selfish siblings. It's a lot. I'm exhausted.I'm not happy that my famous ex, the NHL player, is back, and people want to dig up our past. I definitely don't want to spend time with him. But he needs someone he can trust to help while he's rehabbing a broken hand. It's the work I do, and it's an easy job, so I finally agree.Spending time together reminds me why we fell in love all those years ago, but he has to return to Toronto, and I have to stay here. Can I survive choosing family over him again? Do I have a choice?