tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29412292185030036742024-02-15T04:44:08.661-05:00Stephanie Julian On a Moonlit NightStephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-14520416136158968442020-10-02T09:27:00.000-04:002020-10-02T09:27:01.730-04:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIgck-OCJBFcPo152jE3hIvm32VIqka8516hsyFOnH3PSUBjWSVD9P3Y0am_S1j5DpuL46w69N1u_XenK__PuUluoOven1OuiGlmb8gAVzKLs9sAww7VgKmjMMYMZU9IWgyWMudtfVe_p/s2048/DLRL_Teaser2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIgck-OCJBFcPo152jE3hIvm32VIqka8516hsyFOnH3PSUBjWSVD9P3Y0am_S1j5DpuL46w69N1u_XenK__PuUluoOven1OuiGlmb8gAVzKLs9sAww7VgKmjMMYMZU9IWgyWMudtfVe_p/w504-h422/DLRL_Teaser2.png" width="504" /></a></div><p></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><span><b>“I’m not much of a challenge. 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The Salon is undergoing renovations.<br />
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I've regained
rights to By Private Invitation, No Reservations, Over Exposed, Do Not
Disturb and Strings Attached and I will be revising the books slightly
for republication in February. At that time, they'll be available for
purchase on all sites.<br />
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If you've read the books, thank you! I
won't be making substantial changes to the stories. However, I wanted
you to know that while I'm reworking them, the first four will only be
available (in their original form) in Kindle Unlimited. (Strings
Attached will not be. More on that later) <br />
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They do have new
covers so I wanted to show them off. And if you haven't read the series
and you're in KU, now's the time to check them out.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KP87GZ" target="_blank">By Private Invitation</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KRZ268" target="_blank">No Reservations</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KNY3ZR" target="_blank">Over Exposed</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KVCWDP" target="_blank">Do Not Disturb</a> </div>
Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-79957604127354032062017-10-16T10:00:00.000-04:002017-10-16T10:00:02.804-04:00Preorder WHERE A GODDESS BELONGS Today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The long-awaited continuation of the Forgotten Goddesses series continues on Friday, October 27 with<b> WHERE A GODDESS BELONGS</b>.<br />
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<i>No escape, no fun, no sex... What's a forgotten goddess to do?</i><br />
It's
been three months since Kari, an Etruscan Goddess, was kidnapped and
her two hot captors have yet to lay a hand on her. She hasn't been
playing hard to get. In fact, she's made it clear she'd be more than
happy to pass the time more...pleasurably. Yes, Den and Jacoby may work
for the Malandante, but they're not evil. They're yummy.<br />
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Den
would gladly give Kari everything and anything she wants. He wants to
take her up on the offer in her teasing smile, but he needs something in
return. His mother is dying and he needs Kari to help him get her to
help...to the wolf shifters who would shoot Den and Jacoby on sight.<br />
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Jacoby
also needs Kari's help to get his sister Emelia away from his father.
Emelia has been identified as a new goddess, Kari's replacement, as a
matter of fact. Jacoby will do whatever it takes to make sure his father
can't corrupt Emelia. If that means defecting to the shifters, no
problem. Especially if that also means he can continue to see Kari.<br />
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But
even the best-laid plans can go wrong...and when Kari, Jacoby and Den
need to rescue Emelia, none of them expect the fight to cost more than
they're willing to pay.<br />
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And be sure to add it to your <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36403061-where-a-goddess-belongs?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads </a>to-be-read list.<br />
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There will be giveaways, excerpts and a very special deleted scene but those will only be available in my Facebook readers group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/StephanieJulianReaderSalon/" target="_blank">Stephanie Julian's Reader Salon</a> and to my newsletter subscribers. You can join my newsletter group <a href="http://eepurl.com/tsnWn" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Hope to see you soon!Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-33276098708305760842017-03-27T18:51:00.000-04:002017-03-27T18:52:25.345-04:00Check out these 99 cent sales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-45081024724259911582017-03-20T11:02:00.000-04:002017-03-20T11:02:53.719-04:00THE ENFORCER releases today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i> He knows how to fight for what he wants...and he wants her.</i></b></div>
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THE ENFORCER<br /> </div>
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Coming into a team in the middle of the season is never easy but
veteran hockey player Will MacDonald is a tough guy. He’s not afraid to
drop his gloves in defense of his teammates and he’s never met a woman
who’s made his heart pound as hard as a good fight. Until he has a
chance collision with a curvy brunette.<br /> Jess Gardiner has been
around hockey all her life. Her dad, an NHL scout, taught her everything
he knows about the game and she believes Will is just what the young
Redtails team needs. He’s just not what she needs in her life, even if
he is huge, hot and hard-bodied.<br /> Will is used to fighting for what he wants but winning Jess’s heart might be the toughest battle of his life.</div>
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Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-85240896374265854202017-03-08T20:33:00.001-05:002017-03-08T20:33:19.818-05:00THE BRICK WALL is on sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Redtails Hockey, where love is hotter on ice</div>
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Redtails goaltender Shane Conrad had been having a great year...until
recently. His slump couldn't happen at the worst time. He needs to get
his head in the game, not find a woman to screw with it. Bliss Vescovi
isn't looking for a commitment, especially not from an intense, driven
man used to control. But a one-night stand with a hot hockey player who
won't be around forever? Totally doable. When Shane gets called<span class="text_exposed_show">
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He won't go down without a fight because he knows, no matter where he
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~Releases March 21~<br />
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He’s a tough guy who’s never met a woman who could flatten him with a look... Until he meets her.<br />
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THE ENFORCER<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Coming into a team in the middle of the season is never easy but
veteran hockey player Will MacDonald is a tough guy. He’s not afraid to
drop his gloves in defense of his teammates and he’s never met a woman
who’s made his heart pound as hard as a good fight. Until he has a
chance collision with a curvy brunette.<br /> Jess Gardiner has been
around hockey all her life. Her dad, an NHL scout, taught her everything
he knows about the game and she believes Will is just what the young
Redtails team needs. He’s just not what she needs in her life, even if
he is huge, hot and hard-bodied.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Will is used to fighting for what he wants but winning Jess’s heart might be the toughest battle of his life.</span><br />
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Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-1095485472899052832016-12-13T10:26:00.001-05:002016-12-13T10:26:23.324-05:00THE GRINDER is now available!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">To enter, go <a href="http://bit.ly/halloween-rom" target="_blank">here</a></span> </span>Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-38784679503144701202016-09-14T09:26:00.002-04:002016-09-14T09:26:25.844-04:00Giveaway Alert for AN INDECENT LONGING<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy69DcnyxnVwg6JCoyO4P4i7tZZ9QF6BXTQ24ZeH6DgCiamAnKjQUC_3l1vhJXyVYVSKJVh_dMEg6yIJQnFUDKpFpkqlQ0r4gYFTqLE-gLQvevCLua9enLnbOy0XUblKq_au2_gsiksef/s1600/IndecentLonging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy69DcnyxnVwg6JCoyO4P4i7tZZ9QF6BXTQ24ZeH6DgCiamAnKjQUC_3l1vhJXyVYVSKJVh_dMEg6yIJQnFUDKpFpkqlQ0r4gYFTqLE-gLQvevCLua9enLnbOy0XUblKq_au2_gsiksef/s400/IndecentLonging.jpg" width="262" /></a>Win a copy of AN INDECENT LONGING on <a href="https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/ee122357081b1f80" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /> Every eligible entry has
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Dorrie Haverstick is the one woman Ian Keller wants with a burning
passion…and can’t have. Her connection to the man responsible for his
father’s death makes her poison. That doesn’t make him want her any
less.
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<br />Dorrie’s life is filled with secrets. Her beloved father runs the
Russian crime family in Philadelphia but keeps her existence a secret.
To acknowledge her would put her in constant danger and destroy her
reputation as a physician. But his money funds her medical practice and
she’s the on-call doctor for his men.
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<br />Decorated vet Ben Shaw knows his cousin Ian’s transition from the
shadowy world of black ops into regular life has been difficult. But
when he sees Ian’s interest in Dorrie, he sees Ian’s salvation in her
eyes. There’s only one problem: Ben falls hard for the quiet, driven
Dorrie.
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<br />Does Ben take Dorrie for himself? Or does he step back and wait for
Ian to make his move? Either way, someone's on the outside. Unless they
can agree on one indecent solution..<br />
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It's release day for AN INDECENT LONGING!<br />
I hope you'll check out Ian, Ben and Dorrie's story. I hope you love my new men as
much as I do. They're quite the pair and gave me more than a few fits
while I was writing them.<br />
This is the latest book in the Indecent menage series, so, yes, there are two heroes. More fun for everyone, if you ask me. <span class="_47e3" title="smile emoticon"><span class="_7oe">:)</span></span><br />
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And if you haven't started the series yet, now is a great time. AN
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Stephanie Julian's Reader Salon will have exclusive excerpts and contests and lots of fun stuff, so I hope to see you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/StephanieJulianReaderSalon/" target="_blank">here</a>. Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-74653289803785589712016-08-08T20:58:00.000-04:002016-08-08T20:58:56.271-04:00Looking for Bloggers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you have a blog and would like to host me during release week, starting Sept. 12, please sign up <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/o6Q9B3eZyLNIXvOM2" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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AN INDECENT LONGING is also up for preorder at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Indecent-Longing-Stephanie-Julian-ebook/dp/B01JVGMNDK/#nav-subnav" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-indecent-longing-stephanie-julian/1124279992" target="_blank">Barnes&Noble</a> and <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/an-indecent-longing/id1130693075?mt=11https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/an-indecent-longing/id1130693075?mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks</a>.</div>
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<br />Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-42151660868741640992016-07-17T20:24:00.002-04:002016-07-17T20:24:56.870-04:00Indecent Volume 1 sale on iBooks<div data-contents="true">
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I know I am. My husband is compensating for the absence of hockey with Le Tour de France but I'm not satisfied with skinny guys on bikes. I want hot hockey gods. I want checking and skating and scoring.<br />
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Good thing that I'm almost finished with AN INDECENT LONGING and can start writing THE SPECIALIST, the second book in the Redtails Hockey series. More on both of those books later....Stephanie Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575644344905307406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941229218503003674.post-14906724973053686402016-06-03T09:45:00.002-04:002016-06-03T09:48:51.925-04:00Free Paranormal Romances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't wait for you to meet the Redtails men! They've got huge personality and even bigger heart.<br />
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First up is Shane's story. He's the Redtails No. 1 goalie but he's going through a slump at the worst time. And then he meets Bliss. And discovers an even bigger challenge.<br />
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I love the game, which makes my hockey-mad husband very happy. It doesn't hurt that the guys are huge, hot, quirky and amazing athletes. The hubby and I have season tickets to our local ECHL team, the Reading Royals. We also manage to get in 12 games a year at the AHL Hershey Bears and have started on our quest to visit as many hockey arenas around the continent as we can manage. <br />
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THE BRICK WALL<br />
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<div class="Chapter">
Chapter One</div>
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<br /></div>
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“Son-of-a-motherfucking bitch.”</div>
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Stalking into the empty locker room
of the Reading Civic Arena, Shane Conrad tossed his helmet, swearing even more
when it smashed into the wall. Something cracked, either the wall or his goalie
helmet, and he didn’t much care either way.</div>
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One more nick in the cinderblock meant
shit. One more ding in his helmet… Well, his game was fucked at the moment and
he probably wouldn’t need the goddamn helmet much longer anyway. </div>
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Not the way he was playing.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Fuck.”</div>
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The rest of the team was still on
the ice for practice, though they’d be making their way back here in a few
minutes. Tonight, they’d play their last game before the three-day Christmas
holiday.</div>
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And it looked like Shane would be
riding the bench.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Christ, he felt like he was back in
high school—the fat, awkward kid at the school dance, sitting alone on the
bleachers while his friends danced with the hot chicks. The ones who only gave
him the time of day because he had a wicked sense of humor and he’d led his
high school hockey team to three straight victories.</div>
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Throwing himself onto the bench, he
ripped open the laces on his skates then threw them on the ground for good
measure. </div>
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Fucking hell, this sucked.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Get
your damn head out of your ass.</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Good advice. Wished he knew how to do
it.</div>
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Frustration burning through him
like lit gasoline, he started stripping off the rest of his gear, careful not
to rip his practice jersey and shorts. Didn’t give a shit about the rest. He hung
his pads in his locker out of habit before he grabbed a towel and stalked naked
to the showers.</div>
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He stood there for at least five
minutes, let the scalding hot water pour over his head and back, trying to get
the frustration and the anger to roll away with it.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
So far, not working.</div>
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And didn’t that just make him want
to suck down a gallon of Jack Daniels?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Shane.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
He stiffened as his teammate Cary Lenville’s
voice penetrated the fog in his head. He considered ignoring him but no one
ignored Cary.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
The assistant captain of the Reading
Redtails Hockey Club, Cary was the glue that held the team together. At
thirty-six, he was the oldest player and, even if he wasn’t the most skilled
player, he was the one everyone went to when they had problems. Cary always had
an answer, didn’t matter what the question was. And even if it wasn’t the completely
right answer, it was better than anything you’d come up with on your own.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
But Shane knew Cary couldn’t help
with this problem. Not when Shane was pretty damn sure it was all in his messed-up
head.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shutting off the water, he grabbed
his towel. “What’s up?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
He didn’t meet Cary’s gaze and he tried
to keep the edge out of his tone but couldn’t manage it. Not when frustrated embarrassment
threatened to choke him.</div>
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Goddammit, he was supposed to be
the team’s number one goalie. They’d nicknamed him the Brick Wall, for fuck’s
sake. So why the fuck wasn’t he playing like it?</div>
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The guys were depending on him to
help them get to the Calder Cup championships this year. They’d been playing
well enough to consider it a real possibility. But Shane had to pull his head
out of his ass…like, now.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Coach said you’re not going home
for the break.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huh?</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
He turned to give Cary a look before
heading back to his locker. Luckily, no one else was off the ice yet so he had
time to pull himself together.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Yeah, that’s right.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
He didn’t add that he couldn’t bear
to go home to Minnesota, where his mom would fuss over him like he was still in
high school and his pop would lecture him like he was still his coach.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
He loved his parents, but if he had
to deal with them for an extended period of time, it would totally fuck with
his head.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And that just made him feel worse.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Could he be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">any</i> more screwed up? If he continued like this, Coach would trade
his ass to Alaska or send him down to the ECHL.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Then what’re you doing tomorrow
night?” Cary asked.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shane snorted with disgust and
shook his head. “Besides drinking myself into a coma? Not one goddamn thing.
Why?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Come to my place. Lori and I are
having some people over.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shane automatically shook his head.
“Nah, man. I don’t think I’d be good company. Thanks anyway.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary went silent but he didn’t
move. And that was never a good thing. The six-foot-two, two-hundred-plus
defenseman not only was built like a brick shithouse but was pretty much as
immoveable as one.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
As the silence stretched on, Shane
sighed and turned, forcing himself to look directly into Cary’s eyes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“What?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary had crossed his arms over his
chest, emphasizing just how broad the fucker really was. “You’re strung tighter
than a drum and you need to decompress or you’re gonna explode. And that won’t
be good for you or the team. Won’t be anybody there you know and we won’t talk
hockey all night, unless Lori goes on a bender. Besides, I could use the backup.”
He grimaced. “Lori’s always collecting strays. I swear I won’t know half the
people there. And her cousins are crazy.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Hearing Cary talk about the love of
his life coaxed a smirk out of Shane. The guy was married to an abso-fucking-lutely
gorgeous woman who seemed to think Cary hung the moon and stars. Cary
apparently thought the same of her.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
It’d be sickening if they weren’t
so perfect for each other.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
But… <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christ</i>. Cary wanted him to spend a few hours making small talk with
a bunch of people he didn’t know? He opened his mouth to say no again but Cary
just stared at him.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shit.</i>
Shane’s resolve crumbled.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
With a sigh, he began to pull on
his clothes. “How crazy?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary’s shit-eating grin made Shane
want to smile back, but he squashed the impulse. Didn’t want to give the guy
the impression he’d won. Even if he had.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Let’s just say they have some holiday
traditions that’d put the Addams family to shame.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shane tried not to sigh but
couldn’t help it. “As long as there’s alcohol, I guess you can count me in.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary nodded, his grin disappearing.
“You find it helps?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shane didn’t bother to
misunderstand him and shook his head. “Not really. And no, I don’t have a problem.
At least, not with alcohol.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary took him at his word. Another
thing that made every single one of the guys worship him like he was the
goddamn King of Hockey.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Good to hear it. And yeah, I know
you’ve been having a few bad weeks. It happens. The break’ll be good for you.
Get your head on straight. If you want, we can run some drills tomorrow, just
the two of us.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> was why Cary was rumored to be the front runner for the next
Redtails coach. The gossip mill outside the locker room had been working
overtime lately. Their current coach, according to the gossip, had a lock on an
NHL job. Everyone expected Cary to step into the vacated position.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
The players loved him. The front
office loved him. The fans thought he walked on water.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Shane found himself nodding. “Yeah.
That’d be… That’d be helpful.” He hoped.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary grinned then punched him on
the shoulder and practically knocked Shane off the bench.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Good. And come to the party. You’ll
have a good time.”</div>
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* * * * *</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“So I told him, he needed to pick one
pattern or the other. Honestly, how hard is it? I mean, it’s not like I’m the
only one getting married. It’s his wedding, too. Shouldn’t he at least be a
little interested in the china we’re going to be using for the rest of our
lives?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Bliss Vescovi sat on a loveseat in a
corner of Lori Lenville’s comfortable great room, sipping champagne and nodding
sympathetically at the two women sitting across from her on the couch.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She’d only just met them but they
seemed nice. And when they’d discovered Bliss worked at the With This Ring
Bridal Boutique… Well, you would’ve thought they’d found a long-lost soulmate
at Lori’s pre-holiday party.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
At any other time, Bliss would’ve
been thrilled to talk weddings. She actually enjoyed them, even when she had to
handle the occasional bridezilla, momzilla, bitchy sister-in-law-to-be, drunken
sorority-sister bridesmaid, and snotty three-year-old flower girl. She knew how
to deal with them all.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Her boss, Aunt Rosie, called her a
godsend. Bliss actually thought her aunt was the godsend for giving her a
career when she’d had no idea what the hell she was going to do with a degree
in business.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And even after her own wedding had
fallen apart two years ago, she still got teary when she helped a bride-to-be
find that perfect dress for her walk down the aisle to the man she’d decided to
spend her life with, even if Bliss had no time or inclination for a life
partner.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
But a one-night stand? Absolutely.
Bring it on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, oh please, could he be
good in the sack? Hell, she wouldn’t even wish for great. Just good enough with
his hands to get her off at least once.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She’d had no such luck lately. And
it didn’t look like tonight would be any better. Not one of the guys here
tonight made her want to go to the trouble of giving up a few hours of sleep.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jeez,
what’s wrong with you? You’re only twenty-six, not eighty.</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
But between working with her aunt,
whose business was steadily growing, and the fact that her friends were either married
or hooked up with Mr. Right Now… Well, she didn’t get out much.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And when she did, she had to wonder
if there were any decent guys left in the world. Most were dicks with attitude
problems or nerdy man-children who lived in their parents’ basements, played
video games until three in the morning and spent their weekends drinking with
their buddies who were lucky or mature enough to have an apartment.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And… <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh my god</i>. Was she really this much of a bitch? No wonder she
couldn’t find anyone to screw. Honestly, she wouldn’t want her either.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“Lori’s been<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> amazing</i>,” one of the women gushed, drawing Bliss back into the
conversation. “She helped us smooth over the problem with the zoning and made
sure we had all the right permits. She’d been our guardian angel…”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Bliss nodded, in complete agreement
with her new friends on this.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She’d met Lori at a local Chamber
of Commerce mixer. Aunt Rosie hadn’t been able to attend but she’d begged Bliss
to go in her place. She couldn’t even remember why her aunt had sent her. She
only knew she hadn’t wanted to go. But then she’d met Lori and they’d bonded
over a few drinks and a mutual admiration of hockey.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Lori’s husband played for the local
professional hockey team, and though Bliss had only been to a few games, she’d
gained an appreciation of the sport from her dad. It’d been the one thing the
two of them enjoyed watching together. If it hadn’t been for hockey, she and
her great, hulking bear of a father might never have held a conversation that
didn’t begin and end with “How was school?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Her dad loved her and he tried, but
she’d always been a girly girl and that had been her mom’s domain.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“So I told him if he didn’t at
least attempt to get along with my cousin, we might as well call off the
wedding. I mean, my family is so important to me and…”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Yep, she totally got that. Family
was important. She’d seen more than one wedding disintegrate into factions more
fierce than anything in the Hunger Games during the planning stages.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And anyone who said words would
never hurt you had never dealt with a bridezilla whose mother-in-law dared to
have an opinion on what color napkin should be used on the cake table.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Bliss swallowed a sigh. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What
the hell are you doing here anyway?</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She should be mingling, flirting, having
a good time. It wasn’t like there weren’t any good-looking guys here. A few of
them had even made eye contact, and two had tried to start conversations.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Until five minutes later and she
realized they only wanted to talk about what they did and how much that should
impress her. Sure, they had decent jobs and wore decent clothes and were
attractive but—</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What’s
wrong with you?</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
“And who tells your mother her
dress makes her look fat? You know what I mean? I just wanted to punch…”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Bliss knew exactly how the
bride-to-be felt. She wanted to punch someone, too.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Except Bliss didn’t do physical
violence. She was no tough cookie. More like a cupcake with fluffy frosting.
And who didn’t love cupcakes, right?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Sighing again, she took another sip
of her drink and tried to wipe the pissy look off her face.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She knew she was no great beauty
but she certainly didn’t look like an ogre. Sure, her nose was a little too big
and her body a little too curvy. But she still managed to attract guys who liked
big tits and a decent ass. She knew that because most guys she talked to
couldn’t stop checking out either one long enough to hold a rational
conversation.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Then again, she hadn’t exactly
allowed any guys close enough to get to know her better. A vicious cycle, one
she didn’t know how to break.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
So, here she sat. Smiling and
nodding through a conversation with two women she barely knew.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
This had been a mistake. She should
just take her pitiful self home and—</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
The front door opened, catching her
attention simply because it was directly in her line of sight.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
But then <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he</i> walked through.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And she actually felt her mouth
drop open. Like, literally, her jaw dropped. Then her lips parted and she
sucked in a sharp breath that she immediately tried to cover with a slight
cough.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
She assured her new friends, who
interrupted their conversation about guest lists to make sure she wasn’t
choking, that she was fine and managed to come up with a question to get them
back on their conversational track.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
So she could go back to checking
out the newcomer.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
The really <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">big</i> newcomer. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And she didn’t mean fat. She meant <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">built</i>. Big as in broad. Wide. He looked
like a—</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hockey
player.</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Like Lori’s husband, Cary, who
greeted the newcomer with a big smile and a firm handshake as he pulled him farther
into the house.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Cary led the new guy right into the
great room, where she sat against the far wall, and walked him straight to the
bar. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Bliss tried not to stare. Really,
she did. But how could she <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> when this
guy ticked off every box on her Yummy Meter, including a few she hadn’t know
she had?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Like his dark, wavy hair. Everyone
in her huge Italian family had dark hair so every boyfriend she’d ever had had
been blond, pretty, and clean-cut, like he’d just walked off a magazine shoot.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Like her ex-fiancé, the prick.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nope,
not thinking about him.</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
This guy looked like he hadn’t cut
his hair in months or seen a razor in days, if the dark stubble on his strong,
square jaw was anything to go by. He looked scruffy but not like he was trying
to be trendy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
Now, the bright blue eyes… Yeah,
she absolutely had a thing for those. And his were a perfect ocean blue she
could see from across the room. Combined with that nose that looked as if it’d
been broken a few times…</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Damn.</i>
Her mouth watered.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
And when her gaze slipped south…
Hell, she was pretty sure her thighs just clenched.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;">
The guy had to be at least a few
inches over six feet, which means he’d tower over her. And his clothes couldn’t
hide the fact that he had muscles in places all men should have muscles. Like
in their thighs. And their abs. And their arms—</div>
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When he took off his coat to let Cary
hang it in the closet, she had to swallow because… <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh my god.</i> The man’s arms bulged beneath his blue dress shirt.</div>
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With black dress pants and that
blue shirt, he looked good enough to eat.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wouldn’t
you love to get your mouth on him?</i></div>
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Yes, please. Anywhere he had skin.</div>
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And when he turned to walk with Cary
to the makeshift bar on the other side of the room, she thought she might have
actually squeaked at the wonder of his ass.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ho-lee
shit.</i></div>
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“Bliss, are you okay?”</div>
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Blinking, she turned her attention
back to the two women, now staring at her with identical expressions of knowing
amusement.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Damn.</i>
Had she been that obvious?</div>
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She forced a smile. “Yes, I’m fine.
Sorry, I, uh…”</div>
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“Got a glimpse of Shane Conrad.”
The bride-to-be, whose name was Crista, smiled with commiseration. “He
certainly is nice-looking. Kind of shy, though. Lori’s tried to set him up with
a few girls before but nothing’s stuck. He’s apparently a really nice guy but doesn’t
talk much. Or he doesn’t like girls.” Crista shrugged. “No one’s been able to
figure out which yet. Would you like to meet him? I’m sure Lori would be
thrilled to introduce you. He’s kind of become her pet project.”</div>
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Is that why Lori had invited Bliss
tonight? To introduce her to Shane? Not that that would be a bad thing but…</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But
what?</i></div>
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“I think I need a drink. Anyone
need another?”</div>
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Both Crista and her friend shook
their heads, their grins widening.</div>
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Bliss didn’t care. For the first
time in months, she wanted to jump a guy’s bones. She’d be damned if she didn’t
follow up on it.</div>
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And maybe later, she’d get to strip
off his pants and shirt and rub against his naked body like a cat in heat.</div>
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Just as long as she didn’t stick
her foot in her mouth first.</div>
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