Pucking Strong

He’s the Star Forward, I’m the Team Therapist - Married on Paper, But Our Chemistry is Becoming 100% Real. 
The next spicy chapter in the internationally bestselling Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series 
'I devoured it in one sitting!' 5* Reader Review 
 
'THIS BOOK IS FREAKING INCREDIBLE' 5* Reader Review 
 
'I wish I could erase this book from my brain just so I can read it again over and over for the first time!' 5* Reader Review 
 
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 My name is Teddy O’Connor, and I just made a terrible mistake. 
It’s been six years since I was an intern for the Jacksonville Rays NHL team. Six years since I was wrapping ice packs on knees and playing Mario Kart on chartered planes. And it’s been six long years since I first met him. Henrik Karlsson, star forward of the Rays…and king of my heart. 
 Oh god, I’ve got to get over this crush! I’m a doctor now, a respected professional in my field. And Henrik doesn’t even know I exist. 
As the Rays’ newest physical therapist, I have a chance to launch my career. So you tell me why I’m risking everything to follow this man halfway around the world?! 
 After receiving news of his sister’s tragic death, Henrik must fly to Sweden to retrieve his young niece. She’s injured and grieving, but a new hockey season is about to start. Henrik can’t possibly care for her alone. In fact, the Swedish government won’t let him. He needs me. They both do. I’d be heartless not to help…right? 
 Well, that’s what I told myself last week as I signed our Swedish marriage license. It’s what I told myself yesterday as I moved my stuff into his apartment. And it’s what I’m telling myself now as the Rays PR Director stares us down. They want this marriage to look real. The team’s public image, our jobs, and his niece’s custody agreement all depend on it. 
 But the Rays don’t need to worry. My problem isn’t that I don’t love my new fake husband. God help me, my problem is that I do. 
 PUCKING STRONG is a spicy, slow-burning MM workplace hockey romance. This is Book Four in the USA Today and Internationally Bestselling Jacksonville Rays hockey series. 
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<ul><li>Hockey romance; </li><li>Sports romance</li><li>MM romance</li><li>Single guardian romance</li><li>Multiracial romance</li><li>Workplace romance</li></ul>

Emily Rath is an international bestselling author of fantasy and romance. Her books are swoony, spicy, and laugh out loud funny! She currently lives in Florida with her husband, son, and cat. They regularly comb the local beaches looking for shark teeth. 
 
 
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Teddy O’Connor has made a terrible mistake. He’s followed the man who holds his heart halfway around the world – Henrik Karlsson, the star forward of the NHL’s Jacksonville Rays. As the team doctor, Teddy’s determined to keep things professional. Until that is, Henrik needs Teddy to marry him…With the tragic passing of his sister back in Sweden, Henrik must take on guardianship of his young niece. But the Swedish Government won’t let him take over custody alone – enter Teddy.With the new hockey season about to start, the Rays PR Director needs them to make this marriage look real. The team’s public image, their jobs, and Henrik’s custody agreement depend on it.But the Rays don’t need to worry – the problem isn’t that Teddy has to fake his love, the problem is that it's very real.

Pucking Sweet

DISCOVER THE THIRD BOOK IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING JACKSON RAYS SERIESThe lines between work and play get blurred in this super sexy, inclusive ‘why choose’ hockey romance from the TikTok sensation---My name is Poppy St. James and I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL’s hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays.But if I want to stay beyond my one-year contract, I'll have to prove myself.Easy. PR is in my blood. What’s not so easy are the hockey players.They’re a real handful – especially party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. 
 
I don't care how well Lucas plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. The players can all call me PR Barbie all they want, but I'm getting the job done.I am poised, powerful, and always professional . . . until the fateful night my phone rings. 
 
One little phone call from home that leads to one drunken mistake, and my carefully balanced life is knocked off-kilter. Now I'm staring down at a little blue plus sign and I have no strategy, no idea what’s next.All I know is that nothing will ever be the same.Tropes/Themes:- Sports romance- Reverse Harem- LGBT- Spicy---READERS ARE LOVING PUCKING SWEET ‘I DEVOURED it in less than 24 hours!’ 5 ***** Reader Review‘This was everything I’d hoped for and more. These characters have my heart! Their love story is beautiful and I fell for each of them’ 5 ***** Reader Review‘This will be the easiest 5 star read I give for the whole year’ 5 ***** Reader Review‘I love the way each spicy scene flowed organically with the story. It’s never spice just for spice. Each encounter shows you more of their relationship, dynamic, and emotional development. It was beautifully done’ 5 ***** Reader Review‘I absolutely loved it, I bawled my eyes out, laughed out loud, and at one point screamed at the pages’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 
 
 
Emily Rath, USA Today bestseller, July 2024

The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF “why choose” hockey romance that set TikTok on fire! 
 
My name is Poppy St. James and I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL’s hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays. But if I want to stay beyond my one-year contract, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. PR is in my blood. What’s not so easy are the hockey players. They’re a real handful—especially party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. 
 
I don't care how well Lucas plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. Brash and bossy, he's always finding ways to drag his teammates into trouble—especially fellow defenseman Colton Morrow—and I have to find brilliant ways to drag them out of it. The players can all call me PR Barbie all they want, but I'm getting the job done. Because I am poised, powerful, and always professional . . . until the fateful night my phone rings. 
 
With one little phone call from home that leads to one drunken mistake, my carefully balanced life is knocked off-kilter. And now I'm staring down at a little blue plus sign and I have no strategy, no idea what’s next. All I know is that nothing will ever be the same.

Pucking Wild

The hockey star she never expected may be the one person to finally set her free . . . 
 
My name is Tess Owens and my soon to be ex-husband is trying to set fire to my entire life. Unwilling to face the heat, I do what I do best: run. 
 
I run to a new life in a new city and straight into the arms of Rachel and her team of NHL hockey players. They're all charming, but one player stands apart from the rest, the star forward of the Jacksonville Rays, Ryan Langley. 
 
Now I have six weeks to launch a new business. Six weeks to fight for my freedom...all while fighting my growing attraction to this All-American sweetheart with a winning smile and a career on the rise. Did I mention he's ten years younger than me? 
 
Ryan doesn't need my drama. And we have nothing in common. But it's getting harder to deny the way he makes me feel. 
 
Fun. Free. Wild.

The spicy new romance from international bestseller Emily Rath! 
 
My name is Tess Owens and my life is officially on fire. I never thought dancing at my best friend's wedding would be the match to light the flames. But with one lingering touch, one longing look...and one sneaky caterer holding a camera phone, my almost ex-husband is ready to torch my entire life. 
 
Unwilling to face the heat, I do what I do best: I run. Straight into the arms of Rachel and her team of NHL hockey players. One player stands apart from the rest. Jacksonville Rays star forward Ryan Langley is out with an injury. I get the surprise of my life when he shows up at my door, declaring himself my roommate. 
 
Now I have six weeks to launch a new business. Six weeks to fight for my freedom...all while fighting my growing attraction to this All-American sweetheart with a charming smile and a career on the rise. Did I mention he's ten years younger than me? Ryan doesn't need my drama. And we have nothing in common. But it's getting harder to deny the way he makes me feel. Wild. Fun. Free. 
 
I want to believe him when he says age is just a number. I want to believe that our pasts don't define us forever. But first I have to stop running. I have to face my fears. With one innocent dance, Ryan Langley helped me start this fire. What if we're meant to fan these flames? What if, together, we're meant to burn? 
 
PUCKING WILD is a spicy MF reverse age gap hockey romance with positive plus size and bisexual representation. 
 
Perfect for fans of ICEBREAKER, Tessa Bailey and Grace Reilly

Pucking Around

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING TIK TOK SENSATION AND START OF THE JACKSONVILLE RAYS SERIES! 
I can't fall for a player, let alone three... 
My name is Rachel Price, and two months ago, I walked away from the perfect man. We shared one magical night. No names. No strings. I never thought I'd see him again. I was wrong. 
It turns out my perfect man is actually the playboy grinder for the Jacksonville Rays, the NHL's hottest new hockey team...and I'm his new physical therapist. 
This fellowship is going to be the longest ten months of my life. Mr. Perfect will do anything to get back on my good side. Meanwhile, his best friend, the surly new equipment manager, is always riding my case. Worst of all, I've got an uncooperative goalie who thinks I can't tell he's hiding an injury! 
These men are ready to test my limits, but this is my chance to prove myself, and I'm not risking it for anything. I can't fall for a player, let alone three. But if love is a game, these guys are playing to win. 
PUCKING AROUND is a spicy 'why choose' hockey romance. 
 
PRAISE FOR PUCKING AROUND: 
'On my list for best book of the year!' Amazon Reviewer 
 
'This was such a fun read with plenty of spice' Amazon Reviewer 
 
'The spice was absolutely next level' Amazon Reviewer 
 
'This is unlike anything I have read before. Highly recommend!' Amazon Reviewer 
'This was SO MUCH FUN' Amazon Reviewer

I can't fall for a player, let alone three 
 
My name is Rachel Price, and two months ago, I walked away from the perfect man. We shared one magical night. No names. No strings. I never thought I'd see him again. I was wrong. 
 
 
It turns out my perfect man is actually the playboy grinder for the Jacksonville Rays, the NHL's hottest new hockey team...and I'm his new physical therapist. 
 
 
This fellowship is going to be the longest ten months of my life. Mr. Perfect will do anything to get back on my good side. Meanwhile, his best friend, the surly new equipment manager, is always riding my case. Worst of all, I've got an uncooperative goalie who thinks I can't tell he's hiding an injury! 
 
 
These man are ready to test my limits, but this is my chance to prove myself, and I'm not risking it for anything. I can't fall for a player, let alone three. But if love is a game, these guys are playing to win.

His Grace, The Duke

James Corbin, Viscount Finchley, has two goals: guarantee his brother George gets married, and ensure his best friend Burke does not... at least not to the gorgon that is Lady Olivia Rutledge. 
 
Burke is fully onboard with this plan. Together with their friend Renley, the gentlemen concoct an elaborate ruse designed to set Burke free from his matrimonial snare. 
 
George is finally engaged, but as the day of his wedding approaches, secrets from their past emerge, threatening each of their futures. Can James survive his brother's debauchery? Can Burke survive the social politics threatening to confine him? Can Renley… survive? 
 
Rosalie Harrow, a young lady without family, fortune, or title, tears through their lives with plans of her own: save Burke from the altar, save Renley from the ghosts that haunt him, and save James from himself. 
 
For love of Rosalie, the gentlemen must prove willing to try anything, risk anything, and be anything she needs.

Alcott Hall

The Lady has an offer. 
 
The Vicar has a Confession. 
 
Lady Madeline Blair is on a mission. Her eccentric late aunt left her a small fortune with one condition: to claim it, Madeline must marry by New Year's Eve… which is now only three weeks away! An invitation to spend Christmas at Alcott Hall provides the perfect chance to snag herself an unsuspecting beau. She will be generous with her inheritance; on the condition he agrees never to claim his rights as her husband. 
 
Five years ago, Charles Bray left Finchley and never looked back. It was too painful to dwell in the past. So, when duty calls him home, he returns, heart heavy, to a town full of ghosts. Seeking any distraction, he sparks an unlikely friendship with a quiet young lady who makes him a surprising offer too good to refuse. 
 
And then there's John . . .

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Rosalie Harrow is unmarried, near destitute and faces two choices: snag a wealthy gentleman or take a position as a governess. But headstrong Rosalie sees both futures as a kind of cage. 
 
When Rosalie receives an invitation to Alcott Hall, she believes she’s there to meet the Dowager Duchess of Norland, the mysterious childhood friend of her late mother. Instead, Rosalie is thrust in the middle of a house party of eligible high society ladies all desperate to win the hand of the new, conveniently single duke. 
 
And then there’s the other gentlemen… 
 
Lord James is the duke’s younger brother. 
 
Lieutenant Renley is begrudgingly searching for a bride. 
 
And the tempestuous Mr. Burke, who irks Rosalie to no end. 
 
The clock is ticking until the Michaelmas Ball, when the duke will announce his bride. Marriage is a trap and Rosalie will not be easily snared…but that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy the chase while it lasts.

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