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Slap Shot Surprise

by Melanie Harlow

An unexpected connection with complicated stakes

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An unexpected connection with complicated stakes

A chance encounter with professional hockey star Joe Lupo turns into a wedding reunion and a one-night stand, with an unexpected pregnancy changing the plans both characters had made for their lives. The romantic conflict is built around competing priorities: Joe’s focus on his career and reluctance to commit, and the narrator’s wish to put down roots in her small town with a partner who chooses her. Hockey and small-town life frame a contemporary romance about attraction, commitment, and the uncertainty of building a shared future when the two people involved want different things.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary romance centered on an unexpected pregnancy and a developing relationship.
  • Readers who enjoy romance plots involving a professional hockey player and small-town roots.

Themes

Unexpected pregnancyCommitment and career prioritiesSmall-town lifeRomantic relationships

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In my defense, I thought the plane was going to crash.

Otherwise, I never would have blurted out those embarrassing things to a perfect stranger.

Did I mention he turned out to be a scorching hot superstar of professional hockey?

But wait, there's more.

When the plane lands safely, I rush off, praying I'll never have to face him again. My luck holds out for less than twenty-four hours, when I realize he's a groomsman at the wedding I'm attending.

We end up having a drink and a good laugh about my panicked confessions, and when he invites me up to his room for some no-strings-attached fun, I say yes. After all, a headboard rattling one-night stand with a guy who knows how to put the puck in deep isn't something a bookworm like me ever thought she'd experience.

Neither are those two little pink lines.

Now what's crashing are all the plans Joe Lupo and I had for our lives-separately.

After all, we're totally wrong for each other. He's commitment-phobic and completely focused on his career. And I want to plant roots in my small town-with someone who chooses me.

Love? It's out of the question.

Until Joe Lupo lines up his shot and aims straight for my heart.

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