Merry Pucking Christmas by Darby Fox

What’s a hockey player to do when an injury puts him out of the game?

Benched for the holidays. Check.
I’m not just sidelined either, Coach told me to get on a plane and get my head off the ice while I recover, so I’m headed home for the holidays where my sister has roped me into wedding planning of all things. The frosting on the gingerbread man? My flight gets delayed on the way due to a snowstorm. I can’t think of a better way to distract myself than offering to share the only available hotel room with the gorgeous redhead I just met.

Just one bed? It’s just for one night…

I didn’t expect my one-night stand to blow my mind, or to disappear faster than a snowman in July the next morning. But when she shows up at my family’s B&B to make sure her sister’s Christmas wedding is as perfect as a Hallmark movie, there’s no way I’m letting her pretend there’s nothing between us. Especially when I see her wearing my hockey jersey under the Christmas lights. It might take more than holiday magic to convince her to turn our one-night stand into a Christmas to remember.

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