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Pub. Date
2017.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly...
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Beartown volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A breathtaking new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove, The Winners returns to the close-knit, resilient community of Beartown for a story about first loves, second chances, and last goodbyes. Over the course of two weeks, everything in Beartown will change. Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite...
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"A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring...
4) Icebreaker
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"Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. A competitive figure skater since she was five years old, a full college scholarship thanks to her place on the Maple Hills skating team, and a schedule that would make even the most driven person weep, Stassie comes to win. No exceptions. Nathan Hawkins has never had a problem he couldn't solve. As captain of the Maple Hills Titans, he knows the responsibility of keeping the hockey...
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Bromance book club volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"With his passion for romance novels, it was only a matter of time before Vlad took up the pen to write the love story of a lifetime. Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist who mysteriously disappeared, she escaped danger the only way she knew how: She married her childhood friend, Vladimir, and moved to the United States, where he is a professional hockey player in Nashville. Vlad,...
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Christiansen family novels volume 2
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English
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Eden Christiansen never imagined her role as her younger brother Owen's cheerleader would keep her on the sidelines of her own life. Looking after the reckless NHL rookie leaves little time for Eden to focus on her own career in journalism. Team veteran and bad-boy enforcer Jace Jacobsen has built his career on the infamous reputation of his aggressive behavior, on and off the ice. When his carelessness leads to a career-threatening injury and Eden...
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Bergman brothers volume 2
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Chloe Liese
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English
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"Ren: The moment I met her, I knew Frankie Zeferino was someone worth waiting for. Deadpan delivery, secret heart of gold, and a rare one-dimpled smile that makes my knees weak, Frankie has been forbidden since the day she and I became coworkers, meaning waiting has been the name of my game--besides, hockey, that is. I'm a player on the team, she's on staff, and as long as we work together, dating is off-limits. But patience has always been my virtue....
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Christiansen family novels volume 3
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English
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When Grace Christiansen's family surprises her with a cooking retreat in Hawaii, she meets cooking enthusiast and professional hockey player Max Sharpe, but Max's personal demons and his reluctance to open his heart leave Grace with tough decisions.
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Angry at the world when a near-fatal car crash takes him off the ice permanently, hockey superstar Mark Bressler is bent on making life miserable for everyone--especially his latest team-provided personal assistant: outspoken, flamboyant, and unemployed actress Chelsea Ross. Chelsea is out to revamp her acting career and badly needs the $10,000 bonus she'll get if she lasts three months with Mark; failure is simply not an option. But neither is the...
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"Helmed by good-girl captain Abby Putnam (a descendant of the infamous Salem accuser Ann Putnam) and her co-captain Jen Fiorenza (whose bleached blond "Claw" sees and knows all), the Falcons prove to be wily, original, and bold, flaunting society's stale notions of femininity in order to find their glorious true selves through the crucible of team sport and, more importantly, friendship."--Provided by publisher.
11) Melting the ice
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Everythings coming together for budding fashion designer Carolina Preston. Only months away from having her own line, she could use some publicity. That's when her brother suggests his best friend as a model, hockey player Drew Hogan.
12) Pipe dreams
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Brooklyn Bruisers volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Mike Beacon is a champion at defending the net, but off the ice, he's not so lucky. A widower and a single father, he's never forgotten Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life. When Lauren reappears in the Bruisers' office during the play-offs, Beacon sees his chance to make things right. Lauren hates that she's forced to travel with the team she used to work for and the man who broke her heart. There's still undeniable sexual...
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Brooklyn Bruisers volume 2
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English
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When his chronic hip injury becomes too obvious to ignore, hockey star and team captain Patrick O{u2019}Doul is sent to massage therapist Ari Bettini who, determined to help him heal, gives new meaning to the idea of TLC.
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Brooklyn Bruisers volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Hockey player Leo Trevi has spent the last six years trying to do two things: get over the girl who broke his heart and succeed in the NHL. But on the first day he's called up to the newly franchised Brooklyn Bruisers, Leo gets checked on both sides, first by the team's coach-who has a long-simmering grudge- and then by the Bruisers' sexy, icy publicist-his former girlfriend Georgia Worthington.
15) Tooth Fairy
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Dwayne Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, one of the toughest hockey players around, until he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as the world's most unlikely tooth fairy. Even though he must sport frilly wings and learn the magical tricks of the trade from his silver-winged superiors, Derek's determined to do the job HIS way and prove he's got what it takes. Also includes the Tooth Fairy Training Center.
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2018.
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English
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"Lilah isn't sure what hurt worse: the day Ethan left her to focus on his hockey career or the day he came back eight years later. He might think they can pick up just where they left off, but she's no longer that same girl and never wants to be again. Ethan wants his glory days back. And that includes having Lilah by his side. With her, he was magic. They were magic. All he has to do is make her see that. Just when Lilah might finally be ready to...
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After her very wealthy--and very old--husband dies, Faith Duffy inherits a pile of money and a pro hockey team. Sexy player Ty Savage dreams of winning the Stanley Cup. Faith loathes Ty at first, but soon she begins to see there's more to him than sex appeal.
18) All you need
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Need you series volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"PR agent Annika Lund can spin any disaster into a win. But revamping the reputation of a notorious Swedish hockey player will take every trick in her arsenal, especially when his agent insists that convincing everyone he{u2019}s no longer a playboy is top priority. And that it requires a sham relationship{u2014}with Annika playing the part of the loving girlfriend. On fire in the rink and in the bedroom, Axl Hammerquist couldn{u2019}t care less about...
19) Any man of mine
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English
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When wedding planner Autumn Haven runs into hockey superstar Sam LeClaire, whom she has not seen since she married him in Las Vegas two years earlier, he wants to pick up where they left off, and she tries decide if she wants him in her life.
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