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Pub. Date
2017.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
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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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"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...
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Beartown volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
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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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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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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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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Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"To the world they are rivals, but to each other they are everything. Ten years. That's how long Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov have been seeing each other. How long they've been keeping their relationship a secret. From friends, from family ... from the league. If Shane wants to stay at the top of his game, what he and Ilya share has to remain secret. He loves Ilya, but what if going public ruins everything? Ilya is sick of secrets. Shane has gotten...
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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.
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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...
11) Superfan
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Brooklyn bruisers novel volume 6
Publisher
Tuxbury Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Three years ago I met the most amazing girl in the world. We were both down on our luck. Then I got that call--the one that tells you to get your buns on a plane to go meet your destiny. But the girl was left behind. I didn't have her phone number, and she didn't know my real name. While I became a professional hockey player, she became a superstar, with platinum records and legions of fans. And a slick, music producer boyfriend who treated her badly....
12) Pucked
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Series
Pucked volume 1
Publisher
Helena Hunting
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well-acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. She isn't interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. When Alex inadvertently obliterates her misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match. Suffering from a complete lapse in judgment,...
13) 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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Ice Knights (Avery Flynn) volume 1
Publisher
Entangled Publising, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What happens when you start to fall for the one girl you can't have...on live TV?
15) Mistletoe games
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English
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Holiday games: For the high-achieving Elizabeth and her husband, baseball player Gavin Riley, failure is not an option. So when it comes to making a baby, they're not about to let any holiday distractions get in the way of their necessary pleasures...Holiday on ice: It's the season for giving and superstar hockey player Patrick "Trick" Niemeyer is ready to give dancer Stella Slovinski his heart wrapped up in bow. But he'll ave to melt the ice surrounding...
16) Game changer
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Series
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When pro hockey star Scott Hunter falls for juice bar barista Kip Grady, he keeps their red-hot relationship behind closed doors because he can't afford anything that might derail his career, but Kip, ready to go all-in, no longer wants to be a secret"--
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"Leaving your fiancé at the altar on live television is a disaster. Lexie Kowalsky thought she was ready to get married in front of millions of people, but at the last minute she fled the set of television's hottest reality show, Gettin' Hitched. Wearing a poofy white dress and a pair of five-inch sparkly shoes, Lexie hopped a float plane for Sandspit, Canada. She figured no one would find her there. But she was wrong. Sharing her flight was the...
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Publisher
Ashley K. Broome
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Cross of the Vancouver Vikings would do anything for his best friend Roman Orlyck, including taking him in after a devastating concussion. Until Roman moved in, Nate didn't realize how much he cared about him. With the season looming and his linemate forced to sit out, Nate struggles between friendship and wanting more from Roman. Days turn to weeks and their friendship deteriorates, leaving Nate to struggle with their relationship and his performance...
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Avon Books
Pub. Date
2013, ©2005
Language
English
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Stressed out by her high-pressure job and recently dumped by her boyfriend, Kate Hamilton returns home to Gospel, Idaho, for some relaxation and small-town fun, but a run-in with Rob Sutter, a former ice hockey player, soon turns both their lives upside down and ignites a storm of gossip in the local rumor mill.
20) See Jane score
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
While covering the Seattle Chinooks hockey team, reporter Jane Alcott meets career-focused goalie Luc Martineau, but their relationship is threatened by Jane's other occupation--writing the scandalous "Honey Pie" adventures.
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