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He wanted the word "Daddy" added to his list of names. He wanted to teach his son to skate, just as he'd been taught by Ernie. Like every other father in the world, he wanted to stay up late on Christmas Eve and put together tricycles, bicycles, and race-car sets. He wanted to dress up his son as a vampire, or a pirate, and take him trick-or-treating.
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Rachel Gibson (Simply Irresistible (Chinooks Hockey Team, #1))
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Right up until the end, Victor’s mind had been as methodical as an efficient library, whereas Amelia felt that hers was more like the cupboard under the stair where ancient hockey sticks were shoved in beside broken Hoovers and boxes of old Christmas decorations, and the one thing you knew was in there—a five-amp fuse, a tin of tan shoe polish, a Phillips screwdriver—would almost certainly be the one thing you couldn’t lay your hands on.
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Kate Atkinson (Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1))
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Chris Mitchell, recalls meeting with Abbott just ahead of Christmas 2014 wherein he argued that replacing Hockey with Turnbull would improve the government’s messaging and abate Turnbull’s ambitions. Abbott retorted that all it would do would be to give Turnbull another stepping stone towards the Lodge.
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Peter van Onselen (Battleground)
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La mia novella di Natale, Un Cuore nella Bufera, inizia così...
Mi sveglio di soprassalto, gli occhi spalancati nel buio, la notte rischiarata dal bagliore della neve che fuori continua a cadere. Trattengo il respiro, quasi in preda al panico. Non oso muovermi.
Qualcosa non va.
Mi faccio coraggio e giro appena il viso.
Qualcosa decisamente non va.
C’è un uomo incollato alla mia schiena. Il suo braccio destro mi stringe la vita, la sua mano avvolge il mio seno e che io sia dannata se quello che sento premere contro la mia schiena non è il suo…
Oh.Mio.Dio!
Mi alzo di scatto, accendo la luce del comodino e sbalordita fisso l’intruso. Mugugnando, quello si volta dall’altra parte, innocente come un serafino. Il suo cane-orso, ai piedi del letto, apre un occhio, poi riappoggia il grosso muso sulle zampe e riprende a russare. Il mio sguardo passa da uno all’altro senza posa, mentre invano cerco di respirare. Finalmente un refolo d’aria s’infila lungo i bronchi e cede ai polmoni l’ossigeno necessario affinché io possa elaborare una domanda sensata.
Che cavolo ci fa Kyle Hartson nel mio letto?
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Viviana Giorgi (Un cuore nella bufera)
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Then good luck to you doing all the work because my muscles feel like jelly.”
“It’s adorable you think that’s gonna stop me.”
“I can feel my heartbeat in my pussy. Have mercy. It’s Christmas.”
“Exactly. It’s the season of giving. And I intend to give you so many orgasms that you have no other choice but to remain in bed and watch holiday movies with me all day tomorrow.
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Siena Trap (Frozen Heart Face-Off (Indy Speed Hockey, #2))
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Hockey smut? Really, Jenner?” Before I could respond, she continued, “I mean, I get it. You guys are like unwrapping a Christmas gift. The prize is hidden beneath all that bulky gear.”
“While I don’t disagree with you, I’d be mindful of using the S-word in front of Dakota.”
“What? Sex?”
I shook my head. “Smut.”
A look of confusion filled her face. “Why?”
Directing a pointed look at the paperback, I explained, “That’s one of hers.”
“Well, damn. Now I have questions.”
That had me rearing back. “What kind of questions?”
“Whether she’s writing from real-life experience or not. Because, good Lord, sex in the penalty box? I’m walking a fine line of jealousy over here.
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Siena Trap (Frozen Heart Face-Off (Indy Speed Hockey, #2))
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He hadn’t hooked up with anyone else. Hell, he couldn’t think about anyone other than Nora. Hadn’t since the day he’d met her.
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Elisabeth Naughton (All He Wants for Christmas (The Rapture, #3; Spurs and Stripes, #2; Against All Odds, #3; O'Connor Family, #1; Rough Riders Hockey, #1; Holly NC, #1-6 & 7))
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This particular song’s just something that’s been floating around inside me for a long time,” Tate went on. “Is she the one who got away? Yeah. She is. But it’s because she got away that I—that we,” he clarified, “are all here now.”
“How do you mean?” the interviewer asked.
Tate was silent for several heartbeats, then said, “When I met her, I was playing ball. She knew I wasn’t that good. But she also saw a talent in me I didn’t even know I had. She’s the one who encouraged my music. I lost her after that summer, but it’s because I lost her that Kendrick was even formed. So yeah, she is ‘Everything.’ She’s everything I have and everything I’m missing.”
“Would it be safe to assume you work as hard as you do because you’re trying to prove to her what she’s missing?” the interviewer asked.
“No,” Tate answered. “Not really.”
“That’s a load of crap,” someone muttered in the background.
“Okay,” Tate said louder. “Maybe it’s a little true. Did I hope she’d one day hear one of these songs about her and call me up? Sure. I think that’s the whole point of tracks like this. That there’s hope. I mean, that’s what life’s really about, right? Without hope, what the hell does a person have?”
“A lot of”—BEEP—“ing fun,” Jace interjected.
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Elisabeth Naughton (All He Wants for Christmas (The Rapture, #3; Spurs and Stripes, #2; Against All Odds, #3; O'Connor Family, #1; Rough Riders Hockey, #1; Holly NC, #1-6 & 7))
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Ella. Look at me.” Her head tossed. Her fingernails dug into his forearms. But he didn’t care. Sliding the fingers of his other hand into her hair, he forced her to face him. “Only you,” he whispered when their eyes met. “You’re it for me.”
~ Tate
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Elisabeth Naughton (All He Wants for Christmas (The Rapture, #3; Spurs and Stripes, #2; Against All Odds, #3; O'Connor Family, #1; Rough Riders Hockey, #1; Holly NC, #1-6 & 7))
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Look at him. He’s pathetic,” Lauren shook her head. “Babe! Your hockey boner is showing again.” Tommy
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Beth Ehemann (A Cranberry Inn Christmas)
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The world. It’s full of shit more than it isn’t.” Arthur patted Gabriel’s leg. “Don’t worry. Logan’s pretty progressive, most of the time. Anyway, somebody isn’t tolerant of you and your big words, I’ll kick their ass. Probably best to keep the hockey part to yourself, though.
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Heidi Cullinan (Sleigh Ride (Minnesota Christmas, #2))
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You want me to get off while spilling my guts about the most demoralizing Christmas of my life?
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Siena Trap (Bagging the Blueliner (Connecticut Comets Hockey, #1))
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Oh my God. Cue the headstone now—Bristol Cooper died on Christmas Day of the embarrassment of her mother overhearing her having sex.
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Siena Trap (A Bunny for the Bench Boss (Indy Speed Hockey, #1))
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You know, Christmas is coming up, and I wouldn’t say no to my gift being double-stuffed by two of the biggest men I’ve ever had the pleasure of rubbing up against.
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Siena Trap (A Bunny for the Bench Boss (Indy Speed Hockey, #1))
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Hockey books,” I deliver point blank, palming his shoulder. “Look for hockey books on her Kindle. And whatever you do,” I look between them, “do not let them fuck you with a grapefruit. No matter what they say.
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Kate Stewart (The Sleight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx, #2))