Jackson "Jax" Kingsford is a skilled hockey player with a wicked slapshot. When his team makes it to the state hockey tournament, he can't believe that he has to play against his former best friend, Archer Voss. The two were once inseparable and loved playing hockey together, both in Jax's backyard and on the school's hockey team. But then Archer's family had to move, splitting up the team and causing a fall out in their friendship. What will happen when the former friends face off against each other in the big game? Combining a high-stakes sports story with a dynamic full-color comic format, this Jake Maddox Graphic Novel is sure to be a win for young athletes and struggling readers alike.
Jax Kingsford loved playing hockey with his neighbor friend Archer Foss, but then Archer's family moved, and the team, and friendship, was split up. Now, years later, Jax has to play against Archer for the championship for his school.
She's hands off...but he really wants to be hands on. Pro hockey player Tag Heller is back in his home city of Winnipeg after a crappy season that culminated in the team being sold and moved. As the “home town hero”, he's feeling the heat to promote the team and make this a positive move for the other players, the fans, the entire National Hockey League. A break for a week at the lake sounds like heaven. Kyla MacIntosh was always like a little sister to Tag growing up. She followed Tag and his hockey players everywhere, trying to be one of the guys, and now she’s killing herself trying to make partner at her old-boys-club law firm. But she's not little anymore and Tag’s feelings aren't sisterly at all. Will a hot week at the lake be enough to show them that they were meant to be forever? keywords: hockey romance, hockey novel, sports romance, Winnipeg, hockey,cottage country romance, billionaires, forbidden romance, alpha male, sports hero, hockey star, professional hockey, hockey players, best friend's little sister, boy next door, girl next door, athlete romance, fling romance, return to hometown romance For fans of: Helena Hunting, Elle Kennedy, Catherine Gayle, Avon Gale, Toni Aleo, Kristen Callihan, LJ Shen, Mona Kasten, Corinne Michaels, Jana Aston, Karina Halle, Meghan March, Jay Crownover, Anna Todd, Geneva Lee, Audrey Carlan, Jill Shalvis, Suzanne Brockmann, Helen Hoang, Christina Lauren, Kristan Higgins, Sally Thorne, Penelope Sky, Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, Nora Roberts, Maisey Yates, Lauren Blakely, Penny Reid, Julia Kent, Melanie Harlow, Carrie Ann Ryan, Kendall Ryan, Kennedy Ryan, Ilsa Madden Mills, Nana Malone, Helen Hardt, Penelope Skye, Jasinda Wilder, Melissa Foster, E.L. James, Natasha Madison, Stacey Lynn, Samantha Whiskey
After a rocky start, Savannah Wells finally has everything she wants in life: family, friends, a cat, and her ice hockey team. If she could only convince her mother to stop setting her up on increasingly awkward blind dates, life would be perfect. Professional photographer Madison Scott isn’t going to settle for less than the happily ever after she reads about in romance novels. But her new next-door neighbor is sexy as hell, so when Savannah suggests a fake relationship in hopes of getting her mother to stop interfering in her private life, Maddie’s all in. When fake dating, fake kissing, and forced proximity start to feel a lot like falling in love, Savannah and Madison will need to face off and decide if exchanging pretend for reality is really possible.
Discover the fast, fun art of drawing comic portraits! Face Off shows you how to draw life like never before. Caricaturist Harold Hamernik shares the secrets to capturing the sillier side of friends, family, celebrities, strangers—any face that crosses your path. 40 step-by-step demonstrations show you how to sketch whimsical and expressive likenesses while developing your own quick, loose, improvisational style. You'll get expert instruction on: • Drawing eyes, noses, mouths and other features. • Creating portraits in front, three-quarter and profile views. • Adding color to your caricatures, either by hand or via computer—instruction you won't find in any other book! • Tips for making a likeness more masculine (skip the eyelashes), more feminine (lengthen the neck), younger, older, sexier, goofier—all while making a portrait your subject will love. • How to draw hair as two simple lines, why drawing the parts of a face in the same order every time can cut minutes off your work, and tons of other handy tricks of the craft! Practice the simple techniques in this book, then start drawing! It's the most fun you can have with paper, pencils and markers!
Twelve-year-old Delilah James is one of the top reporters at Brighton Junior Academy and dreams of becoming a Junior Global Journalist. But when an international rival named Ava invades her newsroom and takes over her crush, Delilah finds an unlikely ally in the Debutantes - a.k.a. the Little Debbies.
It was an average day in my above-average life: wake up hungover with a woman I just met, part ways, then drive to the arena for a home game with my pro hockey team. But when my car breaks down on the highway, a stunning waitress named Tess pulls over and surprises me by easily fixing it. Great little detour in my routine, right? It would’ve been if her kid hadn’t lifted my wallet. Now I have to find Tess and get it back. When I discover that the money’s gone, Tess insists that her son work off the debt to me. And the more I get to know the spirited single mom and her hilarious family, the more I find myself at a crossroads. I’m in a personal face-off: The man I’ve always been vs. the man I want to be for Tess and her kids.
A lover and a fighter. Two alphas of the same pack, one irresistible female between them. Family loyalty runs deep between Lycan brothers Darko and Goran. The two werewolves co-own the establishment hidden deep under Eubanks, called Darko’s Underground Bar. It’s a place of refuge for local paranormal residents. But when a mating moon rises over their bar and their hearts, the claws come out. Shewolf, Jazmin is drawn by instincts to find love when Valentine’s Day coincides with the mating moon. Her fated pheromones are overwhelming to both brothers. They’re howling for Jazmin before they even lay eyes on her perfect form and violet eyes. The lover, Darko serenades from the stage with a special song. The fighter, Goran shows his brute strength by laying down the challenge. Jazmin is caught in the middle. She must choose one mate. Love is curious and unpredictable. When it calls, the shewolf answers with the heart, brotherly love survives and they all live happily ever after. Furious Face-off, is a behind the Lore short and part of Nikki Henley’s, Curious in Eubanks Paranormal Cozy Mysteries series. Set in a small town of curiously quirky paranormal residents this short story can be read as a standalone. It is written to give you the reader an extended experience of the characters of Eubanks.
