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Pucks und Prozente
Eine kostenlose, romantische Hockeynovelle, in der sich Gegensätze anziehen und Liebe für immer ist.
More info →Free Scenes Collection V2
Sins of the Father
Hearts and Hockey Sticks
Ryker & Rowan
Ten and the Baggage Room
Stan & Jared's excellent adventure
Stan & Erik
Bryan & Gatlin
More info →Free Scenes Collection V1
The Dance - featuring Stan, Erik, and the kids
The One That Got Away – starring Ten, Adler, and Stan
Goats and Jacob – starring Ryker, Alex, and Henry (Arizona raptors)
Lucky - starring Ben and Max
Beside Him – starring Stan and Erik
Great Uncle Rastislav Returns (Sort of) starring Stan, Erik, and the kids
More info →Christmas Promises
When the world falls from beneath his feet, Levi escapes pitying glances and awkward questions by renting a cabin in Big Bear. When his old flame, James, turns up on his doorstep, the promise they made to stay apart is shattered, and somehow love takes hold.
Five years ago, sniping and competing turned to passion when Levi and James kissed. Only eighteen, they had their whole lives ahead of them, but hockey was everything and when they were drafted to different sides of the country, they knew it could go no further, and promised their relationship would end, and would never be mentioned again.
But when cancer strikes, Levi faces uncertain times as his career crumbles and his life is turned upside down. There is only one thing he’s certain of, and that is he doesn’t need James or the promise he made to come back in his life. Right?
More info →Pineapple and Rings
An Elliot & Nick short story, following on from Listen (Single Dads 5)
More info →Ghost in the Stone
Thomas is condemned for the crime of kissing another man, bricked into a wall and left to die.
Utterly alone.
Until Kieran.
More info →Sparkle (L.A. Storm Short Christmas Story)
A Christmas Short Story featuring Finn & Cam from Script (LA Storm, 1)
Being in love with a Hollywood star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Neither is planning a secret holiday wedding to said box-office hero. There’s the press and paparazzi to outfox, the wedding planner to please, and the catering to sort out. All of that while juggling a crushing hockey schedule and dealing with the world’s most annoying neighbor. But despite the setbacks, worries, and flight plans for family, I’ve never been surer of anything in my life. Marrying Finn Kerrigan is everything.
More info →Lost in Boston (Free Prequel Novella)
Lost In Boston (A Boston Rebels Prequel) Meet the newest member of the Rowe family - Austin Rowe - cousin of Ten, Brady, and Jamie.
Drafted first round to the Boston Rebels is a dream come true for Austin Rowe. It doesn't matter that he’s skating in the long shadow of his cousins, being in the NHL is all he ever wanted and what he’s worked hard to achieve. He never expects to find love when he arrives in Boston, and it knocks him off his feet.
Robbie is killing time. Heading for his final year in college studying for a degree he doesn’t enjoy in preparation for a career he doesn’t want, he works part time in a coffee shop knowing his trust fund is waiting for him any time he wants it. He dislikes Austin on sight, but all too soon he’s won over by the gentle charm of the blue-eyed man.
Glitter flies when these two meet. When passion enters stage right, love isn’t far behind.
More info →Single Dad Christmas
It would be a Christmas miracle if he loved me back.
Hiring Paul is the best thing I’ve done for my small family. With love, care, and ruthless organizational skills Paul has taken care of my children, Anna, AJ, and Aden, with me as part of the deal. He always told me he’d only stay two years and that he wanted to travel the world, but it didn’t stop me falling in love with him. I never told him, because who am I to steal his dreams? Now he’s handed his resignation to me so I have a decision to make. He’s leaving us and I can either tell him I love him and ask him to stay, or watch him go.
I only have one Christmas to make things right.
A short story based in the Single Dads ‘verse.
More info →Stronger Together
A year after Robbie told his best friend that he loved him, he's finally coming to terms with the loss of a friendship that was supposed to last forever. He never expects to see Jamie again, but he has to face his loss head-on at the family cabin by the ocean.
After Robbie told him that he'd fallen in love, the fears Jamie had about wrecking his career made him run. After a year of avoiding Robbie, he never expected that their meddling families would put the two of them in the same place.
Now they need to realize that love is forever and that they are stronger together.
More info →Making the Save (Colts #3)
A free short story that was in the MM Hockey Romance Newsletter from RJ Scott & VL Locey
More info →Pucks and Percentages (Colts #1)
A free short story that was in the MM Hockey Romance Newsletter from RJ Scott & VL Locey
More info →Breakaway – Colts #2
A short story that appeared in the MM Hockey Romance Newsletter, from RJ Scott & VL Locey
More info →Waiting for Christmas
It started as toddlers covered in glitter and became years of friendship. The story of Cody and Regen, and how the best things in life are worth waiting for.
Cody first met Regen when they were three and covered in glitter after a Christmas decoration project went disastrously wrong. After bonding over the taste of glue, and eating all the chocolate on the tree, the two became best friends. Living in a small Canadian town outside of Calgary, they grew up together, went to the same school, played on the Chipmunks peewee hockey team, and shared a passion for both the Calgary Cobras and chocolate. While Cody stayed at home, went to a local college, and became a teacher, Regen was on a very different path.
Regen and Cody. Their names had become inseparable over the years, just as they had. Through good times and bad, the two boys were thick as thieves and close as brothers. When the boys became men, life tried its best to pry them apart, sending Regen to LA to play professional hockey while Cody remained in Canada and pursued his dream of becoming a teacher. Even with thousands of miles between them, Regen and Cody remained best friends.
Cody is in love with his best friend, and Regen is in love with hockey, and it seems that it will take the magic of Christmas to bring the waiting to an end.
More info →Quanto per tutta la notte?
Josh è a metà divorzio, in lotta per la custodia di suo figlio e in fuga da un matrimonio basato su bugie. In un bar la sera prima delle udienze finali incontra una prostituta con un corpo fatto di peccato.
Solo una notte di essere fedele a se stesso, una notte di essere trattenuto e fatto sentire? Sicuramente non è chiedere troppo?
More info →Mr. Sparkles
When Jacob meets Celyn he hates him on sight. Too disrespectful and gaudy. Too different.
But even the grumpiest of wood carvers will find it impossible not to be won over by Mr. Sparkles.
And maybe even fall in glittery love.
A short story written for the 2018 Rainbow Advent Calendar
More info →Christmas Wishes
A broken-down car in a snowstorm, a cabin in the middle of nowhere, a dad with his newborn baby, and the start of a romance that could last forever.
Jamie's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm. The only hope there is for Jamie and his baby daughter, Grace, is to follow a light leading them to a cabin half hidden in the forest. What they find is a grumpy author in isolation and very little in the way of help.
Lucas never asked for company, particularly a hot guy and his tiny, demanding, daughter. Their arrival brings chaos and destroys his peace and he has no idea what to do. But when lust turns to more he fights the need to kiss his guest.
Lucas knows that Jamie will be leaving soon so what is the point in handing over his heart?
A 9,000-word short story written for the 2017 Rainbow Advent Calendar
More info →Valentine 2525
Max never wanted a Companion, but his family and society leave him no choice.
Samekh Taw designation #65572—aka “Sam”—is the Companion created in a laboratory, to Max’s specifications.
Working and then falling in love with Sam is easy, but when it becomes clear that Sam believes he is flawed, it’s up to Max to convince him to hold their secrets close.
And more importantly, to show Sam that love is never just for one day.
More info →Secrets
Two hockey players, a hate crime, and secrets that could tear them apart.
Benji is the skater in the league who brings down the height average. Coming in at five eight, he's used to players chirping at him all night about his height. Including the sexy defenseman for the Carlisle Rush, Avery Lester, the defenseman with the stunning eyes and cute smile.
When Benji makes a single inappropriate comment about Avery's ass, everything goes to hell. Add in Avery’s heroics during a hate crime, and things just go from bad to worse. Abruptly it's not his height Benji has to worry about, but the chance that his closely guarded secret is shared all over the Internet.
Will keeping secrets tear Benji and Avery apart?
More info →Last Chance
It’s the last year of college and Luke can’t forget the captain of the hockey team or the kiss they shared as freshmen.
Justin has to decide if hockey outweighs his attraction to Luke because this might be the last chance he’ll have of making things right.
More info →A Wishing Tree Wedding
A free scene featuring Bailey and Kai's wedding
More info →This is Our Time
Noah and James were inseparable in college, their friendship blossoming into a love they believed would last forever—until a devastating choice tore them apart.
With secrets weighing heavy on his heart, Noah heads to the Silent Night Inn, a cozy haven in the Green Mountains, where James has built a life alongside his mom. He’s determined to explain why he turned down James’ graduation proposal—and hopes that James can forgive him.
But James has changed. He’s guarded, hurt, and unwilling to risk his heart again. As snow blankets the inn and Christmas lights glow softly, can Noah help James bridge the gap between who they were and who they’ve become? Or has too much time passed for love to find its way back?
This Christmas, forgiveness, and understanding could lead to a second chance—and a forever they never stopped wanting.
More info →Soulmates
A short story set after Spiral, with spoilers for Shield (LA Storm 3) and Spiral (LA Storm 4)
With one groom in hiding and an explosion of pink in the backyard, will this LA Storm wedding end in tears?
As his wedding day draws closer, Jackson is in the throes of closing a high-stakes case working in conjunction with ATF and aimed at dismantling a notorious drug supply chain. The long hours and intense focus have left him exhausted and marginally grumpy. The wedding is now here, and all he has prepared for his vows is one line scribbled out on a crumpled, coffee-stained napkin. Then there's the shiner he got in a scuffle with an old silent movie star. Was there a witness protection program for guys who hosed up their big day?
With Scarlett and Daisy at the helm of wedding planning, Oli isn't surprised that the theme is a Barbie fantasy. As a compromise, the backyard venue is a vision of pink and decorated with delicate spirals of lights that Jamie and the girls had spent hours hanging. However, as the wedding hour approaches and every detail falls perfectly into place, one crucial piece is missing.
Jackson is hiding in the study and won't come out.
More info →
RJ,
I just finished the Lancaster Falls series. I LOVED IT!!! And I was impressed at the very “American” writing from a person living in England. I only caught one slip (IMHO) where you mentioned a “flat white” which is not an American term for coffee with cream. I do a lot of reading, including British authors, and I can generally spot the regional issues from a writer, but you had me and that must have been 190,000 words. YOu are fantastic, and you had me captured with that story for three books, and that takes talent!!
Thank you
Hello,
I read all the Hockey books. My new getaway reading. when I clicked on Secrets it says the giveaway is over. So I looked on Kindle and see that is part of book called Hockey Collection. I can only find that book as a paper book not Kindle. Is this correct?
uh oh – have updated the link and you can find the free download here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/23apq1ycf8
HUGS XXXXXXX
I absolutely loved How Much for the Whole Night and even read it to mg husband and we agreed there are too many unanswered questions. Have you considered making this into a full book or the start of a series of stories?
It is so on my list for 2023 🙂 HUGS, and thank you for your kind comment xxxxxxxxxx
Hi.
I have read all books in the Harrisburg Railers series (that I could see on Goidreads) and feel like I am missing something from references in the books – Stan making people dress up as cats? A trip to Vegas Jared hasn’t entirely forgiven Ten for? Who’s Margo? – Are there additional books out there?
T.
Bonjour j’ai commencé la série Harrisburg railers en version broché en français mais quand le tome 7 est sorti je ne l’ai pas trouvé. Alors va-t-il sortir en papier et les tomes suivants aussi car j’ai hâte de lire les aventures de Ten, Jared et leurs amis.
J’attends avec impatience votre réponse
Salut – oui, nous regrouperons les novellas dans un livre de poche – promis, dès que la prochaine novella (Hat Trick) sera publiée 🙂
Câlins, RJ XXXX
Hello, I was looking to download Free Scenes Collection V2 and Pineapple & Ring however neither books have a button to download. Are these two free reads still available?
Also, just wanted to say (again lol) that I LOVE your books!!!! Thanks for the fantastic reads!
Here you go!
Pineapple – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jkz88jgnx1
Free Scenes Collection 2 – https://dl.bookfunnel.com/zx9wbfg6va