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Release 8 December
 
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The Book

Family First: A Railers Christmas Novella (Harrisburg Railers Series Book 13)

Family First: A Railers Christmas Novella (Harrisburg Railers Series Book 13)

Authors: RJ Scott, V.L. Locey
Series: RAILERS HOCKEY, Book 13
Genres: Christmas Romance, Hockey, Romance

An injury threatens to end Stan’s career. Will he choose to fight for his beloved hockey, or put his family first? 

Few goalies are as dedicated as Stan Lyamin, known for his resilience on the ice, talking to his pipes, and his love of Elvis. Add in his adoration of his family and his life has been filled with all the things that bring him joy.  However, after a heart-wrenching game ends with a disastrous hip injury, Stan faces the most challenging obstacle of his career: surgery, an extensive recovery, and the looming threat of retirement. It’s now that he has to decide which path to take: the one that will lead him back to the game he adores or the one that will see his jersey lifted to the rafters.

Erik and Stan, once invincible with the Railers, have always skated through life's challenges hand in hand. Their love story, cemented by a shared passion for hockey and the joy of raising their children, has been their shield against the world. But when their son Noah’s life is changed forever by a medical diagnosis, this forever love is put to the test. Erik turns to his husband for support, but Stan is consumed with guilt, overwhelmed by decisions, and retreats into himself when his family needs him the most.

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Details

 
GLBTQ, MM, Hockey Romance – Trope: retirement vs family, injury, family, operation, Stan being Stan, Erik being patient, all the children, and the dogs
Released: 8 December 2023
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd
Series: Railers, Christmas Novella
Length: 29000
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/201499356-family-first
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/family-first-a-railers-christmas-novella-harrisburg-railers-series-book-13-by-v-l-locey-and-rj-scott
eBook Links can be found here: rjscott.co.uk/read-familyfirst
 
Available – Wide Release
ISBN ebook – 9781785644696
ISBN paperback – Not in individual paperback

Series Overview

Family First is not a standalone read – it's very much part of the Railers series and contains spoilers for nearly every book in the series! 
  • Changing Lines (Railers 1) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-ChangingLines
  • First Season (Railers 2) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-FirstSeason
  • Deep Edge (Railers 3) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-DeepEdge
  • Poke Check (Railers 4) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-PokeCheck
  • Last Defense (Railers 5) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-LastDefense
  • Goal Line (Railers 6) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-GoalLine
  • Neutral Zone (Railers 7) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-NeutralZone
  • Hat Trick (Railers 8) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-HatTrick
  • Save the Date (Railers 9) – http://rjscott.co.uk/Read-SaveDate
  • Baby Makes Three (Railers 10) – https://rjscott.co.uk/Read-BabyMakesThree
  • Rivals (Railers 11) – https://rjscott.co.uk/read-rivals
  • Perfect Gifts (Railers 12) – https://rjscott.co.uk/read-perfect
  • Family First (Railers 13) – rjscott.co.uk/read-familyfirst

RJ Scott

RJ Scott, author of M/M romance.Writing love stories with a happy ever after – cowboys, heroes, family, hockey, single dads, bodyguards
 
USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott has written over one hundred and fifty romance books. Emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, single dads, hockey players, millionaires, princes, bodyguards, Navy SEALs, soldiers, doctors, paramedics, firefighters, cops, and the men who get mixed up in their lives, always with a happy ever after.
 
She lives in beautiful countryside outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing. The last time she had a week’s break from writing, she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a box of chocolates she couldn’t defeat.

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VL Locey

 
V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.)
 
She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a flock of assorted domestic fowl, and two Jersey steers.
 
When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand.
 

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Excerpts

Excerpt 1

“Williams dishes off to Prescott as they break into the Railers zone. Fetcher moves in for a scorching shot that Lyamin has to stretch to block, the shot going up into the netting to stop play yet again.”

“Lyamin is not getting up, Dusky. He’s still face down on the ice. That didn’t look like that hard of a move for the Railers goalie to make. Play is called as the Railers trainer heads onto the ice. Dang, you hate to see this. Lyamin is still down on the ice, his teammates gathered close to the crease as Paul Iman, the Railers head trainer for the past few years, tends to the net minder.”

“Let’s see a replay of that shot from Prescott and maybe we can see…Oh, oh, okay, see that extension Lyamin makes to move from the left of his crease to the right? I’m wondering if he didn’t pull another groin muscle on that move, Heller.”

“Hmm, could be, Dusky. The butterfly technique that so many of today’s goalies use transfers some big pressure to the hip joints. Hopefully it’s just a tweak and—”

“Looks like Bryan Delaney is gearing up. That is not good news for the Railers. I’d personally like to see Lyamin get to his skates and leave the ice on his own volition but he’s still not moving much other than his head, which is now free of his famed Elvis mask, and his hands. He seems to be in some real pain.”

“Yeah, they’re calling for the stretcher for him. Lyamin is the spirit of this team while Rowe is the heart. Let’s hope the problem is a minor one for our beloved goalie…”

 


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