Emma Tharp

An NHL hotshot, a beautiful face from his past and a chance meeting at a bachelor party that could change both of their lives. Derek Parker is an NHL left wing hotshot. He’s as smoking hot on the ice as he is off. Women who get close enough can’t deny the heat. Newly divorced, he has no interest in relationships. Cora Locklyn is a face from the past. One Derek didn’t expect to see—half-naked doing a striptease—at his best friend’s bachelor party. She’s a mystery to him. One he can’t keep off his mind. He’s a distraction she doesn’t need. Making money and taking care of her sick mother are her only priorities. When they come together, sparks fly that neither can ignore. Can Derek win Cora's heart and heal from the pain his ex-wife caused him, or will she block his advances and ruin both of their chances at happiness?

Scoring Chance

He plays defense in the NHL. She's a pediatrician whose fiancé is cheating on her. When they meet and become friends, will they be able keep their relationship in the "friend zone?" And can they help heal each other's past heartache? Just when everything in Alex's life seems to be falling into place, she gets bad news that shakes her to her core. Her fiancé, NHL star Marcus Reid, has been cheating on her. With multiple women. Cole Shaw plays defense for the Wolverines' NHL team. He keeps his life simple: play hockey, defend the goal, and don't worry about relationships or love. It's not what he wants or needs. That is until his teammate's fiancé, Alex, asks Cole the truth about what Marcus has been up to behind her back. Alex appreciates Cole's friendship and begins to feel things for him she knows she shouldn't. Why would she want to be with another NHL player? They're only ever looking to score? But Cole proves he's different. If Alex's ex, Marcus, can't have her, he doesn't want anyone to get her. Now Cole is at risk of losing his spot on the team. As much as Cole wants more with Alex, he can't jeopardize everything he's worked his whole life for. Even though Alex and Cole's chemistry is ice-melting, can they figure out how to play the game together without losing everything? Defending Your Heart is book two in the Rules of the Game Series. Book three releases March 2019. All books in the Rules of the Game Series can be read as standalones.This book contains mature content. 18+ Other titles by Emma Tharp 1.What About Her (The Bluff Harbor Series Book One) 2. What About Us (The Bluff Harbor Series Book Two) 3. Drawn to Dark 4. Keeping It Casual 5. Moving On (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book One) 6. All In (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book Two) 7. Alive Again (McLoughlin Brother Series Book Three) 8. Crashing Christmas: A Billionaire Office Romance 9. Always Just Us (Just Us Book One) 10. Forever Just Us (Just Us Book Two) 11. Scoring Chance (Rules of the Game Book One)

A Friends to Lovers Hockey Romance

Defending Your Heart

Can a player ever really be redeemed? Marcus Reid is an NHL forward and a big-time playboy. Chloe Williams is a sports journalist. Can Chloe finally be the one to tame this player? Marcus gets traded to the Toronto Cyclones. A new team and a new city—Just what he needs. A fresh start away from his old teammates, his ex-fiancé, and his past. Soon after the move, he meets Chloe. She’s smart, sexy, and damn, can she write a good story. Chloe works hard to make her boss proud and be the best sports journalist she can be. Meeting Marcus Reid and having instant chemistry with him wasn’t in the plan. Everyone knows that sports journalists don’t mess around with athletes. With chemistry that’s off the charts, Marcus and Chloe come up with an arrangement that should be mutually beneficial. Can Chloe be the good luck charm that Marcus needs to get his game and his life back on track? Or will past indiscretions tear away their shot at happiness?

Playing Dirty

He's a big-time player and a goalie in the NHL. She's divorced and is just getting her life back on track. When she's in need of a fake boyfriend, could he be the right guy for the job? Bri's a changed woman. After she caught her husband cheating on her with her best friend, she knew she had to pick herself up, dust herself off, and move on. And that's exactly what she does. With a new home and a new career, Bri knows she's finally got her groove back. Teddy is the sexy starting goalie for the Nashville Wolverines. He's never had a problem finding a woman to keep his bed warm at night and he's not looking for anything more. Until he meets Bri. It seems like Teddy is the perfect man for the fake boyfriend job, until feelings start creeping in that Bri and Teddy don't expect. Neither of them is ready to take their relationship to the next level, but sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants. Goal on the Rebound is book three in the Rules of the Game Series by USA Today Bestselling Author, Emma Tharp. Each book in the series can be read as a standalone. This book contains mature content. 18+ Other titles by Emma Tharp: 1.What About Her (The Bluff Harbor Series Book One) 2. What About Us (The Bluff Harbor Series Book Two) 3. Drawn to Dark 4. Keeping It Casual 5. Moving On (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book One) 6. All In (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book Two) 7. Alive Again (McLoughlin Brother Series Book Three) 8. Crashing Christmas: A Billionaire Office Romance 9. Always Just Us (Just Us Book One) 10. Forever Just Us (Just Us Book Two) 11. Scoring Chance (Rules of the Game Book One) 12. Defending Your Heart (Rules of the Game Book Two)

A Fake Boyfriend Hockey Romance

Goal on the Rebound

A New Season

Wes Jacobsen plays professional hockey for a living. Lydia Crow is a country music singer. They meet and have an instant attraction—but he’s twenty-three and she’s forty-two. Does age really matter in a relationship? Lydia and Wes have a whirlwind romance that lasts six months, but she ends it abruptly—leaving Wes hurt and with unanswered questions. Wes’s MO is to work hard on the ice and play harder off. That is until he meets Lydia, a beautiful woman who grounds him and fulfills him more than any bottle of beer or puck bunny could. It doesn’t take long for Wes’s feelings to develop for her. Lydia wasn’t expecting to have a connection with a man twenty years younger than she is. And when they meet, both agree that a casual relationship is all it would ever be. Until it isn’t. With the odds stacked against them, can a second chance be what they need to make it work this time, or will their differences pull them apart?

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Being a Rock God isn't easy. Kingston Lawless has survived a lot of things - alcoholism, ultimate betrayal, and an ill sister only he can save. But Kingston is ready to get his life back on track.When his path crosses with nurse Camilla Watts, he immediately knows she's different than all the other women he's met. Sweet, innocent, and she didn't even know he's famous. Could Cam give him the kind of life he wants? Unable to deny their chemistry, Kingston and Cam start a whirlwind romance. But King's past isn't ready to let him go. Will their love be able to overcome the lies or will his dark past rip them apart?

Drawn to Dark

Play the Game

He thought his life was over.After ten years of being happily married to his high school sweetheart, Patrick McLoughlin thought he had it all. A beautiful wife, a career he loved, and a gorgeous new baby girl. All of his dreams were finally coming true.Until the day Maggie, his wife, walked out and never so much as left a note. Six months of radio silence.Patrick needs a nanny, someone to care for his daughter while he builds his empire. In walks Carsen Sanders - tall, sweet with a model's body, and eleven years younger than him. She steps in and takes care of his daughter just like a second mom. He can't help but have feelings for Carsen even though he knows it's wrong in every way. What happens when Patrick and Carsen can no longer deny their mutual attraction? Or will Maggie return to take back what's hers?

Alive Again

Her curves, pale green eyes, and spitfire personality are what draw Jackson to Amelia. His best friend, Will, is what pulls him away. Amelia Stanton has always had a crush on her brother Will's best friend, Jackson McLoughlin. But he's a player and has never taken a second look at her. Until a chance meeting brings them together and the truth about their feelings comes to the surface. When the unthinkable happens, will Amelia and Jackson make it through an unexpected pregnancy or will Amelia's brother, Will, put an end to them before they even begin? With the odds stacked against them, can Amelia and Jackson rise to the occasion or sink before they even have a chance to swim?

All In

Her luck has run out...After losing her job, dealing with the double blow of her grandmother's stroke, and finding out her boyfriend was cheating, Scarlette James needs a fresh start. What better place to find your luck again, than Ireland.He's her friend's ex...Braeden McLoughlin is handsome, strong, protective, and the epitome of forbidden fruit. When he offers Scarlette a vacation fling...two weeks to explore Ireland, and each other, Scarlette doesn't know what to listen to, her head or her heart.Is Braeden just what Scarlette needs to turn her luck around, or is their two week fling destined for disaster?

Moving On

Torn between her desire for the guy who has her heart and her loyalty to her best friend, Kate Bergman knows she must break her own heart to give her broken and fragile friend a shot at happiness. But letting go of River McEwan is the hardest thing she's ever done. Moving on is even harder--especially when River doesn't want to let her go. As the two resist their passion for one another, Kate uncovers the truth about her best friend. As the three of them forge a new path of friendship and discovery, tragedy strikes. Now, it's up to Kate to fight for the only man she's ever loved. But can she make River forget about the past to find a future together?

What About Us

She’s a workaholic that’s too busy to worry about relationships. He’s an adventure seeker that hasn’t seemed to ever find the right woman. That’s why their arrangement works out so well for them. Three years. For three solid years they had been meeting up for one glorious week. The rules were simple: They had seven days to love with abandon. Seven days to live without regret. Six nights to spend together. Only now, someone wanted to change the rules. And someone wanted to see where this could go. Still, neither one of them wanted to lose what was between them.

A Vacation Romance

Between Us

The McLoughlin Brothers Series Boxed Set

Always Just Us

Two things she knows to be true. Never mix business with pleasure and definitely, never, ever date the enemy. So why did the matchmaker set her up to break all the rules? And the bigger question is how could she possibly like it so much? Lily's best friend, Savannah, is thrilled to be opening a matchmaking agency and set up all her friends-whether they like it or not. Lily doesn't believe in matchmaking or matchmakers in general. Hell, these days she isn't even sure she believes in marriage. Being a counselor, who writes a dating and relationship column in a popular women's magazine, she sees relationships at their very worst. Imagine her surprise when she gets her match and it's her nemesis at the magazine, Oliver Sanders. He's arrogant and pig-headed. No way in hell is she going to date him, except she made a promise to her friend. Three dates. One terrible man. Once it's over, she'll have a lifetime of freedom from Savannah's meddling. When Oliver's editor gives him an assignment to join the new startup matchmaking agency, he wants to refuse. He knows nothing about dating, but it's an assignment and he can't say no. Now he has to sign up, get matched, and write about it. The bright side? Lily Beck is his match and she's gorgeous, driven, and intelligent. The downside? She's also a nightmare. At least he only has to survive three dates. Lily has a plan; to get in and get out unscathed. Oliver thinks this is a disaster waiting to happen. When the two of them get together, neither is prepared for three dates that change them both. What happens when they start falling for each other and the three dates are over? Fans of KA Linde and Tijan will be enthralled by Evening With The Enemy from USA Today bestselling author, Emma Tharp. Scroll up and one click today to start reading this wildly addictive, super steamy, Kindle melting romance today! This book is intended for a mature audience. 18+

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