{"title":"Blue Ridge Christmas Hockey Short Reads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWelcome to Blue Ridge, where frosty nights bring hearts together, and the Buffaloes hockey team is learning that love can be the trickiest play of all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom rink side mishaps to snowed-in surprises, each short story delivers cozy Christmas chaos, swoony hockey heroes, and heroines who find love in the most unexpected places. Whether it’s a peppermint bake-off, a holiday decorating disaster, or a cabin full of stranded players, these romances are packed with laughter, heart, and plenty of sweet kisses under the mistletoe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"checking-it-twice-blue-ridge-christmas-hockey-short-reads-book-1","title":"Book 1: Checking It Twice (Blue Ridge Christmas Hockey Short Reads)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eListen to the first audiobook in \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBlue Ridge, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhere frosty nights bring hearts together, and the Buffaloes hockey team is learning that love can be the trickiest play of all.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen the new hockey team captain crashes into the town’s Christmas queen, sparks fly faster than falling snow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRee:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRunning Blue Ridge’s most magical Christmas pop-up shop should be enough to keep me busy, but apparently the universe has other plans. Like having Evan Callahan—six feet-plus of hockey captain perfection—literally body-check me into a pile of fake snow and candy canes during our first planning meeting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne mistletoe mishap later, and suddenly I’m co-hosting “Christmas on Ice” with the most gorgeous grump who secretly loves stop-motion Christmas movies and makes the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eworst\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gingerbread hockey players. Between stolen kisses under twinkling lights, festival emergencies, and trying not to melt every time he smiles, I’m falling faster than a rookie in their first pair of skates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut I swore off athletes after my ex-fiancé left me at the altar, and Evan’s got a whole team counting on him to stay focused. Dating the town’s Christmas coordinator during the biggest week of the year? 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