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Cross-Check
A Forbidden Sports Romance of Betrayal and a Grumpy-Sunshine Pairing, and the Heart That Wouldn't ForgetBy Lewis G. Northcote
Length7h 43m
About this audiobook
I needed five words from him for my front page.
He'd never given me more than four.
Harper Kincaid learned a long time ago where she ranked.
Behind the ice. Behind the team. Behind the chiller her father chose to fix the night her mother died on the kitchen floor.
She spent five years trying to un-understand it. She never could.
Now she's a sports reporter with one shot left, and her editor's ultimatum is brutal: land the story by 7 a.m., or lose the beat to the rival who's been circling for years.
The story is Liam Farrow.
The Wolves' golden boy. Game-winning slapshot. A smile for the cameras and a wall of silence for her.
Grumpy, guarded, impossible.
And carrying a debt he never mentions, a brother who's trouble, and a secret that could end his career if it ever hit print.
The kind of secret a journalist is supposed to chase.
The kind a falling heart is supposed to protect.
One kiss nobody saw coming, and suddenly the line between the story and the man starts to disappear.
She tells herself she can keep them separate. The byline and the boy. The job and the way he looks at her when the rink goes quiet.
She can't.
Then the feature she fought for vanishes. A rival's trap snaps shut. And Harper is left holding the one truth that could save Liam or burn them both, with a deadline screaming and her father's old voice in her head telling her the work always comes first.
On the ice, in the dark, Liam finally says the thing he's never said to anyone.
"You want the story? Fine. But I'm not giving them you. Not for any headline."
Harper can write the truth. Or she can keep him.
And she's spent her whole life learning that you don't get both.
Cross-Check is a steamy forbidden sports romance about a grumpy-sunshine pairing, a hockey star with a secret, betrayal, a career on the line, slow-burn desire, and the heart that wouldn't forget.
Perfect for readers who love hockey romance, grumpy-meets-sunshine, forbidden workplace tension, an emotional heroine with grit, and a hard-earned happily ever after. A standalone sports romance with a satisfying happy ending.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length7 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Prologue
3Chapter 1 - The Cross-Check I Can’t Outrun
4Chapter 2 - The Debt He Never Mentioned
5Chapter 3 - The Charity I Can’t Refuse
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6Chapter 4 - The Editor’s Favorite
7Chapter 5 - The Ice That Tells the Truth
8Chapter 6 - The Ultimatum That Doesn’t Stick
9Chapter 7 - The Kiss Nobody Expected
10Chapter 8 - The Feature That Vanished
11Chapter 9 - The Father Who Never Left
12Chapter 10 - The Night That Didn’t End
13Chapter 11 - The Brother’s Trap
14Chapter 12 - The Press Conference That Became a War
15Chapter 13 - The Choice We Can’t Unmake
16Chapter 14 - The Gambling Debt That Explodes
17Chapter 15 - The Story I Can’t Write
18Chapter 16 - The Rival’s Trap Springs
19Chapter 17 - The Lover’s Shield
20Chapter 18 - The Lie That Wins
21Chapter 19 - The Father Returns
22Chapter 20 - The Quiet Before the Storm
23Chapter 21 - The Poem I Should Have Read
24Chapter 22 - The Rehab Visit
25Chapter 23 - The Grand Gesture That Costs
26Chapter 24 - The Ice That Melts
27Chapter 25 - The Season That Ends, The Life That Begins
28About the Author
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