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Today’s book: The Keeper by Bella Matthews.
“Hey, princess,” Easton’s smooth voice whispers as I answer his FaceTime in the middle of the night.
“Hey, hockey boy,” I rasp back and clear the sleep from my eyes. “What time is it in Vegas?”
It’s too late to be doing time-zone math.
Or maybe it’s too early. I squint to see the clock app. Definitely too early.
“It’s a little after midnight here. Were you sleeping?”
I grab my glasses and sit up so I can see his face. Easton always FaceTimes or texts. He never calls. There’s no in-between for him. There never has been. “E, are you drunk?”
He runs his hand through his sandy-brown hair. Hair that looks like it’s already been yanked on one too many times. Eww. Please don’t let a naked woman be in bed next to him. Because I’ve gotten those calls before, and they are not my favorite. “Easton . . .” I push when he doesn’t answer me. “What’s going on? Are you alone? Are you okay?”
“I fucked up, Lindy.” With haunted eyes, he drops his head back against his pillow and groans. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this.”
About: I’m a big fan of the Kingston family and the three different series that brought them to life (Kings of Kroydon Hills, Restless Kings and Defiant Kings) so I’ve been looking forward to the new next generation series Playing To Win. Lindy and Easton’s story is a best friend’s brother, friends to lovers, accidental marriage with a hot hockey player, so it has a bunch of my favorite things.
Blurb:
Easton Hayes has been my knight in shining hockey skates since he saved my life.
This devastatingly handsome grump may be everyone’s favorite goalie, but to me, he’s my strength when demons haunt my dreams. And okay—so maybe he’s also the only man I’ve ever loved. But he doesn’t need to know that.
We’re friends.
It works for us.
At least, it did. Until I wake up with his ring on my finger and the hangover from hell. But what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas when he refuses to give me an annulment and follows me across the country instead.
Now our families are furious.
Our friends are playing matchmaker.
I’m getting goosebumps each time I hear the words “my wife.”
And I think my husband might be in love with me.
