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Spotlight – Playing for Keeps

31 Thursday Jul 2025

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Dakotah Fox, Playing for Keeps, Seattle Hawks Ice Hockey series

Playing for Keeps

Seattle Hawks Ice Hockey, Book 4

by Dakotah Fox

Blurb:

JAY

One night in a bar when I met the most beautiful woman

Where we danced soft and slow, her body close to mine 

I had no idea who she was. We thought we were strangersโ€ฆ

Until the spell was broken and I realized sheโ€™s my best friendโ€™s little sister

Jade Jonesโ€ฆ

She saw me at my darkest hour all those years ago

And she never ran away

Now weโ€™re meeting again in Vegas for her brother’s wedding

And the embers between us burn brighter than ever 

I never knew it could be like this

It scares me if Iโ€™m even worthy of her love

But she chases the demons away, demons I thought were long gone 

When Iโ€™m with her, I canโ€™t deny it, weโ€™re breaking all the rules 

And what happens in Vegas may just not want to stay there 

JADE

Seeing my brotherโ€™s best friend again was a shock

Heโ€™s a hockey star now, with that boyish charm and sexy smile 

But Iโ€™m cautious, Iโ€™ve been hurt before

I made it clear I wonโ€™t date a hockey player 

And heโ€™s a notorious ladiesโ€™ man of the ice

Itโ€™s just the way he is, at least, until now

Iโ€™m in Seattle trying to get my life together

Quitting my job for a chance at my passion 

But thereโ€™s one thing I canโ€™t get out of my mind

Jay Jeffersonโ€ฆ

And my brotherโ€™s wedding is looming 

Iโ€™m the maid of honor, Jayโ€™s the best man 

We canโ€™t deny the attraction anymore

Our Vegas weekend quickly turns to passion 

And the lines we blurred may just be the ones to save us 

Buy Link:

https://books2read.com/PlayingForKeepsBook4

Available in KUย 

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Author Info:

Dakotah Fox is a new author of contemporary and small-town romance. She enjoys walking and hiking with her pups, finding new tea haunts, and is a qualified yoga instructor.

When sheโ€™s not writing she enjoys finding a good book to curl up with, loves watching Beauty and the Geek and is the Queen of planning. You can find her living a quiet, fulfilled life in Western Australiaโ€™s Northwest with her beloved doggies.

Connect with Dakotah Fox:

https://linktr.ee/dakotahfox

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Spotlight – Playing for Keeps

21 Monday Jan 2019

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Heartbreaker Bay series, Jill Shalvis, Playing for Keeps

Just got back from another week off (it’s a hard life, I know!) and I’m so excited to kick things off with the newest book by Jill Shalvis.ย  She’s one of my all-time favs!

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Playing for Keeps

Heartbreaker Bay, Book 7

by Jill Shalvis

Avon Books

Jan 22nd, 2019

Blurb:

If youโ€™re planning on falling in loveโ€ฆ

When it comes to the confident, charismatic Caleb Parker, Sadie Lane feels the sparkโ€”the kind that comes from rubbing each other the wrong way. Sheโ€™s yoga pants, heโ€™s a suit. Sheโ€™s a tattoo artist, heโ€™s a straight-laced mogul. But after they accidentally co-rescue an abandoned dog from a storm, Sadie sees a vulnerable side to the seemingly invincible hottie.

Youโ€™d better be sureโ€ฆ

Caleb doesnโ€™t do emotions. Growing up the underdog, heโ€™s learned the hard way to build up an impenetrable wall. Perfect for business. Disastrous for relationships. Heโ€™s never worried about it beforeโ€”not until he finally gets behind Sadieโ€™s armor and begins to fall.

Someone is there to catch you.

Both guarded and vulnerable, Sadie and Caleb are complete opposites. Or are they? Shocked at their undeniable connection, can they ever admit to wanting more? That all depends on what theyโ€™re each willing to risk.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40034882-playing-for-keeps

Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/169076-heartbreaker-bay

Kindle:ย  https://amzn.to/2rBps2S

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/playing-for-keeps/id1336069077?mt=11

Nook: ย https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/playing-for-keeps-jill-shalvis/1128572949?ean=9780062741868#/

Kobo: ย https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/playing-for-keeps-81

GPlay: ย https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jill_Shalvis_Playing_for_Keeps?id=d3lbDwAAQBAJ

Paperback: https://jillshalvis.com/books/playing-for-keeps/#order

Series Buy Link: http://jillshalvis.com/books/#heartbreaker-series

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Excerpt:

Read the First Chapter
https://jillshalvis.com/books/playing-for-keeps/#excerpt

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Author Info:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis writes warm, funny, sexy contemporary romances and womenโ€™s fiction. An Amazon, BN & iBooks bestseller, sheโ€™s also a two-time RITA winner and has more than 10 million copies of her books sold worldwide.

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