Strong and Wild (Lakes Hockey #2)
Sloane St. James
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
3.95
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 115 ratings · 346 pages · Published: 26 Jun 2023
Things are looking up for me in my new Minnesota home. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my patisserie cocktail lounge. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.
When he reveals his true self, I hate what I find. Until more of him unravels, proving we have more in common than I realized, and I don’t mean we both enjoy rock climbing or outdoor concerts. No, we have the good stuff—shared trauma. The only difference is I came out on the other side, and he’s still fighting his demons.
Rhys
Women aren’t going to be a distraction for me in my rookie year, where every single game feels like a try-out. I’ve got a one-year NHL contract, 365 days to prove to the Minnesota Lakes I’m worth the investment—which is why I need to stay far away from my neighbor across the hall.
Everything is fine until I find out she's the same woman I subscribe to online. Turns out we know each other quite well, but she thinks we're strangers—and I plan on keeping it that way. Until one night, she steps in to do a favor for me because she’s been in my shoes before. Now I’m showing her the real me, but it might not be enough for her. This 18+ spicy hockey romance features dirty talk, praise, degredation, angst, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, and of course, a happily ever after.
Drug use, addiction, death, slut-shaming.
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- sports 18
- praise kink 18
- enemies to lovers 17
- m-f romance 17
- athlete hero 16
- anal sex 16
- contemporary 15
- rich hero 15
- hockey 15
- sassy heroine 15
- independent heroine 15
- working class heroine 15
- found family 14
- possessive hero 13
- alpha male 13
- spanking 13
- friends with benefits 12
- bdsm 12
- cheerful/happy heroine 11
- bondage 10
- new adult 9
- funny 8
- forced proximity 8
- tortured hero 8
- insta-love 7
- tortured heroine 7
- fetish 6
- competent heroine 6
- cruel hero/bully 5
- take-charge heroine 4
- angst 4
- childfree 4
- good grovel 3
- betrayal 3
- early 20s mmc 2
- masc-dom 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- substance abuse 18
- drug abuse 17
- slut shaming 11
- death / grief 8
- mental trauma 8
- misogyny 4
- body betrayal 2
- geography
- minnesota 14
- usa 11
- north america 10
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 18
- first person pov 14
- male pov 2
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The 'Lakes Hockey' series
3.97 · 739 ratings
dual-pov · athletes · angst · minnesota · north-america · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · praise-kink · possessive hero · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · slut-shaming · found-family · competent heroine · sports · usa · hockey · forced proximity
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