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You, Again by Lane Hayes

The Elmwood Stories, Book 1

The hometown hockey hero and his best friend’s brother…

Vinnie

Hockey is in my blood. I learned to skate before I learned how to ride a bike. I’ve been on a wild ride, playing at the highest level for some of the biggest and best teams in the league. But now it’s over, and I’m not sure what to do with myself.

So I’m going home to Elmwood.

But I’ll tell you what I’m not gonna do—I’m not going to coach my buddy’s junior hockey league. No chance. I don’t know how to deal with kids, and besides, the other coach—who happens to be my best friend’s brother—hates me. With reason.

That may be old news, yet something tells me we’re going to have to deal with the past.

And that’s almost as scary as coaching teens.

Nolan

No, I don’t hate Vinnie, but he drives me nuts.

He’s cocky, goofy, selfish, and yeah…after all these years, I’m still attracted to him. But I’m a responsible adult now. I run my family’s business, and with the help of my ex, I’ve made Elmwood Diner into a New England institution.

So maybe my life isn’t particularly exciting at the moment, and maybe Vinnie isn’t the worst. Nonetheless, I have no desire to rekindle a friendship with the hockey hero who no doubt will be on the first flight out of town the second he gets bored or gets a better offer.

And I’m not coaching with him. No way.

Ugh…

I can’t believe I’m doing this again.

You, Again is an MM bisexual, best friend’s brother, frenemies to lovers romance featuring old friends, a new quest, and a little hockey HEA!

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“Sorry. We’re not open,” I replied, unlocking the front door. “Try Rise and Grind.”

“Come on, Nol. I’ll pay triple for it. I need my java and…I want to talk to you.”

“About?”

“Ronnie’s proposal.”

I fixed him with a suspicious once-over before reluctantly inclining my head. “Fine. Come in. Take a seat at the counter.”

I dropped my computer in my office just off the kitchen and turned on the lights. Seconds later, the row of pendants over the counter lit up, framing Vinnie in a flattering aura as he studied his surroundings. I followed his gaze, knowing it had to look very different to him than he would have remembered.

Vinnie bypassed the marble counter and marched to the third booth on the left to inspect the new emerald leather upholstery, reminiscent of the funky color my dad had installed in the seventies.

I watched him run his fingers over the cool leather, unsurprised by the paralyzing wave of déjà vu. In a flash, I was sixteen again, flicking packets of artificial sweetener between the goalpost Ronnie made with his hands.

Vinnie’s right thigh and elbow were glued to mine, my heartbeat like a hummingbird’s wings, fast and furious. He was too close, yet not close enough.

My palms went clammy, my mouth dry. I sipped Coke and laughed a lot, hoping to appear normal when in fact, it took everything in me not to drop those stupid sugar packets and slip my hand under the table to cover Vinnie’s thigh.

He wanted me to touch him. I’d swear it. And I wanted it too. I wanted things I couldn’t make sense of in my head.

“Whatever happened to those tabletop jukeboxes?” he asked, pulling me from my reverie.

 

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