RELEASE TOUR incl Exclusive Excerpt: One-Time Shot Lane Hayes
The jock, the geek, and the hockey project…
Length:45,000 words
Series: Smithton Bears, #1
Genre: contemporary, hockey
Tropes: Geek/Jock, Small-town, Hockey, College
Designer: Reese Dante
The jock, the geek, and the hockey project…
Jett
My pro hockey dreams are hanging by a thread. I need to have a great season, and that means no partying, no distractions, no fun. A grad student’s science experiment is the definition of no fun, so…okay.
Pros and cons of agreeing to this deal:
Pro: Positive use of free time. (At least, that’s what my agent says.)
Con: Malcolm is bossy, clumsy, and he doesn’t know the first thing about hockey.
But he’s also cute and he’s got a great sense of humor and—oh, no.
I cannot have a crush on the geek. No way. Not now.Malcolm
Yes, I’m a serious student, but a hockey project is not serious. Who cares about big, hunky hockey players zipping around a sheet of ice at warp speed? Not I.
According to my professor, however, the only way to attain the required data is to study the specimen in his natural habitat, a.k.a., the ice rink.
Pro: My thesis should lead to a bevy of job offers.
Con: Jett. He’s impossibly big and gruff and handsome and disarmingly charming and—
Fine. Guilty. I like the jock…perhaps too much.
Lately, I find myself wondering if there’s such a thing as a one-time shot at forever.
One-Time Shot is a low-angst, geek-jock MM bisexual college hockey romance featuring a charismatic hockey star and an adorkable scientist.
Oh. My. Oh. My. I had an intense conversation with myself all the way home. It went something like, What were you thinking? How could you? and That was incredible. And blowjobs are kind of great, and making out was fun…and he liked it. Me too. Me too. But that didn’t mean it should happen again. Today’s visit was supposed to have been a good-bye, a fare-thee-well, an adios, au revoir, but by some strange magic, it had become something else. My head was spinning. Jett Erickson was bisexual, and he was attracted to…me. I didn’t know what to do with that information. It was a lot to ponder. I’d been nursing a crush for weeks, prolonging our association to spend time in his orbit. I’d learned hockey rules, for Pete’s sake. There was no rhyme or reason for me to know the rules of a darn face-off, but I did. It was useless trivia in my circles, but I’d hung on Jett’s every word because under his gruff persona, he was funny and charming, and I was smitten. It didn’t seem possible that he felt the same. Reality check, Malcolm…he doesn’t. No. Not likely. It was more likely that Jett viewed me as a friend who happened to be gay and might be interested in a feel-good sexual exchange. The real question was…did I want another meaningless sexual encounter with a man I was dangerously infatuated with or should I do the sensible thing and sever ties to avoid future foibles on my part? My indecision was a sure sign that my brain and body were working on different frequencies. If I’d been in my right mind, I would have set us both straight, pun intended, and steered us toward safer waters. But that ship had sailed the second we’d kissed. Or was it the second I’d rubbed against his huge erection and— No. Stop. Cease and desist. The answer was clear as day. Nothing good would come of this. I had to stay away from Jett Erickson. Far, far away. That was my intention, but then he texted and I lost focus again. What time are you done with class? Four p.m., I replied. Come over. We should talk. On the surface, that was a reasonable statement. We’d been under a strange spell yesterday, but today would be different. It would. Just you wait and see.
Lane Hayes lives in sunny Southern California with her amazing husband, who thankfully doesn’t mind cooking, and their fabulous fox red Labrador, George, who’s pure mischief. Both provide oodles of inspiration for the low-angst, humorous books Lane loves to write. She’s been telling stories about sexy, funny, sometimes geeky and quirky men who find love for a dozen years now and loving every minute. In her previous life, she sat at a desk and dealt with numbers, so yes…romance is much more satisfying! Lane loves tea, travel, and chocolate…in any order. Add a book and she’s set!
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