Hot on Ice: A Hockey Romance Anthology
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“Come on, Genya, walk me to the restroom.”
“You just went,” his father complained but took her arm to help her up the steps.
After they had left, Zim reached up, and Suji slipped her hand into his notching their fingers together.
She looked fucking amazing in her fitted jersey, and he really liked seeing his last name on her. Her smile was radiant, and Zim’s heart swelled to three times its size in his chest.
Fucking hell.
He loved this woman.
Suji leaned over the railing and Zim cupped her cheek before accepting her kiss. It seared the emotion into him.
When she pulled back, she didn’t go very far.
“Hey,” she whispered, smiling.
“Hey.”
“Ever have sex in a locker room?”
Zim coughed, nearly choking on his own tongue. He looked around, grateful that the fans had moved on to one of his teammates.
“Christ, lady, you can’t say stuff like that.”
She grinned. “Have you?”
And now he was hard. Sweaty and hard, and still in his gear. “No.”
Her grin was positively evil. “Wanna?”
She wiggled her eyebrows, her tongue peeking out to run along her imperfect white teeth.
Fuck yeah, he did.
“Get over here.”
One leg over the railing, two, and then she was in his arms. Zim kissed her for everything he was worth as she wrapped her legs around his waist and he made his way down the tunnel.
He was gonna catch so much shit for this.
Ask him if he cared.
Acknowledgments
Huge thank yous go to Avery Flynn for inviting me to be a part of this amazing anthology and for keeping us all organized.
And to all of the other authors involved with Hot On Ice: Kimberly Kincaid, Susan Scott Shelley, Angi Morgan, Misty D. Waters, Christi Barth, Kim Golden, Kate Meader, Heather Long, Virginia Nelson, Robin Covington, Robin Kaye, Lena Hart, Desiree Holt, Andie J. Christopher, Katie Kenyhercz, and Nana Malone, thank you for making this such a fun, crazy experience!
About the Author
Xio Axelrod is an award-winning author of love stories, contemporary romance and (what she likes to call) strange, twisted tales.
Xio grew up in the music industry and began recording at a young age. When she isn’t writing stories, she can be found in the studio, writing songs, or performing on international stages (under a different, not-so-secret name). She lives in Philadelphia with one full-time husband and one part-time cat.
Where to find Xio…
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About Homes For Our Troops
20% of the proceeds from sales of Hot On Ice: A Hockey Romance Anthology will go to Homes for Our Troops, a privately funded nonprofit organization.
HFOT builds mortgage-free, specially adapted homes nationwide for severely injured Veterans Post – 9/11, to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of these Veterans have sustained injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives.