{"product_id":"pucking-sweet","title":"Pucking Sweet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn the latest spicy novel in the internationally bestselling Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series, the lines between work and play get deliciously blurred—with very unplanned consequences . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy name is Poppy St. James and I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL’s hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays. But if I want to stay beyond my one-year contract, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. PR is in my blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s not so easy are the hockey players. First, there’s party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. I don’t care how well he plays hockey. Off the ice, he’s a PR nightmare. Managing this man is quickly becoming my full-time job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid I mention my wildly inappropriate crush on his fellow defenseman, Colton Morrow? He’s sweet and kind and might just be perfect for me…but he’s totally off limits. I don’t date my players. It’s enough work managing their messy private lives without becoming part of the story myself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything changes the day my sister makes a devastating announcement. One phone call sends me spiraling…right into the arms of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eboth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e my rival defensemen. And just like that, I’ve officially become my own PR crisis. Now I’m staring down at a little blue plus sign and I have no strategy, no idea what comes next. All I know is that nothing will ever be the same…for any of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePUCKING SWEET is book three in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand international bestselling Jacksonville Rays hockey romance series. The series begins with the spicy prequel novella THAT ONE NIGHT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopeless Romantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51853198917926,"sku":"9781496752420","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/4221\/5462\/files\/Screenshot2026-01-03at4.18.13PM.png?v=1767475103","url":"https:\/\/hopelessromanticbooks.ca\/products\/pucking-sweet","provider":"Hopeless Romantic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}