Cali Melle

Cross Checked Hearts

Meet Me in the Penalty Box

Eden

After experiencing a nasty break-up during my freshman year, there is one type of guy that I refuse to get involved with.

Anyone from the university’s hockey team.

Hayden King is arrogant, cocky, has a reputation for being a playboy and there isn’t a single thing about him that I like.

One drunken summer night turns into a bad decision with Hayden. One that I swear that I’ll never make again.

But once senior year starts, I can’t seem to get away from him. He’s everywhere I go, everywhere I turn.

He’s under my skin and I find myself making mistake after mistake with him.

We better learn from our mistakes before our hearts get involved…

Hayden

Eden Finley is as cold as the ice that she skates on.

She’s the best figure skater at Wyncote University and I don’t know how I missed her when I first came here.

After one night with her over the summer, I can’t get her out of my head.

She has a chip on her shoulder, a nasty attitude and she hates my guts.

Which all only makes her more appealing.

I live for the chase, for the challenge.

And Eden Finley has no idea what she’s gotten herself into….

The Faceoff

Deflected Hearts

Playing Offsides

The Goalie Who Stole Christmas

She was the one thing he couldn't have, but that wouldn't stop him from getting what he wanted.


After a nasty break-up with her ex, moving to Orchid Beach was like a breath of fresh air. Harper landed a brand new job as a sports photographer for a professional hockey team. It was just what she needed to get away from everything she had ever known. One drunken night at a club had her sneaking into another room with a stranger. But that stranger ended up being no one other than Nico Cirone. The star rookie player for the Orchid City Vipers. The same team that she was now working for. And that made him completely off limits. Nico Cirone had been at the top of his game, but as a rookie, he couldn’t afford to lose his new position. His luck felt like it was stretching thin and there was only one solution. He needed a new good luck charm. And after running into Harper, he knew that he had finally found what he was looking for. It was an easy arrangement, one they could both benefit from. He would help her forget her ex and she would help him play the best hockey he’d ever played before. It was supposed to be simple… Until it wasn’t anymore.

Meet Me In The Penalty Box

Olivia

Transferring schools in the middle of my freshman year wasn’t a part of my plan, but I won’t let my smile falter.

Even when I run into my best friend’s older brother… the grumpy hockey player who I had a crush on in high school.

He threatens to break down every wall that I’ve barricaded myself behind, but I can’t let him in. Not when I know that he’ll only break my heart.

He claims that he doesn’t have feelings for me, so I’m left with no choice but to move on from the fantasy land I’ve been living inside my head.

But as soon as I meet another guy, Sterling Barrett has other plans…

And he won’t stop until he sabotages everything.

Sterling

Hockey is the only thing that matters.

There isn’t a single thing in my life that comes above it.

So, when my little sister’s best friend transfers to Wyncote, I add that to the list of things I don’t care about.

After going out of my way to avoid her, my sister begs me to keep Olivia Davis company. Reluctantly, I give in, even though it’s the last thing I want to do 

But as I begin to get close with Olivia, I find myself going out of my way to see her. 

She is my little sister’s best friend. She isn’t supposed to be anything more to me.

So, why do I find myself running toward her instead of away?


Wyncote Wolves #6

Splintered Ice

When Raegan returns home for Christmas, the last thing she expects is to be reunited with her two old best friends. It's been a year since she last saw Julian and Miles and seeing them again awakens old feelings. When their families decide to celebrate the holiday together, the three of them take a spontaneous trip to the mountains to spend the weekend skiing. No one could predict the weather and a terrible snow storm hits, leaving them snowed in together... With one bed and resurfacing feelings.
And instead of a traditional Christmas exchange, they want to exchange her...

The Christmas Exchange

The tides were shifting and he was lost in the ocean of her... Giana Cirone's life had been far from easy. After losing her hearing as a child, she had to adjust to a world of silence. To a world of misunderstanding, where she found herself constantly having to accommodate others. But the ocean was the one place where she never felt misunderstood. It was where she felt at peace and Giana was determined on saving it, along with the marine life that called it home. She dedicated her existence to that cause, now living a simple life until one morning. The morning that professional surfer, Declan Parks, shows up with an injured turtle. And she realizes that it isn't just the turtle that needs her help. An unexpected injury sends Declan Parks to Orchid City for some much needed R&R. His plan was simple: Continue rehabilitating his shoulder and return to the west coast so he can get back to his life and his career. But that all changes one morning and it leaves him questioning everything. He knows he can't get lost in her tides because he has a life waiting for him. But regardless of how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay away...

The Tides Between Us

She was the only one he would travel through hell to win back... Winter Reign left Orchid City six years ago with a broken heart and never once looked back. She put it all in the past and was living the life she always dreamed she'd have. She had her dream job in publishing and figure skating. Yet, something was missing and she was still haunted by those stormy blue eyes. When her parents abruptly decide to move south and leave their estate in Winter's name, she has no choice but to visit the town she has spent her time actively avoiding. She leaves everything she built behind and finds herself face to face with the very person who broke her heart many years ago. Malakai Barclay traveled the world as a professional golfer running from his own demons, but his heart was never with him. It lived outside of his body, deep in the chest of the girl he had always loved. He pushed her away six years ago because he thought he was protecting her, but he was wrong. He brought the two of them so many years of heartbreak. The time was lost but he has the chance to make things right again. Knowing that Winter is back in their hometown sends Malakai back to where it all started. And he has no intention of letting her go again...

The Lie of Us

Written in Ice


Stella

The last thing I expected was to find my boyfriend in bed with one of my best friends.

Their betrayal sent me on the next flight back to my home town in Vermont.

The plan was to take the summer to find myself. No dating and no distractions.

But when my brother’s roommate asks me to come to Canada with him for the summer, I find myself saying yes.

I’ve never been one to turn down an adventure and how could I possibly deny Simon Murray with those steel gray eyes and dimples he has?

Simon

When Stella came back to Vermont with her heart broken, I needed to find a way to cheer her up.

Taking her to Canada with me was the first thing I could think of.

It was a perfect change of scenery for her to find herself.

She agreed and we headed north with no plans of involving ourselves with each other.

There was an attraction neither of us could deny and when we found ourselves in a different country sharing an apartment with one bed, the dynamic shifted.

It was just a temporary arrangement for the short summer months.

So, why did I find myself wanting her to move coast to coast to be with me?

Wyncoate Wolves #7

Coast to Coast 

Tell me how you hate me 

Vaughn One moment in time, one freak accident, and my entire hockey career was over. Two years have passed since my injury and I am still mentally struggling with this loss. Mad at the world and everyone in it, I sought solace at my parents' lake house for the summer. It was supposed to be somewhere for me to be alone and heal. But when London Hayes walks back into my life, the universe has different plans. And I need to find a way to derail them because I refuse to drag her down with me. London It had been over two years since I'd last seen Vaughn Carter. And he feels like a stranger. Cold and distant, abrasive and angry. He's a shell of a person compared to the version I used to know, but I know he's still in there. Somewhere deep inside is the man I used to love, but he needs help finding himself again. And I won't be the one to give up on him, even if it costs me my own heart in the end.

Off-Ice Collision

Coast to Coast

Falling for my best friend’s brother was not a part of my plan… especially while I was pregnant with someone else’s child.
In my defense, I got pregnant by a guy who wants absolutely nothing to do with me or the baby.

And, just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, I find out that my health insurance covers nothing for maternity care.

Being in this alone is scary enough, but trying to figure out how I’m going to pay for my medical care? That’s a whole new level of terrifying.

When Nash Simmons—my best friend’s brother, and Aston Archers star hockey player—finds out about the predicament I’m in, he steps in to save me from a financial disaster with an offer I can’t possibly refuse.

His proposal: I marry him for his insurance and we get it annulled after the baby is born.

It seems like the perfect solution, but as our arrangement unfolds and we continue to grow closer, it becomes even harder to ignore the electricity sizzling between us.

The lines between real and fake are starting to blur, and I can’t help but wonder if there’s room for my son and I in his future.

Or am I only fooling myself by thinking this could ever be more than what it was supposed to be?

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From bestselling romance author, Cali Melle, Make Your Play is a fun and steamy interconnected standalone from the Aston Archers series.

MAKE YOUR PLAY TROPES:

Pro Hockey Romance
Surprise Pregnancy (it's not his)
Best Friend's Sibling
Marriage of Convenience
Forced Proximity
He Falls First

Make Your Play

Falling for my brother’s best friend was not on my to-do list…

But neither was kissing him the night before he was traded to a team across the country.

Clearly, I didn’t think things through and I spent the past decade trying to bury the memory of him.

He left and I had no choice but to move on after he seemingly forgot about me.

I dove headfirst into my career and after a failed relationship left me a single mom, I had no time for any other distractions that came my way.

But when Lincoln Matthews walks back into my life, my carefully constructed walls begin to crumble.

He’s my new roommate and no matter how hard I try to resist, old feelings resurface with a force I can’t ignore.

Lincoln has never been one to get involved and he doesn’t do long-term commitments, unless it's committing to a new hockey team.

But something about him is different now.

He’s everywhere I turn, everywhere I go, and just when I think I’ve managed to escape his orbit, he’s there, pushing me to give him a chance to prove not all guys are like my ex.

But am I ready to let him back in… or is it already too late to stop falling for him all over again?

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From bestselling romance author, Cali Melle, Make Your Move is a fun and steamy standalone from the Aston Archers series. Each book can be read alone and follows a fictional professional player falling in love.

MAKE YOUR MOVE TROPES:

Pro Hockey Romance
Single Mom
Teammate/Best Friend's Sister
Roommates to Lovers
Forced Proximity
He Falls First

Make Your Move

PoppyAugust Whitley was just a fling-someone fun to spend my time with no strings attached.We broke things off before our feelings grew, but it was already too late.After leaving town, I swore to myself that I would never look back.And when I get surprising news, I'm completely committed to doing it alone.Until one night when he walks back into my life?AugustPoppy Williams. She was an enigma and a mystery that I wanted to unravel.Neither of us were ready for a commitment and after a misunderstanding, she left town without a single word.I tried to find her, but it was as if she fell off the grid. It was messing with my head and becoming a threat to my hockey career.Until one night, one date with another girl? I find Poppy working at the restaurant and she's pregnant.With my child.I let her leave me once before, but this time I won't let her get away.

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