{"product_id":"clusterpuck-raine-miller","title":"Clusterpuck - Raine Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ehe granddaughter of the team's owner and a veteran forward in his final season playing in the NHL manage to entangle themselves in a \"clusterpuck\" neither of them ever saw coming in this age-gap, surprise pregnancy, he falls first, hockey love story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"I came to Vegas to play a final season of NHL hockey and for one last chance at The Cup.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Tripp Blackburn, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVEGAS CRUSH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ve known Lila Marchmont-Terry since she was born—when I was thirteen years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite decades of our two families being in each other’s lives, I don’t have many memories of Lila until she was older, probably because I was at the very beginning of what would become a long and successful hockey career at the same time she was learning to walk and talk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cute little girl with long, dark, hair busy living her very best little-girl-life is what I remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cocky, pro athlete chasing pucks around the NHL is probably what she remembers, if she even noticed me at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe last met four years ago when she was heading off for her second year of college and I was heading into my twelfth season in the NHL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI came to Vegas for one last chance at getting my name engraved on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with a championship team because, after this season, I’ll be hanging up my skates for good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLila’s in Vegas for a gap year interning at her grandfather’s corporation because, after this season, she’ll be heading off to grad school for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSports Management.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote that her grandfather owns \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Vegas Crush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the team I’ve just signed a lucrative, one-year contract deal to finish out my NHL playing career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLila is Max Terry’s only granddaughter and she just turned twenty-three.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m the long-time family friend who turned thirty-six seven months ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow that our paths have crossed again, I have discovered that Lila doesn’t like me very much these days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut that didn’t matter while we were stranded in a hotel room with only one bed, and we did something we should’ve never done even though the itch was there for both of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe same itch we ended up scratching \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003erepeatedly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e after our clothes sort of [shrugs] ...fell off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that's how I knocked up Max Terry’s granddaughter who usually despises me when our clothes are on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a whole cluster now—one urgent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCLUSTERPUCK \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof a situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I’m sure I've got this one figured out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst, I'll convince Lila that she doesn’t despise me nearly as much as she once thought, and then I’ll make her understand that there's nobody I'll ever share my pucks with...but her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e**CLUSTERPUCK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can be read as a complete standalone sports romance. Each book in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVegas Crush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseries is about a different couple.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Love Affair Bookstore ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44694930882696,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/9833\/2040\/files\/23FD7E41-EBEA-45E5-8B12-CD8A69AC46E4.jpg?v=1768584147","url":"https:\/\/loveaffairbookstore.com\/products\/clusterpuck-raine-miller","provider":"Love Affair Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}