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An Appies Hockey Romance
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Narrated by:
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Rock Engle
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Katie Schorr
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By:
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Jenny Proctor
About this listen
He's a grump and happy to stay that way. But can her sunshine melt the ice around his heart?
Nathan Sanders didn't earn his reputation as the grouchiest player on the Appies hockey team by chance. So when Summer Callahan breezes into his life with her flirtatious smiles and endless charm, he responds like he always does: he completely ignores her.
Summer is intrigued by the surly defenseman, so when a viral social media post requires her to step in and fake it as Nathan's girlfriend, she jumps at the chance. She's convinced the ones with the hardest shells are often the softest underneath, and she's determined to prove it.
But Nathan doesn't crack so easily. Despite their obvious chemistry, he makes his lack of interest in a relationship—any relationship—perfectly clear. But the longer they pretend, the less fake everything seems, and the more Summer starts to fall.
She can only hope her fake relationship doesn't lead to real heartbreak.
Romancing the Grump is a closed-door, grumpy/sunshine, fake dating hockey romcom with heart and humor, sizzle but no spice. Perfect for fans of sports romance who want a little less heat.
Books in the Appies Hockey Romance series connect to Just Don't Fall and Absolutely Not in Love from the Sweater Weather series, but all books stand alone and can be listened to in any order.
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By: Jenny Proctor
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Desire or Defense
- D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 1
- By: Leah Brunner
- Narrated by: Dane Anderson, Alex Picard
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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I'm the notoriously angry, grouchy D.C. Eagles defenseman who just can’t keep his temper in check—a temper that leads to a fifteen-game suspension from the NHL. As if that’s not bad enough, I'm forced into a short-term youth-hockey coaching gig—which my manager swears will “rebuild my image.” But what I didn’t expect was for a gorgeous, spunky blonde to stomp onto the ice on day one and lecture me about being rude to her little brother.
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Love the story, but female voice sounded too old
- By Amazon Customer on 09-05-23
By: Leah Brunner
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Once upon a Boyband
- Boy Band Series, Book 1
- By: Jenny Proctor
- Narrated by: Katie Schorr, Lee Samuels
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Eight years ago, Adam Driscoll walked away from his stage name—Deke—and the boyband that turned him into an international star before his eighteenth birthday. And he never looked back. It didn't even matter that everyone blamed him for the band's breakup. He might miss making music, but he had good reasons for walking. Give him solitude over thousands of screaming fans any day of the week.
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I love seeing a favorite on audio!
- By Jodi @more.time.2read on 01-30-25
By: Jenny Proctor
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One Bossy Proposal
- An Enemies to Lovers Romance
- By: Nicole Snow
- Narrated by: Aubrey Vincent, Aiden Snow
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Strange men do funny things when you score the last cinnamon roll. Sometimes he rages about the high crime of jacking his precious pastry. Sometimes he offers you ludicrous bribes to buy it back. And sometimes—after shattering your faith in humanity—you find out he's your new boss. I'm not laughing.
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Very good performance but too many steamy scenes
- By S.R.L. on 03-12-23
By: Nicole Snow
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Faking the Shot
- The Crawford Family Playbook, Book 1
- By: Kendall Hale
- Narrated by: Lee Samuels, Savannah Peachwood
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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After my divorce, I swore off dating. No commitments, no complications—just a clean, quiet life. So when I’m assigned to fix Kaden Crawford—the grumpy hockey star with a reputation as the league’s biggest PR disaster—I’m determined to keep things strictly professional. But Kaden has a knack for creating chaos. The solution? Staging a fake relationship to save his reputation.
By: Kendall Hale
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My Lucky Charm
- A Holidays with Hart Standalone
- By: Courtney Walsh
- Narrated by: Stephanie Rose, Bradley Ford
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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It's no secret that I love life. And Dr. Pepper. But also, I love a challenge. So when the coach of the Chicago Comets gives me the opportunity to help their star player, newly traded to their team, acclimate to life in Chicago, I'm all in. I have to be. After my last job went up in flames, I have something to prove. It turns out that the player, Grayson Hawke, is the rudest, most off-putting, reclusive guy I've ever met. It also turns out that he is the beautiful stranger I kissed on New Year's Eve.
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Grumpiest, sunshine-iest romance
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 01-05-25
By: Courtney Walsh
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The Christmas Letters
- A Sweet Holiday Romantic Comedy
- By: Jenny Proctor
- Narrated by: Lidia Dornet, Philip Alces
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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When Tess Ravenel gets herself stuck inside a bathroom stall in one of Charleston's most historic buildings, she isn't exactly thinking about her dating life. But then the paramedic who comes to her rescue has a voice that sounds like butter and enough charm to make her forget she's seconds from having a panic attack.
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Great Christmas “You’ve Got Mail” story
- By Renee Kunkel on 12-05-24
By: Jenny Proctor
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Eloise and the Grump Next Door
- Oakley Island Romcoms, Book 1
- By: Emma St. Clair, Jenny Proctor
- Narrated by: Stephanie Rose, Rock Engle
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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After graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. Instead, I’m renovating my late grandmother’s home and posting about the process on Instagram. Talk about a detour… But here I am. Turning Gran’s beach house into a bed and breakfast; a process that would be a lot easier if I didn’t have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door. It doesn’t help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel.
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Really good
- By Nicole Light on 01-11-23
By: Emma St. Clair, and others
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The Quit List
- By: Katie Bailey
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno, David Bendena
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Holly Greene is on a mission to find her happily ever after. And her journey to love does not include a detour to Bad Boy Bartenderville, population Jax Grainger. Jax may be witty, smart-mouthed, and handsome, but he’s the kind of guy who views love as a four-letter word…and the last thing Holly needs is to waste any more time.
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Loved, Loved, Loved This!!!
- By Britt98 on 07-10-24
By: Katie Bailey
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The Golden Goal
- More than a Game, Book 1
- By: Annah Conwell
- Narrated by: Kim Churchill, Oliver Clarke
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Shaw Daniels is the bane of my existence. Always has been. Always will be. When we were kids, he annoyed me to no end by being good at everything. He didn’t have to study or really even try. Meanwhile, I tried too much and still lost to him. Then when we were teenagers, our rivalry became twisted. He started sabotaging all my relationships. I retaliated by doing the same to him. Now, we’re adults and we should be able to move on. But when I become a physical therapist for his professional hockey team, it seems as though we can’t let go of our rival tendencies.
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Absolutely Wonderful!
- By Britt98 on 11-22-24
By: Annah Conwell
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Royally Rearranged
- By: Emma St. Clair
- Narrated by: Kylie Stewart, James Joseph
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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An arranged marriage isn’t the worst fate for a princess like me. Especially because I’ve been in love with my intended groom since we were children. But when my prince shows up with an American girlfriend instead of an engagement ring, all arrangements are off. The clock is nearing midnight; I won’t turn into a pumpkin, but if I’m not wed by summer’s end, I’ll forfeit my kingdom. Just your typical royal dilemma. Out of sheer desperation, I make a deal with a devilish duke. Rafe de Silva is the prince’s rival and has a plan so ridiculous it just might work.
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Almost perfectly predictable
- By koko on 12-30-22
By: Emma St. Clair
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Just One Chance
- By: Jenny Proctor
- Narrated by: Emma Faye
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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ER doctor David Daniels thinks his neighbor, Avery, is way out of his league. But chemistry is chemistry, and he's pretty sure they have some. If only she wasn't dating someone else . . .
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The Holiday Stand-In
- By: Kortney Keisel
- Narrated by: Helen Laser, Walker Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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When my boyfriend says he's too busy working—again—to spend the holidays with me and my family, I'm sure Christmas is ruined. Not only will I be alone, but my family is convinced he doesn't love me. When his identical twin comes to town, I realize a swap could be the perfect way to reassure my family and give me a date for the holiday season.
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Cute, Clean, Christmas Romance
- By S Guffey on 12-07-24
By: Kortney Keisel
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Best Friends for Never
- By: Teagan Hunter
- Narrated by: Lee Samuels, Emma Wilder
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Parker Pruitt’s dream is to restore her small town’s long-shuttered theater—one to be named in honor of Noel Carter, the boy who followed his dream from Emerald Grove, Washington, to Hollywood…and broke Parker’s heart. Now he’s back to attend the kickoff ceremony, and for Parker, that means smiling through a swell of mixed emotions at seeing her former best friend for the first time in a decade.
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great read
- By Kindle Customer on 04-08-25
By: Teagan Hunter
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- Jodi @more.time.2read
- 11-28-24
One of my favorite closed-door Hockey Romances!
I’ve been in a little bit of a Hockey Romance Era lately and this one ranks up in top favorites!!
Summer arrives for her first day working as legal counsel for the Appies organization and immediately has a run in with Nathan, the very good looking, but ever grumpy player, or the “defender” as he’s known on the Appie’s team. Nathan’s broody demeanor is such a regular occurrence it’s brought its own wave of viral videos and hashtags with female fans everywhere wanting to #tamethebeast.
Concerned for the Appie’s family friendly reputation, the social media director comes up with a plan to tame the female fans.
What you’ll find:
Dual POV
Fake dating
The DREAM TEAM brotherhood
One bed
Slow burn
The protector
“The KISS”
Great banter
Dad “hockey” jokes
She takes care of him when he’s sick
Twin sisters
The “Dream Team” dynamics was one of my favorite parts. The teammates always had beach others back. I loved how open and upfront Summer was throughout everything - it was so refreshing!! I loved that Nathan was given the space to work through the issues of his past so he could love Summer the way he wanted to love her and allow himself to be loved by Summer.
This story is part of the Appie’s Hockey series (4 books so far). Each book is a stand alone read, but so much more fun to read each player’s background story.
I HIGHLY recommend!!
Romance content: Just [great] kissing - closed door!
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- Laura Markley
- 01-28-25
Hockey romance A+
So many hockey-romance books are an X or XXX descriptions on sex and all the types the characters have it. if that's what you're after, this isn't your book.
This hockey romance has all the great possibilities and humor dropped in too.
The story doesn't die off and magically everything works out. This story follows through the secondary stories as well.
I can recommend this book to any hockey lover that wants a great storyline.
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- Petino
- 04-03-25
It was great
I’ve liked all the Appies stories! This was great too! It was sometimes hard to hear the female narrator because she would drop her voice and be really quiet so I’d miss words and then she would be louder again. It wasn’t a huge deal just kind of annoying. I didn’t have any trouble understanding/hearing the male narrator. I like the 2 person narrators and dual perspectives .
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-12-24
Amazing series and amazing voices
This has been such an enjoyable series! Good, strong, manly men who have high morals and an admirable respect for women. It’s fascinating how these men that have the same job, the same schedule, and even play the same sport, can be so diverse in their personalities and character traits. Such a creative author! Highly recommend!
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- Holly
- 01-30-25
Swoony closed door Hockey Romance
Loved it!!😍 So good! Jenny creates such great characters and the audio for this was well done!
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- hiding.in.the.pages
- 01-05-25
Loved it all
Just like a summer breeze, Summer drifts into Nathan’s life and tosses everything he knows around. The resident grump on the Appies team is big, tough, and impenetrable, yet somehow, Summer flits through the cracks, spreading warmth and sunshine (and desire) everywhere. Who could resist that? I sure couldn’t especially when a fake relationship with all the sparks and zings of a mutual attraction comes into play.
Jenny Proctor does a phenomenal job of constructing big personalities, a team that’s more like a family, and lovable characters in this darling episode in the Appies series. I’m a huge fan and absolutely LOVED these narrators. They bring the banter, wit, and situations to life.
This is a book with so much to love–full of growth, charm, and swoon.
Content: mild language; mild romance
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- Lara M.
- 02-16-25
Fun story, banter, narration
Jenny Proctor is always a good call. I absolutely love the Appies and their found family, brotherly banter protective vibes. I am glad to own this so I can listen to it when I need a quick easy listen that makes me smile.
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- Angela Miller
- 11-11-24
Love, love, love
Love the story!
Love the narrators!
Love the series!
I love all of the books about the Appies! And hope to see more!!
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- Britt98
- 02-11-25
Loved This Fake Dating Story!
The Appies series is one of my absolute favorites and I am slowly listening my way through all of the books. I love this series so much that I have purchased each book in all of their available formats! I know! I just can’t help myself.
If you are a fan of sweet and clean hockey romances, this series is one you should definitely read. You can jump into any book, as they are all written so they can be enjoyed as stand alones, however, I really love the experience that the authors have created by crafting these stories of teammates who are also close friends. So, I love reading them in order when possible.
This is the second book that I have read this week where the male main character feels that he cannot, in good conscience, enter into a relationship due to the troubles that he experienced as a child, growing up in a family where love didn’t conquer all. But, of course, Nathan falls for Summer anyway, even though he puts up as many walls and boundaries as he can.
I love the fake dating trop because it gives the characters a reason that they must act as if they are in love when they are in public. This story had the great twist that Summer realized early on that she cared for Nathan, so her feelings quickly became real. It added some great tension. Both of these characters were just so wonderful and I couldn’t help but love them both. And I loved that Summer ended up taking care of Nathan when he was sick. It was a beautiful turning point for them, too.
Once again, as with all of the prior Appies books, I loved it from start to finish, which included an epilogue and even a bonus epilogue!
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- Kristopher Ashby
- 11-10-24
Perfection!
Such a good story, with plenty of kisses 🤩 A really fun story line, rounding out the series about the hockey players we’ve come to love ❤️
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