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Ayla Jones
Romance, mysteries, magic, and characters who never get a peaceful day.
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I write across genres—thrillers, fantasy, romance, science fiction, cozy mysteries, and whatever story refuses to leave me alone. What keeps me coming back is the question of what happens next. I can start with a strange house, a murder, an alien world, or two people trapped in a snowstorm, and suddenly there are characters making choices I hadn't expected when I began. That moment when a story starts feeling like a real place rather than something I'm inventing is still my favorite part of writing.
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Romance
Puck Me Like That
Tessa Monroe has perfected the art of staying in one place. As the owner of her family's struggling diner and caretaker for her ailing mother, her dreams of culinary school melted away years ago—right alongside her heart when hockey prodigy Noah Walker left town for NHL stardom. Ten years later, Noah Walker is at the top of his game—until a devastating knee injury has him retreating to his hometown to lick his wounds away from the spotlight. The last thing he expects is to crash his luxury car right in front of his high school sweetheart's diner, or to find himself working there to pay off the damage. Forced together daily, their chemistry is as hot as the diner's griddle during the breakfast rush. But Tessa isn't interested in being just another conquest on Noah's stat sheet, and Noah's facing the terrifying possibility that his career might be over. With Tessa's diner under threat from developers and Noah's future hanging in the balance, they both must decide what they're willing to fight for—and whether some old flames never stop burning. PUCK ME LIKE THAT is a steamy, emotional second-chance hockey romance featuring a sassy diner owner, the NHL star who got away, enough sexual tension to melt the ice, and the kind of homecoming that changes everything.
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