RELEASE BLITZ WITH EXCERPT: Ice Cold Chemistry by Kendall Ryan
ICE COLD CHEMISTRY, a fake dating, opposites attract, workplace hockey romance from New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author, Kendall Ryan, is available now!
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She’s the distraction the team can’t afford.
He’s the solution no one saw coming…
She’s the distraction the team can’t afford.
He’s the solution no one saw coming.
Winnie Garrett is done with men. After a toxic relationship left her second-guessing everything, she’s focused on one her dream job as the New York Knights’ new yoga instructor.
Banks Callahan doesn’t do relationships. Or feelings. Or anything that requires letting people get close. Growing up in the foster system taught him not to need anyone—and definitely not to want something he could lose.
So when the team’s new yoga instructor becomes an unexpected locker-room distraction threatening their playoff focus, Banks comes up with a solution so ridiculous it just might work.
Fake dating.
If the guys think Winnie is his, they’ll back off. It’s simple locker room you don’t touch what’s claimed—like calling dibs on the last slice of pizza.
The problem?
Nothing about Winnie is simple.
She’s warmth and laughter and everything Banks has spent years convincing himself he doesn’t need. She makes him want things he can’t have. Makes him feel things he doesn’t understand.
He was never supposed to fall for her.
But somewhere between fake hand-holding, pretend nicknames, and very real late-night moments, the line between “just for show” and “dangerously real” starts to blur.
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EXCERPT:
Banks
I’m in the weight room, working through my second set of deadlifts, when the doors to the training room swing open and half the team spills out like puppies who just discovered a new toy. They’re loud, animated, and way too energized for guys who just spent an hour stretching.
“Bro, did you see her?”
“I’m signing up for every session. Every single one.”
“Those leggings should be illegal.”
I rack the barbell and grab my water bottle, watching the chaos unfold. Logan is bouncing around like the golden retriever he is, talking with his hands, practically vibrating. A few of the younger guys huddle together, phones out, probably already stalking her Instagram.
We have a playoff push this spring. These idiots are acting like they’ve never seen a woman before.
“You see the new girl? Yoga just became my favorite part of the week.”
I turn to find Grayson Reed leaning against the squat rack, that smug smile plastered across his face. I don’t like Reed; never have. He’s got the talent to be good and the attitude to make sure he never will be.
“Didn’t notice,” I say.
“Bullshit.” He grins wider. “You can’t put a woman who looks like that in a room full of hockey players and expect us to concentrate. Dana’s either clueless or she’s running some kind of social experiment.”
I stare at him until his smile falters.
“What?”
“Nothing.” I turn back to the weights. “Don’t you have somewhere to be?”
He mutters something under his breath—probably an insult, definitely not worth my time—and wanders off. Good. I have three more sets to finish, and I’m not in the mood to babysit.
Except now I’m thinking about her.
The yoga instructor. Winnie.
About Kendall Ryan:
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold millions of books and they have been translated into several languages in countries around the world.
Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than 100 times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.
She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons.
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