Breaking down hockey romance series based on amount of hockey, romance, and plot quality
I’ve read a lot of hockey romance series in the last two years, so I decided to compile a list of them all. This isn’t going to go over the accuracy of the sport as depicted in the book, but there will be a few different breakdowns of where I rate the books/series based on the level to which hockey played a role in the story, how good/memorable the romance was, and the plot’s quality.
Amount of…
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These are the books I read/am currently reading. I feel like I read so much more than I did. This month felt like it flew by so fast, it feels like yesterday I started reading the first book in the Tasting Maddnes series by Albany Walker. I feel like I didn’t get to read everything I wanted to. I have so many books I really want to read, and my TBR keeps…
Welcome to the Swype House,where the secrets are bigger than the…Influenced, a sizzling enemies-to-lovers new adult standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Clayton is coming May 27th, and we have the first look at the gorgeous cover!
The rules are simple:
Fake it for the cameras.Do it for the views.Don’t kill each other.
It felt like an easy yes when I was invited to…
Gerianne Pérez (Catherine of Aragon), Zan Berube (Anne Boleyn), Amina Faye (Jane Seymour), Terica Marie (Anna of Cleves), Aline Mayagoitia (Katherine Howard), Sydney Parra (Catherine Parr)
Notes:
Includes BCEFA speech. Recorded from front row. Dropped my phone right after Heart of Stone, but I picked it up before anything major happened. Never to be posted on any social media including, but not limited to, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
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Cast:
**Jeremy Kelsey (u/s Otis Williams)**, E. Clayton Cornelious (Paul Williams), Harrell Holmes Jr. (Melvin Franklin), Jalen Harris (Eddie Kendricks), Elijah Ahmad Lewis (David Ruffin), **Treston J. Henderson (u/s Dennis Edwards)**, Felander (Lamont), **Brian C. Binion (u/s Berry Gordy)**, Ryan M. Hunt (Shelly Berger), Tiffany Francès (Josephine), Devin Holloway (Smokey Robinson/Slick Talk Fella/Damon Harris), Devin Price (Al Bryant/Norman Whitfield), **Nazarria Workman (u/s Diana Ross)**, Shayla Brielle G. (Mama Rose/Florence Ballard/Tammi Terrell), Brittny Smith (Johnnie Mae/Mary Wilson), Devin Holloway ("Gloria" Soloist/Interviewer/Delivery Man/Richard Street)
Notes: Amazing cast for this show. However it is a jukebox musical and thus has the normal issue of singing along, talking, phones ringing (and maybe even me sighing and saying to shut up). Gift upon request, but do not post any form of social media.
Sara Bareilles (Jenna), Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr. Pomatter), Joe Tippett (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Nora Lincoln Weiner (Lulu), Tyrone Davis Jr., Matt DeAngelis, Henry Gottfried, Molly Jobe, Max Kumangai, Anastacia McCleskey, Stephanie Torns, Nyla Watson
Jisel Soleil Ayon (Jenna), Dominique Kent (Becky), Gabriella Marzetta (Dawn), David Socolar (Dr. Pomatter), Brian Lundy (Ogie), Andrew Burton Kelley (u/s Cal), Shawn W. Smith (Earl), Michael R. Douglass (Joe), Dayna Marie Quincy (Nurse Norma), Stephanie Feeback (Francine Pomatter), Olivia London (Mother), Woody White (Father), Elvie Ellis (Ensemble), Jake McCready (Ensemble), Zoë Brooke Reed (Ensemble)
Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Anna), Jeremy Davis (Olaf), Dominic Dorset (Kristoff), Preston Perez (Hans), Dan Plehal (Sven), Evan Duff (Weselton), Savannah Lumar (Young Elsa), Emma Origenes (Young Anna), Katie Mariko Murray (Queen Iduna), Kyle Lamar Mitchell (King Agnarr), Tyler Jimenez (Pabbie), Renée Reid (Bulda), Jack Brewer (Oaken)
Notes: It’s frozen so obviously there are a couple of kids talking, but otherwise not too much disruption. Includes BC/EFA speech. Gift upon request, but do not put on any form of social media.
There should’ve never been any speculation as to whether Tory shot Meg. This was never a case of an agenda against Black men but it has always revealed how little Black women are valued. Shame on everyone who attacked and called her a liar. Y’all can go to hell !
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‘Going through torture’: Megan Thee Stallion testifies against Tory Lanez
Abené Clayton in Los AngelesTue 13 Dec 2022 21.42 EST
Megan Thee Stallion delivered emotional testimony on Tuesday in the trial of Tory Lanez, the fellow musician and former friend who allegedly shot her following a party in Los Angeles.
“I don’t wanna be on this Earth,” Pete said at one point during a daylong testimony. “I wish he woulda shot and killed me if I knew I would go through this torture.”
Pete was often overcome with emotion and sniffled softly as the Los Angeles county prosecutor Kathy Ta questioned her about the early morning shooting on 12 July 2020.
Ta showed Pete and the courtroom police body-camera footage of Pete being ordered out of a large black vehicle and hobbling to the sidewalk with her feet bleeding. Video of the rapper crying heavily in the back of an ambulance caused Pete to wipe her nose as she relived it.
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“I can’t believe I have to come in here and do this,” Pete, 27, said while on the witness stand.
Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, faces over 22 years in prison if he is convicted on all three felony counts he faces. Peterson, 30, has maintained his innocence and has accused Pete of lying.
Throughout the prosecutor’s questioning, Peterson’s attorney, George Mgdesyan, fervently objected several times during Pete’s recounting of the events that led to the car ride that precipitated the shooting.
Pete said the incident had taken place following a party at Kylie Jenner’s house. An argument broke out after Peterson revealed to Pete’s longtime friend Kelsey Harris that he and Pete had been intimate. Harris is also slated to testify during the trial.
At some point during the car ride, Peterson turned around in the vehicle and told Pete to stop lying to Harris about their relationship. Pete said on Tuesday she and Petersonhad become friends after they both lost their mothers, and they had sometimes had sexual relations with each other. Harris, who had a “crush” on Peterson, did not know about the musicians’ relationship until the verbal disagreement, Pete testified.
Peterson later called both women “bitches and hos” as tensions erupted, Pete testified. The two also verbally sparred over their musical careers.
Pete told the courtroom she had asked to be let out of the car near the Hollywood Hills home she was staying in, but as she walked away, Pete said, she heard Peterson yell “dance, bitch”, and when she turned her head to face him he was hanging partly out of the car with a gun pointed at her. Then he began firing.
Shortly after they drove away from the scene, police stopped the vehicle that Pete, Harris, Peterson and his security guard were in.
Pete said that Peterson had begged her and Harris not to tell the police that she had been shot by him because he had prior legal issues and did not want to get into more trouble. Pete added that Peterson had offered the two former friends $1m to keep quiet.
“Why are you not worried about how I am? You just shot me!” Pete recalled thinking when Peterson asked for her silence.
Peterson was ultimately arrested for having a concealed weapon and after months of speculation, Pete went on Instagram Live to say Peterson had shot her.
The aftermath of the shooting has played out largely online and has struck a chord in the hip-hop community, spotlighting how the treatment and abuse of Black women are largely ignored in society. During Tuesday’s testimony, Pete described the rap game as a “boy’s club” and said she knew she would be hated because she was “telling on one y’all’s friend”.
During cross-examination, Mgdesyan focused much of his questioning on where Pete and Peterson were physically located before the shooting. He also challenged Pete’s interviews and statements she has made to police, on social media and in a televised sit-down with Gayle King that aired on CBS in April.
The exchanges between Mgdesyan and Pete were tense, with Mgdesyan digging into the minutiae of the hours before the shooting, including how much Pete had to drink at Jenner’s home, why she insisted on leaving with Peterson and which direction Pete was walking in before Peterson allegedly shot her.
Mgdesyan also homed in on an interview that Pete had with the then Los Angeles police detective Ryan Stogner days after the incident, wherein she told police that she initially did not know she had been shot.
Pete responded that she was not comfortable with talking to police due to concerns about police violence against Black people, but she changed her mind when she saw Peterson and his management trying to “get ahead” of the story by planting fake news items in blogs.
“I didn’t want it to be a big mess like it is now,” Pete testified of her hesitance to tell the truth early on.
In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 and online chat is also available. You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis text line counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org
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Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
She's beauty, she's grace, and she just might kick you in the face — the intensely adorable Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie is the latest Spring 2022 anime to get the English dub treatment, and we're pleased to reveal that the first episode will be coming to Crunchyroll on April 23 at 1pm Pacific Time!
Here's the ultra-capable cast and crew bringing this dom-rom-com to life:
Cast
Macy Anne Johnson (Chiyuki in Smile Down the Runway) as Shikimori
Bryson Baugus (Bell in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) as Izumi
Clifford Chapin (Bakugo in My Hero Academia) as Inuzuka
Michelle Rojas (Roxy in Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) as Nekozaki
Molly Zhang (Adachi's Manager in Adachi and Shimamura) as Hachimitsu
Lydia Mackay (Kyoko in Fruits Basket) as Motoko
Mark Stoddard (Oishi in Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU) as Akisada
Additional Voices: Aaron Campbell, Alex Mai, Ben Balmaceda, Jan Aponte, Kalyn McCabe, Kelsey Maher, Kevin D. Thelwell, Linda Young, Madeleine Broseh, Marisa Duran, Mark Allen Jr., Paul Cline
Crew
ADR Director: Emily Fajardo
Assistant ADR Directors: Mark Allen Jr., Tia Ballard
ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson
Assistant ADR Engineer: Bob Romans
ADR Script Writer: Clayton Browning
ADR Script Supervisor: Tyler Walker
ADR Prep: Brandon Peters
RELATED: Crunchyroll Reveals SimulDub Lineup for Spring 2022, First SPY x FAMILY Cast Details
Based on the manga by Keigo Maki, Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie is directed by Ryota Ito (My Senpai is Annoying) and Shohei Yamanaka (Remake Our Life!) at studio Doga Kobo, with series composition by Yoshimi Narita (Dance Dance Danseur) and character designs by Ai Kikuchi (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?).
If you're a fan of romantic-comedy anime, don't miss Episode 1 of Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie's English dub when it drops on April 23 at 1pm Pacific Time, right here on Crunchyroll!
The ultimate "heartthrob girlfriend" appears! Naturally unlucky high school student Izumi's girlfriend is his classmate Shikimori. She has a beautiful smile and kind personality and always seems happy when she's with Izumi. She's a pretty, cute, and loving girlfriend, but when Izumi's in trouble… she transforms into a super cool "heartthrob girlfriend!" The fun lives of the cute and cool Shikimori, Izumi, and their good friends never end! This 1000% precious romantic comedy begins now!
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[New Post] ARC Review: Waste My Time by Kelsey Clayton
Title: Waste My Time
Author: Kelsey Clayton
Page count: 358
Published: July 8th, 2021
Publisher:
Genre: Contemporary Dark Romance
Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Rating: 4/5
We used to be best friends. Now we’re snowed in together.
There are probably worse things than being stuck in a remote cabin with the rugged-yet-grumpy forest ranger who saved my life in…
Review | A Shot of Pretty Poison by Kelsey Clayton
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A Shot of Pretty Poison by Kelsey Clayton
(Pretty Poison, #3)
446 pages, Kindle Edition
Publication date: April 13, 2023
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, Sports, Romance
Rating: 2/5 stars
Goodreads
I can still taste her on my lips, lingering there like a shot of pretty poison.
I should hate her for what she did. No one would blame me for it—not even her brother. The pain I felt that day…
Welcome to the Swype House—home of the internet’s hottest influencers, and the drama that comes with them.
Influenced, a sexy and addictive enemies-to-lovers new-adult romance from USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Clayton has a stunning hot new look!
Grab your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!
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The rules are simple:
Smile for the cameras.
Fake it for the views.
Try not to kill each other.
It felt like an easy yes when I was invited to change my bio from, “Kaia Blakely, college student,” to “Kaia Blakely, newest influencer at the Swype House.”
Then I met Declan Royce. His profile highlights his looks and his humor, but it ought to read, “Owner of an ego so large, it was given its own zip code.”
Suddenly, not killing each other feels like an impossible task.
So yes, it was death threats we were whispering in the background of that viral video, not sweet nothings. So no, there’s zero reason to keep the #Kailan hashtag trending.
Except that it’s our job. So it looks like we’re adding another rule to the list:
Deliver the performance of a lifetime so no one discovers the truth.
Influenced is a full-length, stand-alone novel. Perfect for readers who enjoy enemies-to-lovers, fake relationship, and forced proximity romance.
What a bittersweet ending to this amazing series! Man oh man did Kelsey save the best for last ! This series was my introduction to this author I’ve been highly invested in these characters since the beginning to see Easton redeem himself and him and Kennedy finally get their HEA they both so deserves was just everything! Omg that epilogue was amazing! This author has without a doubt became a favorite must read one clicker of mine everything I’ve read by her is gold . Can’t wait to see what she has in store for us next!
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My name is Easton Donovan,
and I massively screwed up.
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Waste My Time, an all-new emotional and angsty new adult romance from Kelsey Clayton, is available now!
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I should’ve given her the world.
Should’ve been everything she deserves.
Instead, I broke her like every promise I’ve ever made.
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The darkness tells me to let her go.
Memories of my past keep me from letting her in.
Someone should tell her that loving me is a losing game.
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Just being around her is a high I’ve never known.
If she knows what’s good for her, she’ll cut me off.
Given the chance, I’ll ruin her the way I’ve done to others.
But with the bomb she just dropped, she’s here to stay.
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She’s flawless innocence.
I’m toxic destruction.
And the selfish part is, I need her.
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Truth be told, Kennedy Lehigh could be the one to save me from myself.
📙📘📕NeW RelEaSE📙📘📕 Screams in Symphony by @KelsClayton. ℝ𝕖𝕒𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔼𝕏ℂ𝔼ℝℙ𝕋 and ᑕℍᗴᑕ𝕂ᗝU𝕋 Tanya & Lita's ᗷᗝᗝᛕ ᖇᗴᐯ𝕚ᗴW! 𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕠p𝕪 ℕ𝕆𝕎!!! @Kels_Clayton @kels_clayton
📙📘📕NeW RelEaSE📙📘📕 Screams in Symphony by @KelsClayton. ℝ𝕖𝕒𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔼𝕏ℂ𝔼ℝℙ𝕋 and ᑕℍᗴᑕ𝕂ᗝU𝕋 Tanya & Lita’s ᗷᗝᗝᛕ ᖇᗴᐯ𝕚ᗴW! 𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕠p𝕪 ℕ𝕆𝕎!!! @Kels_Clayton @kels_clayton
Screams in Symphony, the jaw-dropping conclusion to The Malvagio Mafia Duet from USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Clayton, is available now!
From USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Clayton comes a dark mafia romance filled with pain, betrayal, devastation, revenge, and a mindblowing ending that will have you questioning everything.There once was a girl,tarnished and ruined by the actions…