Reforming The Playboy

Reforming The Playboy
Karin Baine

From playboy…to father and husband?Hunter Torrance, ex-Demons ice hockey star, is back—now as the team physiotherapist! And while team doctor Charlotte Michaels doesn’t believe he’s changed his playboy ways, the attraction between them is undeniable!Hunter has worked hard at becoming a father to little Alfie, his newly-found son. With Charlotte’s help, he knows he can be—though she guards her heart as fiercely as he does his. He’s sure they could be a family—if only they can take the risk!

From playboy...to father and husband?

Hunter Torrance, former Demons hockey star, is back—now as the team physiotherapist. And while team doctor Charlotte Michaels doesn’t believe he’s changed his playboy ways, the attraction between them is undeniable!

Hunter has worked hard at becoming a father to little Alfie, his newly found son. With Charlotte’s help, he knows he can be—though she guards her heart as fiercely as he does his. He’s sure they could be a family—if only they can take the risk!

Dear Reader (#u3da4f357-03a4-5c76-ba32-7f80df44326d),

‘Ice Hockey Dude’, as my hero Hunter has been affectionately known throughout the writing process, has been in the planning for a very long time. Ice hockey is a relatively new sport to Belfast, and—as with the town in my book—it brought much excitement with it. Along with a host of handsome Canadian players who did indeed fall in love with local girls and are still here over a decade later. A romance novel just waiting to happen!

As with all bad boys, Hunter Torrance has taken some taming, but with the help of my fabulous editor, Laura, I’ve finally wrestled him into submission. Now all we need is Charlotte Michaels, the team doctor, to forgive him his sins too and learn to trust him again…

Happy reading!

Karin xx

Reforming the Playboy

Karin Baine

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This book is for my sisters, Heather and Jemma, who first got me hooked on ice hockey and encouraged my stalking of No. 28! Also for Jaime and Lucy, the next generation of Giants fans.

Thanks must go to Andrew, because without his help I never would’ve been able to write this book. Or so he would tell you. And to Ricky so he doesn’t feel left out!

It’s been a rough few years for all of us and, though I never say it, I love you all. xx

Finally, to fellow author Annie O’Neil. You’ve been an angel, and although we’ve yet to meet you’ve become such a lovely friend.

Listen to the rhythm

Contents

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Back Cover Text (#u215452d3-59f6-5512-8545-af080c27620a)

Dear Reader (#ucfa8e20a-7db2-523c-8742-f195bb53a2df)

Title Page (#ucb1a9d98-d6bd-5c5d-b518-615f7fc577fc)

Booklist (#u3eade74d-2202-5d78-bbe5-d9148a4d9a49)

Dedication (#ucd12875b-d169-5b63-b0fd-524bc752d9bb)

CHAPTER ONE (#u40adc9f2-8a6e-5445-a10a-f84844b1b2e3)

CHAPTER TWO (#u27aea2f5-0c6e-5006-88f4-7552de7a7150)

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CHAPTER ONE (#u3da4f357-03a4-5c76-ba32-7f80df44326d)

IF ALIENS HAD landed in the middle of this rural Northern Irish town and declared her their new supreme leader, Charlotte Michaels couldn’t have been any more surprised than she was now.

‘Hunter Torrance? The Hunter Torrance is the new team physiotherapist?’

Although he was standing there, casting a shadow over her, she didn’t quite believe it. Didn’t want to believe it. The Ballydolan Demons was her team, her responsibility, and having ice hockey’s most infamous bad boy on board wasn’t going to dig them out of the hole they were in.