Sports Short Storey Anthology

From best-selling author, Liz Matis, comes the box set of the popular Fantasy Football Romance series! Includes the award-winning and number-one best seller in Sports Fiction: Playing for Keeps, along with Going for It - also a number-one best seller in Sports Fiction: Huddle Up, and The Quarterback Sneak, which also reached number one.

Join the University of Gatica's sports stars in the challenges of life, training, competing, friendship, and romance. This is the complete series by USA Today best-selling author Lexy Timms. Aspiring college athlete Aileen Nessa is finding the recruiting process beyond daunting. Tyler Jensen is U of G's NCAA champion in the hurdles and Jim Thorpe recipient for top defensive back in football. His incredible ocean blue eyes and confident smile make Aileen stutter.

Karen Grayson. Surfer girl. My band mate's wife. The one woman I can't have. The one woman who could have my heart, though I can never let her know. Ramon Martinez. Romeo. Completely forbidden. I wanted him back at the beginning, but he didn’t want me. So I made the safe choice. The wrong one. We were once friends. Now we’re not even that. But we’re both back in Ocean Beach, and that dangerous attraction remains.

I can't say they didn't warn me. Right now, I realize: I probably should have listened. Because if there's anyone who has no business playing a sport that requires a helmet, pads, and a liability waiver, it's this girl. The same girl who once knocked herself out during a game of backyard baseball. I stepped up to the plate, pulled the bat back a little too far to swing, and clocked myself in the back of the skull. Boom. Lights Out Lucy. That's how I got my roller derby name. So yeah. Maybe I should have known better.

Bring calm, connection, and soccer fun to bedtime! Do you have a young soccer fan who struggles to wind down at night? This collection of 24 heartwarming stories is designed to help kids relax, let go of worries, and drift into a peaceful sleep—all while celebrating their love for the beautiful game. Why Parents and Kids Love This Book Soccer-Themed Adventures: Engaging stories featuring brave, clever, and lovable characters overcoming challenges on and off the field. Calming and Gentle: Perfectly paced tales with soothing language to help ease kids into a restful night.

In the seaside town of San Benedetto, soccer (or calcio) is more than just a sport: it's an obsession. Twenty-two-year-old Etto, however, couldn't care less about soccer. His twin brother Luca, a rising soccer star, died tragically in a motorcycle accident, and their mother, unable to cope with her grief, drowned herself on the anniversary of Luca's death.

I lost one mate, I couldn’t stand to lose another. I just wish I could figure out how to resist him. Get this complete boxset including: Dark and Forbidden Luca's Secret Baby (As a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and the wrong lion pride, I’m used to scraping by.), Miguel's Secret Cub (I was just a teenager when I ran away from the pride.), Curse Breaker Friends to Lovers ( Two years ago my mate was killed by an enemy alpha.), and Sara's Dark Secret (When I killed my abusive mate to protect myself and my daughter...).

Sex. Money. International terrorism. And, of course, the ultimate question- Can a compact backswing save the world? A clubhouseful of acclaimed authors pass the baton (or at least the six-iron) to creat an ensemble tour de force of suspense, romance, and hilarity on the links. Golf is not a team sport. But who says fiction can't be? Get ready....

Bob Weintraub’s marvelous collection of baseball stories goes directly to the core of what the game does for us when we watch it being played on the field, and shows how its heroes and villains can reach into a person’s life and remain a part of us for the rest of our days...Each strives for its own sense of authenticity, seeks to introduce characters we’d be comfortable spending time with, and in many cases ends with an unexpected twist. In these and other stories, Weintraub infuses baseball with humanity, originality, humor and compassion, and raises the game to a new level of understanding and love.

Harvard Square is at the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the business district around Harvard University. It’s a place of history, culture, and some of the most momentous events of the nation. But it’s also a gathering place for some of the city’s homeless. What is life like for the homeless in Harvard Square? Do they have anything to tell people about life? And God? That’s what Harvard student John Frame discovered and shares in Homeless at Harvard.

Battling Boxing Stories presents 15 of the most intense and hard-hitting stories about the pugilistic arts collected in one place and written by some of the best of today's new crop of exciting writers. The stories in this book highlight all types of boxers and all aspects of the sport, from amateur bouts and illegal street fights, to heavyweight championship events. These are wonderful stories with unforgettable characters who are full of passion and emotion, action and rage.

Schwimmen ist Bewegung. Schwimmen ist Veränderung. Schwimmen ist Musik. Denn ein Schwimmbecken ist mehr als ein physischer Ort. Wer es betritt, dem kann es erlauben, Altes loszulassen, die Gedanken zu sortieren und neue Perspektiven zu entdecken. Es scheint, als würde mit dem ersten Schwimmzug eine innere Reise beginnen, die zu neuen, noch unbekannten, teils unerwarteten Optionen führt. Eine faszinierende Sammlung von Geschichten über Menschen, die die Leidenschaft an der Bewegung im Wasser und die Freude am Leben eint.

From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light, and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport or a board game, picked up a video game controller, or rolled a twenty-sided die.

18 Holes is a unique collection of short stories; one for each of the 18 holes that make up a round of golf. The stories reflect the fact that golf is far more than a game. From death and glory through to love and valor, 18 Holes captures life itself as much as a sport that challenges and delights so many.

Hockey isn’t just a sport, a game, a career. To me, hockey is life. When I’m on the ice, nothing else matters—I’m in my zone—always 10 plays ahead of the opponent, and always in control. Except for that night. That game. The first one she’d ever been to—Gracelyn Bolton. And I found her. Even while slammed against the wall, tangled up with the enemy’s ace goon—known only for his fighting, not his stats—I spotted her, only her, amongst a crowd of hundreds. And when I finally track her down, the list of reasons why things won’t work is long…throwing me completely off my game.

Baseball stories never before published in book form by legendary Hall of Fame New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, transcribed and edited and narrated by Mathewson biographer and historian Eddie Frierson.

Alle, für die der Begriff "Putten" keinen dicklichen Engel beschreibt, und für die sich ein "Flight" nicht auf den nächsten Sommerurlaub bezieht, sind wohl oder übel der grandiosen Leidenschaft des Golfen verfallen. Evelyn Roll erschließt nicht nur diesen erfahrenen Spielern die wundersame Welt des Golfen, sondern auch denen, die die Platzreife soeben erst erlangt haben. Ihre Fähigkeit, die Komik der manchmal so sonderbaren Glitzerwelt zwischen Abschlag und Schampus zu erkennen, bringt uns nicht nur einmal zum schmunzeln.

She was forged from pain and honed into steel. Frankie Hughes was the steel that coated the outskirts of a boxing ring. She had the agility of a panther and a past that marred everything that she could have become. Did she allow herself even a second to feel defeated? No. Did she give up on what she thought she would one day become? Yes. A skilled mixed martial artist was her official title, but after stopping her competitive career and losing sight of her passion, Frankie’s future became a tight knot of indeterminacy.

She walked away from us when she needed me most. I should have stopped her. I should have begged her to stay. But I didn’t. I let her believe I thought she was crazy. But she came back. She accepted me just like I accept her. Every single part of her - even the parts she herself can’t accept. Blake is terrified she can’t be the woman I need. She lives in constant fear of not being a good mother to our unborn child. Most of all, she is terrified of herself. Her condition isn’t fixable. There is no cure. All I can do is love her with everything that I am and be there for her.

Fairways, Greens, Lost Balls & Bad Lies is an amusing, entertaining story about real golfers just like you and your golf comrades. You will hear about adventures of friends who share the thrill and torture of playing the game we love. Most importantly, you will laugh. Funny things happen on every golf course, and you will undoubtedly connect with the characters you will meet in this book. Golf stories are remembered long after golf scores are forgotten. Listening to this book will lift your spirit, and you may stumble upon a tip or two that will improve your handicap.