Strong and Wild (Lakes Hockey, #2)
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Read between February 25 - February 26, 2025
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Shit, if a woman I’ve only gotten off to through a laptop screen has got me missing passes, there’s no way I could handle bunnies. Focus, Rhys.
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I like things rough. I can get off in the missionary position, but I’d rather wrap my hand around her neck and whisper dirty things in her ear while I do it.
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They hide nothing—and homeboy is packing. If that thing was any bigger, he’d need it registered as a weapon. I’d let him beat me with it. Roll, roll, roll his meat gently down my throat. I’m gross.
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want to sit on his pretty face.
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“Time to drain money from the patriarchy,” I say, adjusting my red push-up bra.
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“Huh, that’s weird. Usually, when they’re screaming, it’s because I’m the one doing the pounding.”
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The pretty ones are always assholes.
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I look out to the stands to see a bunch of camera phones recording and homemade signs unfolding, referencing “hardcore pucking” and “sticking it in their five-hole.” I cock my head at Conway and mouth what the fuck while gesturing to the crowd. He shrugs. “Booktok. It’s a thing now.”
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there’s an entire romance book genre based on hockey players. What a time to be alive.
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“Do you prefer Rhys or Kucera?” “From you? Neither.”
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certainly don’t want anyone like Rhys Kucera. Not sure he could love anything more than himself anyway; he thinks he’s special.
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“Puck bunnies ain’t got shit on puck wives. Married sex is awesome,”
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“You have no idea how difficult it is staying quiet when all I want to do is throw you to the ground, spread you wide, and make you take every inch.”
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He looks cozy. Like a hot, huggable bear. I fucking hate him.
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If there is a Goddess up there, please let Hat Trick Swayze be hot, available, and not a creep so I can get deep-dicked before this vagina between my legs withers to dust. Amen.
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Hearing her go all dommy mommy on the phone kicked everything up a notch.
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“Twenty-five,” a deeper voice shouts from behind them. I’m faced with the one and only Rhys Kucera. Goody. What’s better is he actually guessed the correct number. “It was twenty-five, but you’re still not getting my number.”
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Because she’s Queen of Tarts. And Queen of Tarts is the object of my obsession.
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“You really think you can rattle my cage with that?” she asks. “I know I can.” “You won’t. I eat boys like you for breakfast.” “What time is breakfast?”
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Besides, I like walking out the big mouthy ones, it makes my balls feel bigger.
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“And what about all the creeps from Followers? Huh, Hellcat?”
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I turn on my “Men Ain’t Shit” playlist and plow through each pretzel one by one. Now this, this is real. This is all I need. Chewy pretzels and cheese sauce, baby. There’s no way any man is better than this deliciousness.
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Though, truthfully, I can’t decide whether I’d prefer a murderer to Rhys Kucera.
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Loving an addict is a fucking nightmare. It’s a burden impossible to let go of. Your heart is tethered to a sinking ship.
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IKEA is a dreamland for a girl like me on a budget.
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Kind of wish she meant it, because even looking like a drowned sewer rat, I’d tap that so hard.
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“You’re impossible to stay away from. Everywhere I look, there you are. So I’m done fighting it. I’m throwing in the towel. Let me get to know you more.”
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I tell myself I’m masturhating. It’s all lies. Secretly, I’m loving this.
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When we’re not at each other’s throats, we’re like hot chocolate and snowy mornings.
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Pretty sure assembling IKEA furniture and remodeling a kitchen are the top two ways to find out if you can actually work together.
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HatTrickSwayze: Does the person who bought that for you know you’re wearing it for a crowd? Better hope they aren’t watching or you might have to face some consequences. “They know I’m wearing it. But I once heard them say that they like it when I’m their good slut.”
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Good God, that man. Yes, hi. I’d like to make a deposit into my Jill till, please.
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“Where do you want to do this?” He pulls out a chair and points at the kitchen table. “Get on. You eat your meals on the counter, I eat mine at the table.”
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If he doesn’t stop speaking in that gravelly voice, I’ll lose. It’s audio porn.
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“I’m going to make sure everybody downstairs knows what a good little slut you are,” he growls.
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“Yeah, I know your secret, Freya. You act big and bad, but deep down, you’re so fucking desperate and needy. You want someone who’s strong enough to put you in your place.”
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“There she is,” he drawls as I come on his hand. “So pretty.”
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“Get on your fucking knees and show me you deserve my cum.”
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“Did I do good?” I don’t know where that comes from, because why the fuck do I care? But I do. He smiles, and something flashes in his eyes. “So good, darling.”
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There are a few unwritten rules about hockey. One of them is when you do something bad, you pay the consequences. If a player crosses the line between physical and dirty, he must answer for it, and ninety percent of the fights are usually one player having his teammate’s back.
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They’ve claimed me as one of theirs; this team is my family.
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Freya. Maneater. McCoy.
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Even hellcats bow to the devil, Freya Girl.
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Did she believe I’d put her through the paces, fuck her savagely, and not take care of her afterward? I may be an asshole, but I’m not a monster.
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This kiss breaks one of her rules of friends with benefits, but I’m ready to break every other rule that goes with it. I’ve never wanted a woman as much as I do Freya. She’s everything.
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They say if you’re not dating for forever, you’re dating for heartache.
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What would cause me to put that confidence in him so early? What does it mean if I trust him that much already? To surrender myself like that? It sounds like heartache.
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I used to think Rhys wasn’t giving but he’s proven me wrong. Especially when it comes to orgasms. He excels at it.
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He can call me his good little whore all night long, but the second he wrapped his arms around me and held me . . . that was something I wasn’t sure I could handle. The aftercare scared me.
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There’s just something about a crisp fall day and a warm cup of coffee the morning after a night of intense gland-to-gland combat.
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