Slap Shot (D.C. Stars, #3)
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CARVD is one of the hottest spots in the city. Our diners are high-profile athletes, celebrities, and millionaires in town to watch UFC fights and F1 races.
Isla Lawrence
My zoom zoom cars??
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“You. Hockey. Rescuing Gus and Millie,” I say, mentioning my golden retrievers.
Isla Lawrence
He has dogsssssss
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“You sound like Liam,” he says, and I snort. Our goalie, Liam Sullivan, is the most anti-social guy I’ve ever met.
Isla Lawrence
Oh my sweet Liam
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DC Stars. Piper Mitchell, rinkside reporter,’” I read, and the night I came into possession
Isla Lawrence
Oh what i didnt make that connection omg its that Lucy
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DAVE’S DOGS IS COMING BACK TO THE ARENA, BABY.
Isla Lawrence
Ahh it was this book. I couldnt remember which series had the hot dog stand removed
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“For you, Mom,” I say to the empty room. “Always for you.” One of the overhead lights flickers, and I laugh. “Yeah. I know you’re here. You wouldn’t miss this. Sometimes I can still hear you yelling at me to get the rebound.” I pause, my shoulders heavy and my eyes wet with tears. “Fuck. I miss you, Mama.”
Isla Lawrence
Stop it before i start sobbing
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I’ve never been drawn to blond men, but he’s an anomaly.
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Mood
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“Probably not the smartest move to throw my money away while I’m unemployed.”
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Wish I was that smart
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“Not… not my taste.
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Girl-
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“Shit. Sorry. Asparagus.” Hudson tugs on the dog’s collar and pulls him away. “No jumping.”
Isla Lawrence
Stop it rightnow! These names!!! PICO DE GATO AND ASPARAGUS
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“Boyfriend? Girlfriend?”
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Woke king
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“This is my fault. I should’ve mentioned her before, and I feel like a horrible mother for not talking about her once during dinner.
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Pretty sure she was mentioned
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I’m thirty-one. My birthday was back in July.
Isla Lawrence
Twins. Do we have another cancer like Liam?
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“A hundred and ten thousand dollars after tax, and it was a fair salary.”
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Thats almost 170k. Thats a crazy amount of money. Over two grand a week. The salary for an executive chef in aus ranges from 92k to 125k. My goodness
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“CARVD,”
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Ohhh like carved?
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“Those were the rules, right? I like to follow instructions.”
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My autistic ass
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Will do. Thanks, hockey guy. Hudson You’re welcome, knife girl.
Isla Lawrence
Going to be obsessed with their nicknames
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Cat, he tells her. P-I-C-O-D-E-G-A-T-O, he spells, and I laugh.
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Ahahahha its so amazing even now
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“Isn’t that a silly name, Lucy?”
Isla Lawrence
There is nothing silly about the name
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I’m so hungry! I could eat my toe! “Don’t do that, silly. Eat the spaghetti instead.”
Isla Lawrence
Wheezing. I love her
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when he looks up and our eyes meet, he grins. He gives me a wave and flips his hat backward before walking toward us. Jesus Christ.
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Youve got that right. Hubba hubba
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His gray joggers hug his thighs and his plain white T-shirt
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Stfu
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I was going to buy a mattress, but I have no clue what six-year-olds sleep on. Cribs? Race car beds? A refurbished canoe?”
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Stop being so funny
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So does the thin white shirt that shows off a sliver of skin on his stomach—the thing is like a damn crop top—and the sweatpants sitting low on his hips.
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HOT HOT HOT HOT
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Puck Kings
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Is Riley in this chat? I feel like i havent seen him
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Good show. Me GREAT show.
Isla Lawrence
The boys loving Bridgerton has completed my life
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Mitchy
Isla Lawrence
Wait i think this is Riley? Its strange that him and Piper have the same last name
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“You’re incredibly needy.” “Probably because I was abandoned as a child and I’m making up for it as an adult. That’s what my therapist says.” “Fuck you for making me feel like an asshole.”
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Ahaaahahaha
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“Look at Ethan. Dude would be the world’s worst father.”
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Uh oh
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slap shot
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Yay sports!
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didn’t know everything when I started playing. I used to think figure skaters and hockey players used the same skates.
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Ah yes cause only an idiot would think that....
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Liam also goes to ballet classes to help with his flexibility.
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SINCE WHEN
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It’s a character from a show called Bluey that’s been on the living room television every afternoon, and Madeline spent the last fifteen minutes explaining how it’s a kids show for adults. I still don’t understand.
Isla Lawrence
The girls that get it, get it
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“He sounds like a good guy.”
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Im feral for the coach's book. I NEED IT NOW
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“Been around a lot of dead bodies, Madeline?” “I told you I’m good with knives.”
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Would love a twist where shes actually a serial killer and he loves her anyway. They should kill her ex together
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My mouth goes dry, and I know I’m no better than a man with the thoughts racing through my head.
Isla Lawrence
Deyna and I
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Hudson sets his shirt in his lap and laughs. Drops his head back and spreads his thighs.
Isla Lawrence
Holy hell
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“It’s about a basketball player pretending to date his best friend’s sister. And she says she doesn’t like him. It’s gold.”
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Was going to say The Right Move but thats sisters best friend. I also loved the narrators for that, they were perfecting castings
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I want to see it. Give me a dagger to the throat,”
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Foreshadowing
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“Not in dark romance it’s not,” Grant says. “That’s why I like that shit the most.”
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I like Grant
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“Yeah, because stalkers are more believable than two people not liking each other,” I draw out.
Isla Lawrence
Its the yearning and dedication Hudson. Give it a go
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“And illegal,” I say.
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Yeah yeah live a little Huddy
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“Prude,” Connor calls out,
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Who tf is Connor?
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“We need to make him watch the ‘Juno’ positions clips and figure out which ones he likes.” Grant drops to the floor and thrusts into the rug. “Have you ever tried this one, Hud?”
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SCREAMING I LOVE GRANT
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I don’t say the things I’m thinking: how I’m always worried I’m too much. Too over the top, like women in the past have called me.
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Hudson Hayes I would go to war for you
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“Piper likes Madeline. And I love Piper. I’m not going to be happy if the woman I care about loses a friend because you can’t keep those precious hands of yours to yourself.”
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I miss Liam - Deyna
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Liam smiles, and it freaks me out.
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“Oh. Um. I thought it was relatable. It’s a professional athlete falling for a woman with a normal job who doesn’t care about how much money he made or what his stats were. She loved him, not the fame.”
Isla Lawrence
Oop
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“They don’t let gingers shoot the ball,” Grant says, and chaos ensues when our center launches himself at our right winger.
Isla Lawrence
I just died
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