Delay of Game (44 page)

Sara crossed over to her father and gave him a peck on the cheek. But then she came into my arms. The kiss she planted on me could never be called a peck. I was a little embarrassed to be kissing her like that in front of her father, actually, but it felt too perfect for me to put a stop to it. Because
she
came to
me
. She initiated it. I put both my arms around her waist and held on for the ride.

And then, when Scotty cleared his throat and Sara eventually backed away, I couldn’t stop grinning like an idiot. I knew what this meant: Sara was ready to move in with me. I may have broken a few rules along the way, but it was all working out in the end. Captain America may have missed his date, but Captain Canada got the girl.

Catherine Gayle is a bestselling author of Regency-set historical romance and contemporary hockey romance with a New Adult feel. She’s a transplanted Texan living in North Carolina with two extremely spoiled felines. In her spare time, she watches way too much hockey and reality TV, plans fun things to do for the Nephew Monster’s next visit, and performs experiments in the kitchen which are rarely toxic.

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DELAY OF GAME is the fourth book in the
Portland Storm
series. If you enjoyed it, please look for the other books in the series: BREAKAWAY, ON THE FLY, TAKING A SHOT (a novella found in the SEDUCED BY THE GAME anthology), and LIGHT THE LAMP. Another novella, DOUBLE MAJOR, will release in September, 2014, and the fifth novel in the series, IN THE ZONE, will release in November, 2014.