Bøker av Tracy Solheim

In the quaint coastal town of Chances Inlet, Christmas is a time for rekindling lost connections . . .Elinor "Elle" McAlister is on the brink of a big-time promotion that will finally put her on equal footing with her overachieving siblings. The catch? She has to babysit a notoriously prickly war reporter who's late delivering his memoir. As if that weren't enough, her editor banishes them both to Elle's hometown on the Carolina coast to get the job done. Spending the holidays in Chances Inlet might have been fine-if only she hadn't wrecked the most important relationship in her life during her visit last Christmas.Deputy Sheriff Hayden Lovell has known Elle was his person ever since she swiped his purple crayon back in kindergarten. Through every twist and setback, her steady friendship has been his anchor, especially after he returned from combat with wounds that run deep. But everything changed last New Year's Eve when Elle surprised him with a kiss, stirring feelings he didn't realize he had. Now that she's back in town and keeping her distance, Hayden wonders if that moment meant as much to her as it did to him.Chances Inlet has a knack for bringing people together. With Christmas around the corner, can Elle and Hayden rewrite their story before the holiday spirit fades? Join them in a heartwarming tale of love, friendship, and the magic of second chances in a town that knows how to celebrate Christmas like no other.

He's the pro athlete everyone wants to be.Quarterback Trey Van Horn didn't become the league's MVP by accident. Years of self-discipline and iron-clad control have made him the envy of everyone in and around the game of football. But when he comes face-to-face with the one who got away, his tightly managed life is turned upside down. Now he'll do whatever it takes to score the greatest comeback of his life. She's tired of being every guy's doormat.London Headley is on the verge of having the career she's always dreamed of. Too bad the path to her promotion runs through the guy who broke her heart a decade earlier. So what if everything about the Milwaukee Growlers QB sets her panties on fire? She's determined to keep things professional. Life has taught her that men will always choose something-or someone-over her. It's going to take more than a Hail Mary to get her to buy into the fairy tale.The only problem? Her lips don't seem to want to follow the game plan. Not when Trey is executing an all-out blitz to prove he's worth a second chance.

It's hard to keep a big secret in a small town . . .When Paige Hollister discovers her "Mr. Right" already has a "Mrs. Right," she swears off men forever. Even more humiliating, she suddenly finds herself labeled the other woman and out of the teaching job she loves. So Paige does what every unemployed single woman staring thirty in the face does: She hightails it to the beach. Bad luck like hers is hard to outrun, however. Her getaway is stalled when her car breaks down in a small-town chock full of meddling, nosy residents. The worst of them being the local sheriff-none other than her estranged father.Finally on top of the golf world, Tanner Gillette is poised to show everyone he's not just an entitled playboy coasting through tournaments on his pedigree. That is until his life is turned upside down by a little girl who shows up on his doorstep with a birth certificate inexplicably bearing his name. Complicating matters more, the kid isn't talking. When the stress of caring for a child whose mother is AWOL gives Tanner a bad case of the yips, he's forced to enlist help from the one person in town who can't wait to leave.Sticking around Chances Inlet and her father's shiny new, über-successful family isn't on Paige's to-do list. Especially when she'd prefer to keep her embarrassing incident under wraps. Yet she can't walk away from the troubled little girl. Or the sexy Australian golfer who just might make her want to take a chance on trusting her heart again.

It's hard to keep a big secret in a small town . . .When Paige Hollister discovers her "Mr. Right" already has a "Mrs. Right," she swears off men forever. Even more humiliating, she suddenly finds herself labeled the other woman and out of the teaching job she loves. So Paige does what every unemployed single woman staring thirty in the face does: She hightails it to the beach. Bad luck like hers is hard to outrun, however. Her getaway is stalled when her car breaks down in a small-town chock full of meddling, nosy residents. The worst of them being the local sheriff-none other than her estranged father.Finally on top of the golf world, Tanner Gillette is poised to show everyone he's not just an entitled playboy coasting through tournaments on his pedigree. That is until his life is turned upside down by a little girl who shows up on his doorstep with a birth certificate inexplicably bearing his name. Complicating matters more, the kid isn't talking. When the stress of caring for a child whose mother is AWOL gives Tanner a bad case of the yips, he's forced to enlist help from the one person in town who can't wait to leave.Sticking around Chances Inlet and her father's shiny new, über-successful family isn't on Paige's to-do list. Especially when she'd prefer to keep her embarrassing incident under wraps. Yet she can't walk away from the troubled little girl. Or the sexy Australian golfer who just might make her want to take a chance on trusting her heart again.

A football team owner who's a real player and the woman who's ready to call him out on everything...Dot-com millionaire Jay McManus is discovering that owning a pro football team isn't as easy as his other hobby of wine-making. An anonymous blogger is out to destroy his reputation, and now his team, the Baltimore Blaze, is named in a highly contentious workplace violation lawsuit brought on by the team's cheerleaders. If Jay's not careful, he could lose big-and not just financially.When Bridgett Janik's law firm accepts the case representing the Baltimore Blaze, she's not thrilled to be defending Jay McManus, the man who broke her young heart. It's bad enough her brother is one of the team's stars and she has to mingle with Jay during games. But working side-by-side her lover-turned-enemy may be too much for her body-and her heart-to resist.Jay never makes the same mistake twice and he's determined not to let Bridgett slip away from him a second time. But, as the two follow the mysterious blogger's trail, secrets-both past and present--are revealed and Jay and Bridgett must decide if their relationship can be something more than just sleeping with the enemy.The Baltimore Blaze Series: Book 1-Game On Book 2-Foolish Games (Crossover to the Chances Inlet Series) Book 3-A Number's Game (Novella and crossover to Milwaukee Growlers) Book 4-Risky Game Book 5-Sleeping with the Enemy

Just when he was at the top of his game... She changed the rules.Baltimore Blaze tight-end Brody Janik is a natural born football star. At twenty-seven, his record-breaking athletic performance and his cover-boy good looks have turned him in to a household name. But Brody's hiding a major secret behind his charming, public persona: a health condition that may cut his career short.PhD candidate Shannon 'Shay' Everett works multiple jobs to put herself through school-including an unpaid internship with the Blaze training department. Strapped for cash, Shay answers the call of a NFL gossip blogger to uncover personal details about the Blaze players. Sneaking into the locker room one night, she gets entangled in Brody's secret... and swept up by his charm.Brody isn't sure what to make of the gawky girl with the whiskey eyes, especially when he discovers she was snooping. His first instinct is to turn her in as a snitch, but she could destroy him by sharing his secret. Instead, he decides to keep her close... perhaps closer than either of them originally intended.The Baltimore Blaze Series: Book 1-Game On Book 2-Foolish Games (Crossover to the Chances Inlet Series) Book 3-A Number's Game (Novella and crossover to Milwaukee Growlers) Book 4-Risky Game Book 5-Sleeping with the Enemy

A Hail Mary play for the heart... Bridal designer, Julianne Marchione knows better than to lose her head at a client's wedding. But much to her embarrassment, a mix of migraine medication and a smoking hot football player lead to a steamy one-night stand resulting in a surprise pregnancy. Julianne has every intention of leaving her NFL hookup far in the past until her son, Owen, is born with a life-threatening blood disorder that requires a transfusion-and Julianne is not a match.Will "William the Conqueror" Connelly grew up tough shouldering the stigma of being a bastard child born on the wrong side of the tracks. He refuses to let any child face the same discrimination. When he finds out about Owen, he's furious that Julianne kept his son a secret. But when he sees her again at the hospital, he realizes that his feelings for her go far beyond anger. Will insists that Owen recuperate at his home in North Carolina. And he's adamant that Julianne become his wife-even if it's only a temporary marriage in name only. But will their simmering attraction ever lead to a real connection? Or are they just playing foolish games?The Baltimore Blaze Series: Book 1-Game On Book 2-Foolish Games (Crossover to the Chances Inlet Series) Book 3-A Number's Game (Novella and crossover to Milwaukee Growlers) Book 4-Risky Game Book 5-Sleeping with the Enemy

The only way to win is to score... With a reputation for fast moves on the gridiron and even faster moves off the field, Shane Devlin is a player in every sense of the word. Unfortunately, his bad boy persona has made him a risky prospect as a quarterback-and only the Baltimore Blaze are willing to give him a chance. But he's about to take a hit he never expected. Working for the Blaze, Carly March knows too well how jocks think-and what they think with-so she's always made a point of keeping players at arm's length. But when she shares a kiss with the devilishly handsome Shane, she finds it hard to play by her own rules-and even harder to resist him. Can a football hero and a business-minded beauty try to take it all the way? Or will their mutual attraction cost them the big game? The Baltimore Blaze Series: Book 1-Game On Book 2-Foolish Games (Crossover to the Chances Inlet Series) Book 3-A Number's Game (Novella and crossover to Milwaukee Growlers) Book 4-Risky Game Book 5-Sleeping with the Enemy

They say he who dares wins...Luke Kessler is known for his daring play on the field and his carefully scripted life off it. The Growlers' wide receiver has a strict rule of dating one carefully chosen woman per season, then letting her down gently. After all, his game is football, not love. That is until his dopey mutt falls for a French bulldog owned by a hot mess of a woman whose sassy mouth and mind-blowing curves have him fumbling his best laid plans.After a humiliating concert performance played out in front of the world on social media, cellist Summer Pearson has sworn off a career in music. Forever. She's hiding out with her grandparents in Milwaukee, licking her wounds and preparing for a predictable, if not boring, law career. The last person she needs challenging her life choices is a sexy, dog-rescuing jock who loves his grandma as much as he loves a good dare.Especially when that same guy is practically dating her perfect cousin.This fun, flirty sports romance delivers a happily ever after that will have you laughing, crying, sighing, and cheering in the endzone. One-click it now for doggy hijinks, senior citizens bent on shenanigans, sexy axe-throwing, locker room bromance, steamy private cello performances, and all the feels as two people discover they are worthy of love.

Chances Inlet, North Carolina, has an infamous power for second chances. But its charms are lost on the town's favorite son-until she comes along...When his father's sudden death puts his family's construction business in serious debt, architect Gavin McAlister is forced to put his dream career in New York on hold. Making matters worse, his fiancée calls it quits. Desperate to return to his big-city life, he discovers an opportunity to save his family, one that has him reluctantly starring in a home restoration TV show.Former soap star Ginger Walsh hopes this job as a TV makeup artist will lead to better things. So far it's only brought her to a hamlet full of people who don't like her-except Gavin. After a wild night out leads to Ginger waking up in Gavin's loft-and the rest of town talking-the two of them soon wonder if getting back to before is what they want. Because being in each other's arms certainly feels like what they need.