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Big Stick Energy

A New York Legends Hockey Romance

Contributors

By Sarina Bowen

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jun 30, 2026
Page Count
368 pages
Publisher
Forever
ISBN-13
9781538772492

Price

$18.99

Price

$24.99 CAD

A hockey team captain and a bubbly staffer mix business with pleasure when they start fake dating through the wedding season in this hot sports romance perfect for fans of Mariana Zapata​ and Elle Kennedy. 

Darcy Kendrick is used to putting out fires. As an overworked admin to a hockey team, she’s seen it all. But nothing prepares her for accidentally DMing her very private, very NSFW fantasy to the subject of this fantasy: team captain Eric Tremaine. Nobody actually dies of embarrassment. Right?

But when a wedding invite puts them on a collision course with her chaotic family and his emotionally fraught past, Eric suggests a plan: they fake-date their way through the “Wedding Experience.” It’s mutually beneficial. Totally strategic. And definitely not real. Except between mini tacos, slow dances and lingering glances, Eric starts to wonder if the sharp-tongued assistant with a bottomless to-do list might be the one person who truly sees him. And for Darcy? The fire in her heart might be the only one she can’t put out.

It’s supposed to be fake. It’s supposed to be temporary. So why is it so hard to walk away?

  • "No one writes breathless tension, banter and swoon quite like Sarina Bowen. The New York Legends series is completely addicting."
    Karla Sorensen, bestselling author of The Wilder Family series

Sarina Bowen

About the Author

Sarina Bowen is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary fiction. Her books have been on “best of” lists at Goodreads, Audible, The New York Public Library and Amazon. In her free time she takes figure skating lessons. Sarina’s hockey fandom started in college, cheering on the Yale University team and wishing they’d let her drive the Zamboni.

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