Dukes and Dekes - Torie Jean

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nCan a professional hockey player reform his rakish ways for a winning shot at his best friend's guarded heart?n n nn nNestled between rocks and mountains, the slumbering town of Chawton Falls, NH, blinks alive every autumn when the Wentworth Estate hosts the Jane Austen Regency Fair.n n nn nFor event coordinator Aulie Desfleurs, fall is a dizzying season full of bonnets, muslin, bicorn hats-and, unfortunately, this year, playing the role of the foolish Lydia Bennet. A sensible woman to her core, she has no time to worry about her mysterious chronic illness or love life.n n nn nSo what if a spicy photo of her best friend Jack Parker in a penalty box threatens to reignite a spark from years ago? If she maintains her distance-an easy feat during hockey season-she'll be fine.n n nn nJack Parker, the bad boy of the American professional hockey league, is suspended...again. Forced to flee to Chawton Falls, Jack comes face to face with a swell of repressed emotions...and a goat. Seeking a distraction, he soon finds himself in the fair cast as the infamous rake, George Wickham.n n nn nWearing breeches isn't exactly on brand, but after five years of harboring unrequited feelings for Aulie, Jack's willing to sport the high-waisted pants if it means convincing her he can be the dashing hero she deserves.n n nn nWith a less than stellar dating history, and a suspension deadline looming, Aulie knows falling for Jack would be foolish.n n nn nBut when he kisses her like a man possessed, one day, and takes care of her like a saint, the next, Aulie's forced to choose: either embrace Jane Austen's signature truth, we are all fools in love, or risk living like the author without a happily ever after of her own.n n nn nDukes and Dekes is a friends-to-lovers, brother's best friend romance that deals with grief and chronic illness. It contains adult language and open-door intimate scenes that realistically depict endometriosis (i.e., no penetration).n