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In the Game

By: Sloane St. James
Narrated by: Kasha Kensington, Aiden Snow
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Raleigh

Growing up, the ice was my safe space. I excelled at playing hockey. However, these days, it's hockey players who provide sanctuary—one bed at a time. We have an arrangement. I offer them a night of pleasure, and in return, they grant me all the temporary, artificial love I can get my hands on—a chance to feel whole. Happily ever after doesn't exist where I come from, but I crave it just the same. It was a foolproof system.

Until Barrett. One night with him was all it took to tear down walls and crack the facade I worked so hard to build. The connection we had felt real, which made it all the more heartbreaking when it was time to leave. To him, I was simply another puck bunny. I never planned on seeing him again, until I discovered our one night changed my life forever. When I tried to reach out, he turned callous and cruel. That was the day I swore I'd never allow Barrett back into my life.

Barrett

It's been over five years since our one-night stand and I still can't get her out of my head. No woman has ever come close to making me feel the things she did that night. But when I woke up the next morning, I was alone, without any way to contact her. Trust me, I tried. Over the years, searching for her has become an obsession, and I've faced endless ridicule from my teammates, but I'll never give up. She's out there, and I'm gonna find her.

That day finally comes after a spontaneous meet and greet with a new Minnesota Lakes sponsor. Suddenly, there she is, more beautiful than ever. If looks could kill, I'd be six feet deep. Raleigh's convinced we are done for good, but now that I've found her, I'll stop at nothing to make her mine. Because this time she has a four-year-old son—and he looks just like me.

This spicy hockey romance features a giant hockey player MMC, a curvy single-mother FMC, a secret baby (child), angst, an age gap, dirty talk, praise, primal play, and of course, a happily ever after. For mature listeners.

©2023 Sloane St. James (P)2024 Podium Audio

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Spicyyyyy!!!!

Some of the best and explicit spicy scenes I have ever read. Rewound so many times. Narrators did a great job, too.

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Barrett ❤️

This is a new to me author. I know it’s book 3. This story is about Raleigh and Barrett. Raleigh is a puck bunny, she goes after hockey player. She has one night with Barrett and he tears down her walls. Raleigh thought there connection was real. After the one night changed her life forever. When she tried to reach out for her and he is cruel. She said she never allow Barrett back into her life. But 5 years later things change.
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Raleigh is a strong woman/ mom, she protects Arther with everything and I love her for that. Barrett is definitely a book husband. The way he is throughout the whole situation is amazing. The spicy in this really surprised me. It’s off the charts hot. This story is everything I wanted it to be there then a twist at the end that is shocking. I would highly recommend this story. It has hockey, endless love and it is just so special. It can be read as a standalone, I did.

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Second Chance with The Hockey Player

Okay… I see you Sloane. This book was everything!!!! This was written so well and the characters were amazing!

Barrett and Raleigh first meet in a club where they both hit off and plan to hook up. That night was full of mishaps and banter. Everything was going wrong but that didn’t stop them from having the best night ever. Barrett called her his personal puck bunny and she hated it so she slipped out in the middle of the night. He woke up mad that he didn’t get her number. He tried so hard finding her. He asked everyone, tried Google, socials and couldn’t find her.

Raleigh finds out she’s pregnant so she contacts him via social media and got messages back from him saying he wasn’t interested and if she contacted him again, he will sue her. So she decided to forget him and raise her son alone.

5 years later, Barrett runs into Raleigh at a hockey game. He sees her son and instantly knew he was his. She takes off but he contacts her boss via email for a company meeting. This is how he corners her and to discuss meeting his son. This was one of my favorites scenes. When they both figure out that they got scammed by someone pretending to be him 5 years ago to prevent him being a dad. This also was the jumpstart they both needed to get to know one another but also Barrett to meet and know his son, Arthur.

Tropes:
Second Chance
Single Mom
Accidental Pregnancy/Secret Baby
Hockey Romance
He falls first and hard
Breeding Kink
No 3rd Act

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even better in audio

I eyeball read this last year and loved it. But the narrators made it even better! Aiden Snow is a favorite and his growl is superb. I'm not as familiar with Kasha but she did a great job. Her male and child voices were really good. I think they both brought Barrett and Raleigh to life perfectly.

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HOLY BABY DADDY BARRETT🥵🔥

BE PREPARED TO BLESS YOUR AIRPODS, @aidensnowvoice & Kasha Kensington are DELICIOUS as Barrett & Raleigh! This one is of my favorite duos for audio, because they absolutely deliver!! The emotions, the angst, the chemistry, ugh it’s done so well! I already was obsessed with this book & characters, but BLESS! This audio has taken my obsession to the next level & I just love it even more!

HOLY BABY DADDY BARRETT🥵🔥

I love for a book to take me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions so I can feel them ALL & this one did not disappoint! I felt all them along with Barrett & Raleigh🥺

Barrett & Raleigh are the epitome of the miscommunication & second chance tropes! From their one night together that was a mutual instant connection & wanting of more, to then years apart with Barrett pining for Raleigh & Raleigh angry with him. A chance encounter brings them back together for a journey of healing, reconnection, love, & family! I mean, Barrett nicknames their son MINI BEAR 🐻 for crying out loud! I’m having a serious case of “baby rabies” & swooning over here!🥹

Raleigh is also super relatable as a woman who has gone through so many body changes since having children. Her learning to love her body for what it’s done & accomplished was a beautiful message!! Own it mamas!!👏🏼

I’m a sucker for a dad, & Barrett is top tier. TOP MF’in TIER!! His stepping in & wanting to do all the things, his protectiveness of them, ugh it was just so good! His possessiveness was also HOT! Barrett sir is SPICY🔥🔥🔥🔥 he & Raleigh’s chemistry is INSANE from the beginning!

PS: THE TWIST?! MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR!!🤯🤬

If you’re still reading this, cheers to you! I’m obviously obsessing over here 😮‍💨❤️

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Aiden and Kasha are AMAZING!

In the Game is a secret baby, forced proximity, he falls first, age gap, with a touch of second chance.

Raleigh and Barrett have this off the charts chemistry, and it shows in the pages of the story. I liked how this story unfolded and the way it all happened.
You will be hooked needing to know what happens next or wondering how it happened.

Aiden Snow and Kasha Kensington are the perfect ones for this audio. They set this audio to another level with their voices. I started and planned to only listen to a few chapters, and I was halfway through before I knew it!
I finished this book as quickly as I could.

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Best Book of the Series!

This has been the steamiest of the series. Aiden Snow has a voice that will send shivers down your spine! I’ll be listening to this book until I die!

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The narration was perfect for the story!

Daddy Barrett in audio form was literal HEAVEN for me! Kasha Kensington & Aiden Snow were perfect narrators and I could not stop listening!

I’m convinced Barrett is the absolute best man ever written, hands down. Every man Sloane writes just keeps getting better and better!

After hooking up one night, Raleigh leaves without a note or goodbye and Barrett is left wondering how he can find her again. Fast forward several weeks and Raleigh finds out she is pregnant and after multiple failed attempts to meet up with Barrett to let him know, she ends up deciding she will do this without any help.

Five years later, they stumble into each other - Raleigh is trying to avoid him and run, but he is shocked and in awe of seeing her again….and her son…who happens to look just enough like him to make him question if he’s the dad.

The love he has for Raleigh is shown so clearly, even years later, and nothing stops him from loving Arthur just as much. My heart was literally hurting as he worked his way back into their life because I just wanted them all together so badly. He effortlessly jumped into the parent role and I swooned even harder! I literally think he could commit any crime and I would love him just as much! I was crying at how beautiful it was when he was showing Ral what he loved about her and helping her find her confidence in herself….there is nothing more perfect than those sweet moments.

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Chefs kiss perfection

This book sent me on an emotional roller coaster all over again with this audio version. Aiden Snow and Kasha Kensington are intense while bringing
these characters to life. This cast were chefs kiss perfection to play Barrett and Raleigh. Aiden’s baritone voice oozed sexy and Kasha with a slight southern twang was amazing.

We all heard the mention of Runaway Raleigh in the previous two books. Now we get the full story past and present. Barrett had an instant attraction to Raleigh. They hit it off one night at a bar. Everything seemed to go wrong for them and that made the night’s events unforgettable. Barrett woke up the next day to find that Raleigh was gone and no way to contact her. For five years he was still on the look out for her. In his eyes, she was the one that got away. Until one evening at an event he sees her. She’s even more beautiful than he remembered and she’s not alone. She has a son that looks just like him and Raleigh isn’t happy to see him. She actually wants nothing to do with him. Barrett has tons of questions he needs answered. Is he my son? What happened in the past five years to make her so angry? How can he get through the walls she’s built?

Raleigh and Barrett’s chemistry was Off. The. Charts. from the moment they first met. Picture this dirty talking hockey player with the sweetest dad vibes. Barrett walks in with his swag for Raleigh and switches to best dad instantly for his mini bear. This man left me drooling. I loved Raleigh’s strength and independence. The badass FMC’s in this series are some my all time favorites.

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Barrett and Raleigh. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

For Raleigh and Barrett, it’s love at first awful date. It takes them 5 years to find their HEA. Why? Because she is the one that got away. It took them five full years to find their way back to each other, and it was spectacular to experience it. Such a sweet and spicy story.
It is always a bonus to have Aiden Snow narrate. His voice is dreamy

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