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Windy City Series - Liz Tomforde

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Windy City Series Mile High Right Move Caught Up Play Along Rewind It Back

Mile High

ZANDERS

Chicago hockey isn't complete without me - everyone's favourite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. I thoroughly enjoy spending most of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night.

What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to quit her job.

But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can't quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button in order to push her buttons, or if it's more than that.

STEVIE

I've been a flight attendant for years. I thought I'd seen it all, but I second-guess everything when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL. Including my promise never to hook up with an athlete again, no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be.

Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it.

Everything but him.

Right Move

RYAN

She's a distraction, that's what she is.

I'm the newest Captain of the Devils, Chicago's NBA team, and the last thing I needed this year was for Indy Ivers, my sister's best friend, to move into my apartment. She's messy, emotional, and way too tempting.

But when the team's General Manager vocalises his blatant disapproval of my promotion to Captain, referring to me as an unapproachable lone wolf with no work-life balance, I can't think of a better way to convince him otherwise than pretending to date my outgoing roommate.

The only problem? Faking it feels far too natural.

Having a fake girlfriend wasn't supposed to be messy, but having Indy under my roof and in my bed is complicated, especially when she wants all the romantic parts of life I could never give her.

INDY

I never imagined I'd be living with my best friend's brother, NBA superstar Ryan Shay. Even more unbelievable? He needs me to act as his loving girlfriend who has suddenly changed him into a friendly and approachable guy.

Because, well . . . he's not. He's controlling of his space and untrusting of others.

Our arrangement isn't one-sided, though. I'm in a wedding coming up, where every one of my childhood friends, including my ex-boyfriend, will be in attendance, and there's no better date than my ex's celebrity hero.

Blurred lines make it almost impossible to separate real from fake. Falling for my roommate was never part of the deal, especially when Ryan quickly reminds me that he doesn't believe in love.

I'm a romantic and can't help but fantasise that he'll change, but soon enough, I find myself questioning if sharing a roof with my best friend's brother was the right move after all . . .

Caught Up

Kai

I'm a single dad and a starting pitcher for Chicago's MLB team. I'm stretched too thin, but I don't want help raising my son.

Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go. My coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I can't fire- his daughter.

Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached.

Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought I'd be counting down the days until she left, but summer feels too short when I start thinking about forever.

Miller

As a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in my industry, I'm desperate to prove I deserve it. But with a new title comes new pressure, and I can't create a fresh and inspiring dessert to save my life.

With only two months to get back on track, I should be focusing on the kitchen, but instead, I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star player's kid.

Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and I'm eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start feeling at home, I must remind myself that my time in Chicago ends with the summer.

Besides, I've always been a runner, and the last thing I want is to get caught.

Play Along

Kennedy

I'm the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors baseball team and must maintain my professional reputation. But a Las Vegas run-in with the team's shortstop threatens everything, leaving me with a fuzzy memory and a ring on my left hand.

Isaiah Rhodes is reckless, impulsive, and frustratingly charming. He's also my brand-new husband. And to save my job, I have to pretend the whole thing was planned - the real deal.

They got the saying wrong. What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas... sometimes it follows you right back home.

Isaiah

I've crushed on my team's athletic trainer, Kennedy Kay, for years. So imagine my surprise when I woke up in Sin City with a ring on my finger and my favourite redhead in my bed.

We have to stay married for one baseball season, just long enough to keep her job safe, but now I'm using our time together to prove to her I'm husband material.

Kennedy might be reluctant to join in on our game, but it's one I refuse to lose. So come on, wife... play along.

Rewind It Back

Hallie

When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his. When I was sixteen, we fell for each other. And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts.Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one for which he plays hockey. I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I unknowingly moved in right next door. Even worse? My new job means I have to renovate his house.

I may have loved Rio deLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore.

Rio

I never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

Until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house, I find myself rewinding memories I've kept secret for years.

That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago . . . I found it when I was twelve years old.

And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door.

Again.