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    Mistletoe Misconduct: Portland Storm, #12
    Mistletoe Misconduct: Portland Storm, #12
    Mistletoe Misconduct: Portland Storm, #12
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    Mistletoe Misconduct: Portland Storm, #12

    By Catherine Gayle

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    USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle author presents another novella in the Portland Storm hockey romance series.

    Everyone deserves a second chance.

    As general manager of the Portland Storm, Jim Sutter knows this all too well. And he’s in the perfect position to grant second chances like he’s Santa Claus—even if he never gives himself one. When his friends take matters into their own hands, Jim might just get the holiday surprise of a lifetime.

    Elaine Sutter is finally ready to forgive her ex-husband for his past transgressions and find a future with him again. So when she discovers his online dating profile, she sets up a secret meeting with the only man she’s really ever loved. Her only goal this holiday season is to stuff Jim’s stocking with a Santa-sized dose of forgiveness and a sleigh full of love. After all, a bit of mistletoe could wipe out all of Jim’s previous misconduct and pave the way for a little fun under that holiday sprig.

    ***Please note that this novella-length work was previously published in the 12 Christmas Romances to Melt Your Heart anthology.

    The Portland Storm hockey romance series

    1) Breakaway

    2) On the Fly

    3) Taking a Shot

    4) Light the Lamp

    5) Delay of Game

    6) Double Major

    7) In the Zone

    8) Holiday Hat Trick

    9) Comeback

    10) Dropping Gloves

    11) Home Ice

    12) Mistletoe Misconduct

    13) Losing an Edge

    14) Game Breaker

    15) Defensive Zone

    16) Power Play

    17) Neutral Zone

    18) Free Agent - releasing February 8, 2018

    19) Journeyman - releasing August 9, 2018

    20) Sleigh Bells & Slap Shots - releasing December 13, 2018

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNight Shift Publishing
    Release dateDec 28, 2015
    ISBN9781942177180
    Mistletoe Misconduct: Portland Storm, #12

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      Mistletoe Misconduct - Catherine Gayle

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are either the work of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, organizations, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.

      Mistletoe Misconduct

      Copyright © 2015 by Catherine Gayle

      Originally Published in the 12 Christmas Romances to Melt Your Heart anthology

      Cover Design by Kim Killion, The Killion Group

      All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any electronic or mechanical means—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without written permission.

      For more information: catherine@catherinegayle.com

      For Krystal.

      This novella came about thanks to a member of my street team, who always wanted to know a bit more about everyone’s favorite general manager, Jim Sutter. Thanks to Kristy for bugging me about him.

      Everyone deserves a second chance.

      As general manager of the Portland Storm, Jim Sutter knows this all too well. And he’s in the perfect position to grant second chances like he’s Santa Claus—even if he never gives himself one. When his friends take matters into their own hands, Jim might just get the holiday surprise of a lifetime.

      Elaine Sutter is finally ready to forgive her ex-husband for his past transgressions and find a future with him again. So when she discovers his online dating profile, she sets up a secret meeting with the only man she’s really ever loved. Her only goal this holiday season is to stuff Jim’s stocking with a Santa-sized dose of forgiveness and a sleigh full of love. After all, a bit of mistletoe could wipe out all of Jim’s previous misconduct and pave the way for a little fun under that holiday sprig.

      MISTLETOE MISCONDUCT is Book 7.6 in the Portland Storm hockey romance series written by USA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle. If you enjoy it, look for the other books in the series.

      BREAKAWAY

      ON THE FLY

      TAKING A SHOT

      LIGHT THE LAMP

      DELAY OF GAME

      DOUBLE MAJOR

      IN THE ZONE

      HOLIDAY HAT TRICK

      COMEBACK

      DROPPING GLOVES

      HOME ICE

      MISTLETOE MISCONDUCT

      LOSING AN EDGE

      GAME BREAKER

      DEFENSIVE ZONE

      POWER PLAY

      There are also currently two boxed sets of books within the series, if you would prefer to purchase them in that way.

      PORTLAND STORM: THE FIRST PERIOD (Contains Breakaway, On the Fly, Taking a Shot, and Light the Lamp)

      PORTLAND STORM: THE SECOND PERIOD (Contains Delay of Game, Double Major, In the Zone, Holiday Hat Trick, and Comeback)

      Also, join Catherine’s mailing list to receive ICE BREAKER, a Portland Storm short story prequel that you can’t get anywhere else.

      Want to join in the Portland Storm discussion? Join the Facebook reader group at Cat’s House.

      Interested in buying your own customizable Portland Storm and Tulsa Thunderbirds jerseys, T-shirts, and more? Find out how here.

      EVERYONE DESERVES A second chance. Maybe even a third chance. That was the primary tenet by which I’d been living my life for decades. As the general manager of the Portland Storm, one of the most successful teams in the National Hockey League during my tenure, giving people new opportunities to turn their lives around had been a hallmark of my term. Not only with my players but with the people who worked under me, like my assistant, Rachel Campbell.

      The reasons for my need to give a helping hand instead of turning my back on people went deep. I’d been the oldest child of a single mom, and I’d seen how many people had left her—and therefore us—out to dry. But I’d also seen firsthand what a difference it had made in all of our lives when someone offered a helping hand and gave me my first pair of hockey skates.

      Then there was my hockey career, which should have been over almost before it began. A very long time ago when I was just starting out in the National Hockey League, one of the GMs I’d played under had given me a second opportunity to prove myself as well as my dedication to the team and my future, and he’d done so at a time when I’d least deserved it. That simple act had changed not only my career for the better but my life.

      Something told me he might not understand the impact he’d had on me, but I’d never forgotten the ways his decision had altered my trajectory for the better.

      Those reasons, and many others, were why I made such a point of offering second chances where I could and it made sense to do so. Sometimes, those decisions turned around and bit me in the butt. More often, they worked out for the best for everyone concerned. And since things usually came out better for everyone involved, I had no intention of changing my ways.

      If I could offer someone the possibility of turning things around, I would do it.

      I had to. It was the only way I could live with myself.

      That was why, with the Christmas break and the holiday roster freeze breathing down my neck and my team in a serious bind on defense, I was contemplating yet another second-chance scenario.

      More than contemplating, actually. I’d already made up my mind, and I’d talked it over in detail with

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