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Naima Simone
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USA Today bestselling author Naima Simone heats up the page with intensity and wit in this romance between a pro hockey player and a firefighter, both struggling to move on from the past.
Being a firefighter isn’t easy. Especially for a Black woman. Working with family helps a little. But when somebody from your company doesn’t come back from a call, it’s brutal—as in, “How’m I supposed to go on?” brutal.
And one death took me to a really dark place.
A year later, I’m at the Pirates’ hockey training facility. Just another day on the job. Until I find a charred journal. I look inside for the owner’s name, but the words on the page punch me in the gut. It’s like reading my own thoughts. Reliving my own pain.
The journal belongs to Solomon Young, left-winger for the Pirates—a father and widower. When I return it, I’m racked with guilt for the invasion of privacy. The look Solomon gives me is cold as ice.
But damn if that man isn’t hot as hell.
Now he’s stuck in my brain. And fate seems intent on making us face off.
©2024 by Naima Simone. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
“This touching, funny, sexy novel from Simone is a joy to read and is sure to be popular…” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Naima Simone stuns with this heartwarming romance about a woman firefighter and a hockey player. Solomon and Adina's romance is just the right mixture of humor, angst and heat. An exhilarating literacy experience.” —LJ Shen, Wall Street Journal bestselling author
“Unputdownable. I was either giggling and kicking my feet or feeling my heart squeeze at the poignancy. Maybe the best hockey book I’ve ever read.” —Kenya Goree-Bell, bestselling author
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The world will never be the same! Get ready for something new, bold, sexy, and highly addictive! Stephen C. Jefferson and the first lady are prepared to pull you right into the mix. This is a new era, and things in the United States are not what they used to be. The man who now holds the keys to the Oval Office was born and raised in the rough streets of St. Louis, where he discovered how to silence his enemies by wielding knowledge and power.
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Yaaassss!
- By Constant Reader on 05-03-17
By: Brenda Hampton
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Caribbean Crush
- By: R.S. Grey
- Narrated by: Jeremy York, Luci Christian
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Casey Hughes is a struggling travel journalist desperate for a big break when she lands the assignment of a lifetime: hop on board Aurelia for its maiden voyage through paradise. While she’ll bask in the luxury cruise ship’s fine dining and complimentary spa treatments, her real mission is to snag an exclusive interview with Phillip Woodmont.
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Performance by female narrator!
- By CW on 11-30-24
By: R.S. Grey
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Like a Summer Love Song
- Rose Bend, Book 6
- By: Naima Simone
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Like a Summer Love Song has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
By: Naima Simone
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Built
- Saints of Denver
- By: Jay Crownover
- Narrated by: Nicki D. Noir, Jay Crow
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn't be more different. She's country club and fine dining, he's cell block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She's French silk, he's all denim and flannel. Zeb's wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her. It doesn't matter how many smooth moves he makes, the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest - either that or she doesn't return it.
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OMG I LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK
- By Ya Book Girl on 01-08-16
By: Jay Crownover
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Call Her Mine
- Harmony Pointe, Book 1
- By: Melissa Foster
- Narrated by: Isabelle Ruther
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Ben Dalton has always been honest, except where his heart is concerned. He’s been in love with his best friend - saucy, smart-mouthed Aurelia Stark - forever. But Ben’s a planner, and timing has never been on his side. When he finally decides to make his move, Aurelia beats him to the punch with a move of her own - to a different town.
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I loved this storyline!
- By QueenZany on 09-04-19
By: Melissa Foster
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The Way We Touch
- A Small-Town, Brother’s Best Friend Sports Romance (The Bradford Boys, Book 1)
- By: Tia Louise
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, Samantha Brentmoor
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Logan Murphy should come with a warning. He’s as hot as a Carolina Reaper on black asphalt in the middle of July. With perfectly messy dark hair and smoldering blue eyes—and don’t even get me started on the way that black tee stretches across his toned chest… He’s my brother’s best friend. He’s also a football star on track to win the first wide-receiver MVP in league history. Good thing I only date golfers… or I did.
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“You should come with a warning, Dylan Bradford.”
- By XenyMarie on 01-08-25
By: Tia Louise
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The Moretti Men: Devils Thirst
- Moretti Men, Book 1
- By: Jill Ramsower
- Narrated by: Brooke Daniels, Peter Alden
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Amelie: I knew I shouldn't have asked him for a ride. My new neighbor is a study in contradictions—covered in tattoos and dripping intensity. He’s alluring yet aloof, and his every calculated move is dangerously seductive. Little did I know, he’s been systematically inserting himself into every part of my life. Creeping beneath my protective armor. Trapping me like a fly in his web before revealing his true identity.
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Devil's Thrist
- By Kindle Customer on 01-20-25
By: Jill Ramsower
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Party Favors
- By: Sariah Wilson
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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For as long as she can remember, Everly Aprile has been obsessed with the Monterran royals, especially Queen Kat: elegant, self-possessed, and living a fairy-tale romance. As for Everly, her career as an event planner has stalled—and so has her love life. Then a wealthy new client wants a sweet-sixteen party that’s fit for an American princess. Practicing her “What Would Kat Do” mantra, Everly offers to bring it to life by immersing herself in everything Monterra.
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Adorable
- By E Fletcher on 09-02-24
By: Sariah Wilson
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Beautiful Broken Love
- By: Shanora Williams
- Narrated by: Aure Nash, Sean Bassett
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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It’s been months since her dreams of forever were brutally shattered. Seven long months since her husband and soulmate, Lew, died in her arms, leaving her to carry on. Alone. And Davina Klein-Roberts still isn’t sure how to move forward. To escape her anguish, Davina throws everything into work, pushing Golden Oil Co., her self-built skin care line, to become a viral success. Now she’s poised to clinch a major endorsement deal too. But it’s bittersweet without Lew by her side.
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Grief and unexpected love
- By Amazon Customer on 01-21-25
By: Shanora Williams
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Power Play
- BTU Alumni Series, Book 1
- By: Alley Ciz
- Narrated by: Ariela Crow
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Hockey players are off limits...especially if they're on your brothers' team. The last time Jordan did that, it ended in disaster. It was easy to promise her brothers she'd never date another one of their teammates again. Until she meets Jake. The spark she feels when she spends time with him makes her promise harder and harder to keep. Surely, her brothers would understand breaking this promise if it means following her heart. Wouldn't they?
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Redundant
- By Rodney & Christy Hobbs on 12-29-24
By: Alley Ciz
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Chase Lovett Wants Me
- By: Helena Hunting
- Narrated by: Jason Clarke, CJ Bloom
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Chase Lovett. Star of my (unrequited) fantasies. Hottest guy on campus. Hockey god. Too bad he has no idea who I am. Literally, I’m so invisible to him that he once sat on me in class. No thanks to a fire in the dorms, he just became my accidental roommate. Did I mention the hotel room our university moved us to has only one bed? Not ideal.
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Five Stars for no miscommunication
- By Lena Loves Books on 01-10-25
By: Helena Hunting
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The Captain
- Chesterboro University, Book 1
- By: Josie Blake
- Narrated by: Alex Mortensen, Louise Brenner
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Cord Spellman might be everyone's Prince Charming, but I'm only his fake Cinderella. That's why Cord's offer is perfect. The hot hockey star has playoffs coming up. He doesn't have time for girls, especially his cheating ex who's determined to get back together with him. He needs to focus on his game, so he asks me to divert the attention—as his fake girlfriend.
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Likable characters
- By KS on 09-18-24
By: Josie Blake
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Rhet
- Lakeshore Series, Book 1
- By: KT Adler
- Narrated by: Aure Nash, Wen Ross
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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My rules in life are simple: Never have a woman in your bed for more than one night. Never mix business with pleasure. Never fall in love. Blood above all else. When life throws a new personal assistant at me, everything changes. I shouldn't want her, but I can't help it. She is breaking my focus, and all my "nevers" are turning into "maybes."
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Rhet
- By Andrea Nimmons Smith on 12-06-24
By: KT Adler
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Stay Down
- By: K.C. Mills
- Narrated by: Myles Washington
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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For years, Kalvin Wise's only focus was making sure his baby sister Ciara was safe and loved. Being the product of a toxic union, Wise and Ciara were left to their own vices to survive in the world. Wise refused for his sister to feel the same emptiness he did growing up, which meant survival by any means necessary to provide balance for himself and his sister. Forced to leave her past situation alone, Noa finds herself circling back into the single life. Going with the flow and refusing to settle, she also decides that her approach to love has to change.
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Calvin !!!!!
- By TONYA BOUKNIGHT on 01-13-25
By: K.C. Mills
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- JOANNA DURSI
- 09-15-24
Played
I really enjoyed Adina and Solomon’s story. I’m a fool for a good hockey romance and I loved that Adina was a bada** female firefighter. Both have lost their partners and while Solomon has played the field and isn’t looking for something serious, Adina is wondering if she’s ready to get back to dating. These types of books always make me think….what if? The author packed in a good balance of each of their personal lives and then getting to know each other. My only complaint was that I felt the ending was abrupt. I did flop back and forth between the book and audiobook. Overall the audiobook was performed well. I wasn’t a huge fan of the female narrator and how she accented certain words when it wasn’t written that way. Khalil absolutely stole the show.
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- Erica W
- 10-04-24
Second chance romance
Love love this storyline. Well written and executed. This definitely gives hope to love. And love the characters didn’t have ordinary careers.
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- AlohaD
- 10-10-24
Great performances that made me fall
October is coming in hot with all the delicious single dad romances I've been devouring.
Played by Naima Simone is a standalone, single dad, enemies(ish) to lovers, Black love, hockey romance and it brings the dang spice!
Adina is a firefighter. But not just any firefighter. She's a Black woman in a man's world. But she loves what she does and knows she deserves her seat at the table. When she is on a job and discovers a journal in the aftermath of a hockey arena fire, she can't help but read it, only to be consumed by the emotional thoughts written within its pages. She knows she must find the owner of the journal, but finds out it belongs to a hockey player that has lost love. When she goes to return it to the arena, Solomon (said owner of the journal) is immediately unkind to Adina and says some pretty hurtful things to her thinking the absolutely worst of her intentions. And this was only the beginning of his grumpy self coming to some pretty harsh conclusions that were so far from the truth. But both of these characters had pasts and they come out to play throughout the story.
First of all, I have to say that I liked Adina right away. I wasn't sure what her story was, but I liked seeing a woman that can succeed in a male dominated field. She had a good family and a good friend that really supported her. But Solomon? He was a whole other story. I knew he had lost his wife and that played into his character and his actions, but it gave him no right to treat Adina the way he did initially. Luckily, he saw the light thanks to his son. I loved how he interacted and connected with his son, but I felt some sort of way for him and his relationship he had with his in-laws. They seemed to control his life in ways that he wasn't even aware of. You could feel his inner battle and I liked how that came across when we heard his POV. His words and thoughts differed and you could feel him battling his feelings that he thought he shouldn't be. Because the way he thought about Adina was absolutely sinful (in the best way).
Played is told in dual POV and if you're an audiobook listener like myself, I would 100% recommend listening to this book. Both the narrators, La'Rey Aris and Sean Bassett were phenomenal. Sean's voice was like butter and had me swooning for Solomon, even when he was Mr Grumpy. And Adina's character had that slight New Englander accent that came through and really brought her character to life. They both gave off sexy vibes and I was here for it.
I loved the audio and I really enjoyed the journey these two characters went on to find themselves again. Even though Adina seemed to be strong, she still had something to contend with in the firehouse. And even though Solomon thought he had no room for love again, there was no doubt that he had chemistry with Adina. They had some hurdles to overcome and we got to see that as well as some sexy AF 'bedroom scenes' that leaves no room for interpretation that these two exploded in that area of their lives. The one thing I wanted more of? Adina and Solomon as an actual couple. We got the Happy For Now story, but I really needed a little more couple time.
All in all, this was an enjoyable listen with some good characters. It was light on hockey, but I was here for the relationship and two characters coming together after loss.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-08-24
Slow Burn 🔥
This was a slow burn but it made it so much better. The narration was excellent! They really encompassed the characters.
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- Keily Rivera-Delgado
- 10-03-24
An amazing read!
This whole book was well written, as serious as it got the way this writer perfectly balanced humor to this was top tier. The performance of the narrators was sooooo good! 100% will not be disappoint. The only thing I wish we had an epilogue or a bounce chapter of there future to have that happy ever after or a proper ending then what we were given but other than that this is a really well written, well preformed story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-24
I could not stop!!!!
OMG!!! The narrators are AWESOME!, especially the male narrator. His voice was panty dropping sexy!!!! Give me all the books he’s narrating !!! This book had me hooked from beginning to end. Do yourself a favor and LISTEN to this audio. It makes a huge difference, I promise!!!! It’s everything.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-22-25
great read
I really enjoyed reading this author. I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.
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- Dot
- 10-22-24
Loved it
I really enjoyed this story, showing forgiveness, hope and love in black people is amazing. The story was lovable, relatable and hot!
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- Fete du juliet
- 11-30-24
So Good! Hope this becomes a series
Wow what beautiful reflection of loss and love. I really enjoyed the banter and the conversations around being Black and a woman in the fire department and being a Biracial man in the NHL. Wish we had a longer happy ending or epilogue. Both narrators were phenomenal. Wish Solomon voiced the bedroom scenes or it was duet narration though.
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- hicksj74
- 09-04-24
Grief can take hold and never let you go
This book has all the feelings. There were moments when I could feel the MFC’s pain. And by the next sentence I was laughing so hard until I was crying. This is a great story.
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