The Wilcox Wombats
Checking the Center- Prequel
A forced-proximity, naked-man-on-my-couch hockey romcom that'll have you snort-laughing!
You have to be pretty desperate to consult someone referred to as the Drunken Psychic for insight into your perennially single status.
But that's me...
Working in a bakery despite dreaming of culinary school.
Hanging out with my happily married friends and trying not to be gut-twistingly jealous.
And renting a blissfully sweet one-bedroom apartment on the banks of a river that has been a much-needed refuge.
Until now.
Because tonight, after trying to make heads or tails of the psychic's mysterious pronouncements about my love life, I arrive home to find a man on my couch. A very naked, very muscley, very handsome man.
Did I mention he was butt naked?
And things only get more confusing from there. We have a whole conversation, in which he reveals that he's the star center for the Wilcox Wombats hockey team, Rock Stevens. And that Rock is actually his real name. And that he's in town for a week for an all-star pickleball tournament. And that my apartment is actually his apartment.
And then he refuses to leave. Things only get more confusing from there.
As we try to navigate our sudden forced-roommates situation while the landlord gets to the bottom of the mixup, Rock decides to turn the tables. Instead of being annoyed that I'm in his apartment, he suddenly becomes charming. Sweet, even. And even though I know it's a mistake, he charms me right up onto the kitchen counter, and... well, you can imagine the rest.
The guy's only in town for a week. Surely I can protect my silly single heart for that long? But with every stolen kiss and whispered promise, I can't help but wonder if I'm the one who’s getting played. (Available in print, audio, and ebook!)
The Wedding Winger - Book 1
I play pro hockey.
But despite being admittedly talented and unquestionably tough (not to mention devastatingly handsome), my future after the game is dangling precariously on thin ice.
I've been set on earning an MBA in the off-season, but a surprise wedding and a maternal summons means my summer study plans vanish like a hockey rink in a heatwave.
Enter Clara Connor: my high school math tutor, my unattainable teenage crush, and now my divorced next-door neighbor and mom of a mischievous little blond whirlwind named Katie.
My past is chirping in my ear and the gloves are definitely off.
Clara’s brilliant. She's beautiful. She's a force of nature (I mean… she wrestles bears for a living). And she’s still leagues away from a jock like me.
My pursuit of an MBA? Not exactly a hat trick. But Clara steps in with an offer to help.
And suddenly, I'm right back in high school - pining over the mathlete next door and wishing I had a snowball's chance in hell with her.
As Clara and I begin to spend more time together, and mom's matchmaking efforts become as transparent as ice after the Zamboni goes by, I need to figure out who I am off the rink.
Can I ever match up to a woman like Clara? Or will I forever be stuck in the penalty box of her perception, just the jock next door?
The Wedding Winger is a full-length, standalone romantic comedy. Love the Wombats? Check out the other books in the Wilcox Wombats! Available in print, audio and ebook.
Grumpy Goalie - Book 2
Imagine finding a gorgeous trespasser in your hot tub on a freezing winter night – crazy, but that's how I met my fake girlfriend.
She's the sunshine to my grump, the chaos to my calm – and now, the "girlfriend" who's going to keep my mother off my back and out of my personal life.
As a pro hockey player battling a career-threatening injury and a family secret, I didn't plan for this, and I question my sanity in suggesting it in the first place. I'm juggling a nosy mother and my own uncertainties, and I recognize that the girl next door is everything I usually avoid, and that our situation is just for show...
But I'm starting to think her chaos might be exactly what my life has been missing.
Grumpy Goalie is a standalone, hockey romcom by USA Today bestseller Delancey Stewart that highlights her trademark humor, heart, and heat!
Puck Proposal - Book 3
My hockey career is on fire, so when my best friend from high school (and the girl I'd always want) shows up on my doorstep in trouble, I have a choice: turn her away (not likely!) or propose.
Back then, Josephine Baxter was the unattainable debutante who took pity on the kid from the wrong side of town.
We were unlikely best friends. And she was the girl I’d never have. At least not like that.
Five years later, Joey shows up on my doorstep on the same day she’s supposed to be getting married with a plea for help.
Of course, I take her in. And when her tight-laced, controlling parents show up, demanding she return and go through with the wedding?
I tell them we’re engaged.
She’s the girl I always wanted, the one who was always out of my league.
And now that she’s here, wearing my ring and sleeping in my bed? It feels like destiny. But we both know it can’t last.
Because guys like me never end up with the girl.
Puck Proposal is a full-length, standalone hockey romcom in the Wilcox Wombats series.