Ethan Parker, a billionaire determined to bring professional hockey to Seattle, will stop at nothing to realize his dream. After signing an agreement to purchase another city's team, Ethan plans to make the move to Seattle, but a gag order by the League forces him to keep the sale a secret until the season ends, leaving him no choice but to go undercover as a consultant to study his team during the playoffs.   Lauren Schneider, Assistant Director of Player Personnel for the Giants hockey team, gets no respect from the team's testosterone-loaded staff. So when Ethan bursts onto the scene, full of charm and genuinely interested in her opinions, she shares the team's weaknesses and discovers a weakness of her own--for Ethan. But when his true identity is revealed, and he starts cleaning house based on her unwitting input, his betrayal cuts deeply on both a professional and personal level. Bound by an employment contract, Lauren reluctantly moves to Seattle to work for the newly christened Seattle Sockeyes and her sexy, infuriating boss.  Lauren and Ethan must come to terms with their passions--for the team, for hockey, and for each other. Will their situation build a frozen wall between them, or will their love burn hot enough to melt the ice shielding their hearts?

    Frustrated and in need of a distraction, she takes a walk to the docks, and boards the first yacht she finds, hoping to stowaway to a new life.Discovered by a man she mistakenly believes is a mere staff member, they seal her secret with a stolen tryst! What Alice doesn't know, however, is that she's already begun her journey into the renowned billionaire bachelor Cal Landon's secretive lifestyle!This steamy 17,000 word novelette is the first installment of Ana Meadows' thrilling erotic romance series, Close Quarters. Intended for an adult audience, this enthralling tale follows a bored and frustrated young college student seeking a thrilling distraction, unaware of what she might get; a gorgeously handsome billionaire businessman, renowned for all the wrong reasons, and a host of lurid, submissively sumptuous sex scenes! Pick up a copy today!