The last thing Ally Finnon wants is to strut her stuff in a swimsuit and patriotic head-dress for the annual Miss Firecracker contest. But she\u2019ll lose her job if she doesn\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n The last thing recently divorced, Ice Cats\u2019 forward, Jordan \u2018Match\u2019 Matcheson, wants is to interrupt his summer break and judge a beauty contest. But he drew the short straw, literally.<\/em><\/p>\n Could this finally be the chance for the former high school friends to get together and make sparks fly?<\/em><\/p>\n To get your free short story, simply go to the For Readers section of my website<\/a><\/strong> and click on the gorgeous cover.<\/p>\n This promotion will only be around for the next few days, so don’t delay!<\/p>\n Happy summer<\/span> (or winter to those Down Under) and Happy Reading<\/span>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are having the most amazing summer, here in Cambridge! Glorious weather – although, the garden is in desperate need of rain (perhaps an overnight shower or two would be good!) Although hockey is over for another season, following a dramatic and exciting Stanley Cup, you can feed your hockey hunger with your favourite players … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[100,71,77,49,32,5,80,84,12,98,76],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-a-perfect-contest","tag-free-download","tag-free-read","tag-goodreads-giveaway","tag-hockey-romance","tag-ice-cats","tag-ice-cats-shorts","tag-new-jersey-ice-cats","tag-new-jersey-ice-cats-series","tag-nj-ice-cats","tag-short-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.annasugden.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cover-APerfectContest-212x300.jpg\")
Secret crushes \u2026 unfinished business!<\/strong><\/p>\n