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Join New York Times bestselling authors Emily Rath and Navessa Allen for the Pucking Strong Book Release Tour—a night full of swoon, steam, and the unfiltered chaos of BookTok’s favorite tropes come to life. Expect fake marriages, morally gray men, voyeurism, hockey players, and just enough emotional damage to keep your therapist employed.
Frank Arts Center at Shepherd University September 10, 2025 Doors open at 5:45 PM Event starts at 6:30 PM It’s giving spice. It’s giving serotonin. It’s giving soulmate tropes and sweat. This Event Will Sell Out. If you’ve ever fallen for a man with a stick (hockey or otherwise), preordered a book just for the smut, or stayed up way too late reading a “one-bed” scene—you belong here. Tickets are non-refundable book + admission bundles; please contact Four Seasons Books to arrange pick up/shipping in the event that you can no longer attend the event. |
About Emily RathEmily Rath is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of sex-positive, queer-inclusive romances, including the viral Jacksonville Rays Hockey Romances. With PhDs in Political Science and Peace Studies, she brings emotional intelligence to even her spiciest scenes. Raised in Kentucky and now based in the Pacific Northwest, she’s a former professor who once survived a traumatic leech incident and now prefers her drama on the page. Find her on Instagram @emilyrathauthor and TikTok @emilyrathbooks.
About Pucking StrongMM fake marriage. NHL star. Physical therapist with a crush. Custody drama. Slow burn so intense it might qualify as foreplay. This fan-favorite from the Jacksonville Rays series is sex-positive, queer-inclusive, and wildly addictive.
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About Navessa AllenNavessa Allen is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Lights Out and the Into Darkness Trilogy. Her books are dark, obsessive, and unapologetically hot—featuring morally gray men, kink-positive storytelling, and women who never flinch. She lives on a 200-year-old farm in northern New England with her husband, their cats, and an assortment of unruly animals.
About Caught UpHe’s a walking red flag. She’s all in. Featuring voyeurism, play club kink, and a dangerous man obsessed with the one woman he can’t have—until he does. Book two in the Into Darkness Trilogy.
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*SIGNED* Pucking Sweet - Emily Rath
$25.00
THESE ARE EVENT PREORDERS & WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING OR PICK UP AFTER SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF "why choose" hockey romance that set TikTok on fire - now with exclusive bonus content!
My name is Poppy St. James and I've just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL's hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays. But if I want to stay beyond my one-year contract, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. PR is in my blood. What's not so easy are the hockey players. They're a real handful--especially party boy defenseman Lukas Novikov. I don't care how well Lucas plays hockey. Off the ice, he's a PR nightmare. Brash and bossy, he's always finding ways to drag his teammates into trouble--especially fellow defenseman Colton Morrow--and I have to find brilliant ways to drag them out of it. The players can all call me PR Barbie all they want, but I'm getting the job done. Because I am poised, powerful, and always professional . . . until the fateful night my phone rings. With one little phone call from home that leads to one drunken mistake, my carefully balanced life is knocked off-kilter. And now I'm staring down at a little blue plus sign and I have no strategy, no idea what's next. All I know is that nothing will ever be the same.
Pub Date: September 24, 2024
EMILY RATH is an internationally bestselling author whose chart-topping, sex-positive, queer-inclusive fantasy and romance novels include the Second Sons Regency romances, the Tuonella Duet fantasy novels, and the why choose tiktok sensation, the Jacksonville Rays Hockey Romances. A former university professor, she holds PhDs in Political Science and Peace Studies. Emily was born in Florida, raised in Kentucky, and now lives with her husband, son, and cat in Jacksonville, Florida. She can be found online at EmilyRathBooks.com, on Instagram @emilyrathauthor and on tiktok @emilyrathbooks.
*SIGNED* Pucking Wild by Emily Rath
$25.00
THESE ARE EVENT PREORDERS & WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING OR PICK UP AFTER SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
My name is Tess Owens and my life is officially on fire. I never thought dancing at my best friend Rachel's wedding would be the match to ignite the flame. But with one lingering touch, one longing look...and one sneaky caterer with a camera phone, my almost ex-husband is ready to torch me, professionally and personally. So I do what I do best: run. Straight into Rachel's arms in Florida, where she's the team doc for the NHL's Jacksonville Rays. Star forward Ryan Langley is out with an injury and in need of a place to rehab. I get the surprise of my life when he shows up at my door--declaring himself my new roommate. I came here with six weeks to launch a new business and fight for my freedom. Now I have to fight my mutual attraction to this charming All-American sweetheart too. Did I mention Ryan is ten years younger than I? He doesn't need my drama. But it's getting harder to deny the way he makes me feel. Wild. Fun. Free. I want to believe that our pasts don't define us forever. But first, I have to face my fears. Because with one innocent dance, it was Ryan who helped me start this fire. What if, together, we're meant to burn?
*SIGNED* Caught Up by Navessa Allen
$25.00
Book Two in the #1 New York Times and instant USA TODAY bestselling trilogy!
From the viral TikTok author of the stalker romcom, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen's second book in bestselling The Into Darkness Trilogy, upping the ante with voyeurism and play club kink."I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted."Nico "Junior" Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. She is sweetness and laughter, whereas Junior exists in a world of violence and depravity. Men like him don't get to have women like her. It's why he pushed her away back in high school and kept his distance ever since.But when Junior looks Lauren up online, he discovers the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone. In her place is a strikingly beautiful woman whose social media is filled with scantily clad pictures of herself and a connection to a nearby play club. Junior's innocent curiosity quickly turns into a dark obsession. Watching Lauren from a distance isn't enough; he needs to make her his."He's ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color."Lauren is intrigued by the mystery man who keeps showing up at her club, who tempts her white-hot desires. But as their flirty online messages stir up a deeper form of connection, Lauren worries she's developing real feelings for this brooding stranger. As their combined desire ratchets up to a breaking point, who will seduce who?
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