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    Knocked Up: A Bad Boy Sports Romance: Triple Threat Series, #2
    Knocked Up: A Bad Boy Sports Romance: Triple Threat Series, #2
    Knocked Up: A Bad Boy Sports Romance: Triple Threat Series, #2
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    Knocked Up: A Bad Boy Sports Romance: Triple Threat Series, #2

    By LEXI CROSS

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    Knocked Up is book 2 of the Triple Threat series. Parts 1-9 can be found everywhere now!


    Book 1: Wrapped Up
    Book 2: Knocked Up
    Book 3: Tied Up
    Book 4: Pinned Down
    Book 5: Down for the Count
    Book 6: Touch Me Down
    Book 7: Locked In
    Book 8: Locked On Him
    Book 9: Lock It Up

    In Brooke Scott's world, business comes before pleasure.

    Brooke has been running her father's company for almost ten years. She's itching to take the reins for herself, but her father refuses to let her fully take charge until she's found herself a husband. She hates the idea, but he's as stubborn as they come, and she doesn't stand a chance of changing his mind. The problem is, there's no one who fits the bill… until she runs across her old flame, now a famous football star. Maybe, just maybe, he's the one.

    All-American heartthrob Jake Hall is too busy enjoying the limelight to care about anything else.

    But with a new owner determined to clean up the football team's bad boy image, Jake is under a lot of pressure to find a steady girl. He never wanted to be a role model, but it's the only way to stay in the owner's good graces. If he doesn't, he risks getting shipped right out of town. He's never been too picky when it comes to his girls – blond or brunette, curvy or slim – but when it comes to a life partner, he wants to make sure it's the perfect match.

    But love doesn't follow the rules of the game.

    A random encounter between Brooke and Jake sends them both hurtling down memory lane. They had a thing, once upon a time, but when it didn't work out, they went their separate ways. Now that the world has brought them back together, they might each be just what the other one is looking for.

    What starts as a business arrangement quickly becomes a whole lot more, as Jake and Brooke rediscover the electricity dancing between them. But just when it seems like there is hope for a future together, tragedy strikes.

    The question is, will they survive it?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSopris Page Press
    Release dateJan 19, 2018
    ISBN9781386995456
    Knocked Up: A Bad Boy Sports Romance: Triple Threat Series, #2

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      Knocked Up - LEXI CROSS

      KNOCKED UP: Triple Threat Sports Romance (Book #2)

      By Lexi Cross

      In Brooke Scott's world, business comes before pleasure.

      Brooke has been running her father's company for almost ten years. She's itching to take the reins for herself, but her father refuses to let her fully take charge until she's found herself a husband. She hates the idea, but he's as stubborn as they come, and she doesn't stand a chance of changing his mind. The problem is, there's no one who fits the bill... until she runs across her old flame, now a famous football star. Maybe, just maybe, he's the one.

      All-American heartthrob Jake Hall is too busy enjoying the limelight to care about anything else.

      But with a new owner determined to clean up the football team's bad boy image, Jake is under a lot of pressure to find a steady girl. He never wanted to be a role model, but it's the only way to stay in the owner's good graces. If he doesn't, he risks getting shipped right out of town. He's never been too picky when it comes to his girls – blond or brunette, curvy or slim – but when it comes to a life partner, he wants to make sure it's the perfect match.

      But love doesn't follow the rules of the game.

      A random encounter between Brooke and Jake sends them both hurtling down memory lane. They had a thing, once upon a time, but when it didn't work out, they went their separate ways. Now that the world has brought them back together, they might each be just what the other one is looking for.

      What starts as a business arrangement quickly becomes a whole lot more, as Jake and Brooke rediscover the electricity dancing between them. But just when it seems like there is hope for a future together, tragedy strikes.

      The question is, will they survive it?

      Chapter 1

      Jake

      Iwoke up alone. It was to be expected. It would have been nice to wake up with Brooke next to me in my bed, but I wasn’t surprised to find that she had left me there either at some point overnight or in the morning. I wasn’t even surprised when I went to her room, knocked on the door, and didn’t get a response. I crept in and found an empty bed.

      I still wasn’t surprised. I knew where she was. She had run off to her safety net. She was a bit of a workaholic, a little too devoted to her job at times, but as a professional athlete, I couldn’t really fault her for it. It was pretty hard to climb up to the top without that kind of devotion.

      I decided to go to her office to talk to her about what happened between us the night before. I was torn between keeping things purely professional and exploring what could have been if we hadn’t given up on each other so easily after high school. Our arrangement would have given us the perfect opportunity if we would just not run from it.

      I took an elevator up to her floor and walked passed the receptionist, who was trying to say something to me about how I couldn’t enter. She must not have received the memo that I was her boss’s fiancé. I wasn’t sure which office was hers, but I was going to make my presence known. Someone would eventually tell me where she was.

      As I passed men and women in suits, I did receive a few confused looks as people recognized me but couldn’t figure out why I was in their office building. It was amusing that no one had the gall to speak to me. My presence was so out of the ordinary, no one knew how to deal with it.

      I found Brooke in a large office overlooking the neighboring buildings. She stood at the windows behind her desk when I entered. Even in her business skirt and suit jacket, I remembered all too well what the body underneath had looked like the night before. I felt my desire starting to grow again.

      The clean top of her desk would have been the perfect surface for round two. There was just a small lamp to push aside, and we would have had enough room. The walls on either side of her office were lined with shelves, mostly full of books and plaques that Brooke or the company had earned over the years.

      I understood bookshelves in someone’s home providing a place for their private collections, but I never understood why so many executives had books lining their office walls. It was obvious for teachers, doctors, lawyers, and the like, whose professions relied heavily on having printed resources available. I wondered what Brooke had on her shelves other than the section of company records collected in binders.

      I was able to approach her desk before she said anything or even seemed to notice I was there. Whatever it was she was focusing on at the window had her full attention.

      Brooke, I said in a calm, gentle tone as I reached her desk.

      She jumped, startled, and turned around. Her beautiful blue eyes still had a distracted look in them. They barely focused on me.

      What are you doing here? she asked in a distant tone.

      We need to talk, I said, trying to infuse a sense of urgency into my voice to hopefully wake her out of her little mini-trance.

      What about? Her voice started to sound more grounded. Her eyes focused on me clearly.

      About last night, what else? I asked.

      No, not here. She started to step around her desk. She reached a hand out to take my arm and led me back to the door of her office.

      What do you mean, not here? You’re the one who fled to work, I said in a low tone, trying not to let everyone on the floor hear our conversation. I didn’t want to embarrass her.

      "I mean not here. Yes, I’m at work, and if you want to talk business, that’s fine. But our personal issues can be handled after work. Now, I will talk to you tonight," she insisted.

      Fine. I’ll be home. It’s not like I’m going anywhere, I told her, turning to leave. I felt her eyes on me as I walked away from her office and left her standing in front of the office door.

      While I stormed off, I couldn’t help but feel impressed by how stony and professional she could be when she needed to be. I also couldn’t believe she’d turned me away the way she

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