By
Linda O’Connor (Guest Blogger)
Lisabet,
thank you so much for hosting me today!
As
a
physician,
I’m
always
concerned
(okay
completely
anal
:D)
about
infection
control.
I
taught
my
three
kids
to
wash
their
hands
whenever
they
came
home
from
school,
after
playing
outside,
really
anytime
they
walked
into
the
house.
We
all
have
separate
toothbrush
holders,
and
we
each
have
our
own
tube
of
toothpaste.
And
don’t
even
get
me
started
on
sharing
drinks.
Infectious
mononucleosis,
influenza,
herpes
simplex,
even
hepatitis
A
lurk
everywhere.
So
imagine
my
chagrin
when,
now
that
they’re
older,
they
taste-test
each
other’s
beer
or
share
water
bottles
on
the
bench
when
they’re
playing
hockey!
This
crept
into
my
romantic
comedy
Behind
the
Bench,
the
second
book
of
the
In
the
Game
Hockey
Romance
series.
Dr.
Danni
Angelo
is
the
team
physician
for
the
local
professional
hockey
team.
She’s
forever
chirping
at
the
players
to
use
their
own
water
bottles.
The
players
tolerate
the
advice,
even
appreciate
her
concern,
but
they
pretty
much
ignore
her.
She’s
not
giving
up
though
– and
she’ll
add
her
two
cents
about
the
merits
of
full-face
shields
while
she’s
at
it.
Behind
the
Bench
(In
the
Game
Hockey
Romance
series,
Book
2)
Dr.
Danni Angelo is the team physician for the Clarington Quakes hockey
team. She’s worked hard to earn the players’ respect, but the new
coach, Trey Mason, is stirring things up, and Danni’s worried her
job may be in jeopardy.
Trey
finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice
have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He
has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he
needs is a complication.
When
the
team
spirals
out
of
control
and
Danni
and
Trey
get
caught
up
in
a
drug
scandal,
things
heat
up
on
and
off
the
ice.
It’s
a
whole
new
game
plan…Behind
the
Bench.
Excerpt
Danni
debated for a moment and then took one of the water bottles Dave had
just filled. Hopefully Todd Webb wouldn’t miss his. It wasn’t as
if they each used their own, she thought with chagrin.
She
hustled back to the clinic, ducking around the corners and looking
over her shoulder, hoping to avoid Cliff and Dave. When she passed
the treatment room, Ben called out to her. “Do you want to come and
take a look at this ankle?”
Danni
looked at the two drinks in her hands. She’d been hoping to stash
them, but she couldn’t just ignore Ben. Resigned, she walked into
the treatment room.
Ben
looked up and smiled at her. “Thirsty?”
Danni
rolled
her
eyes
and
didn’t
answer.
She
set
the
bottles
on
a
counter
and
went
over
to
the
player
sitting
on
the
examining
table.
She
chatted
with
Nate
as
she
did
a
thorough
exam
and
was
satisfied
that
the
ankle
was
strong
enough
to
play.
He
could
be
shifted
to
a
healthy
scratch,
and
would
be
able
to
join
the
practices.
Danni
finished up and, taking the bottles, made her way through the
dressing room to the clinic. A handful of players were getting ready
for the pre-game skate.
“Hey,
Doc.
That’s
my
water
bottle,”
Todd
Webb
pointed
out
from
across
the
room.
Danni’s
forehead broke out in sweat. “I’m doing an experiment to see if
you actually use your own,” she said sardonically. “Good job,
Webber.”
He
laughed. “That’s okay. I’ll use Veet’s.” He grinned,
gesturing to the player sitting nearby.
“I
prefer
NickNac’s
anyway,”
Veet
said,
poking
Nick
with
his
stick
as
he
checked
the
curve
on
the
blade.
“I
usually
grab
Watty’s,”
NickNac
chimed
in,
sitting
on
the
bench
sipping
a
Score.
Danni
shook her head and shut the clinic door as their laughter filled the
air.
Well,
she’d had the samples she wanted, but she’d better stick to
medicine. She made a terrible spy.
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Behind
the
Bench
is
one
of
16
medical
romances
in
the
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in
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Me collection.
About the Author
Linda
O’Connor started writing a few years ago when she needed a creative
outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at the local home
décor store. It turns out she loves writing romantic comedies and
has a few more stories to tell. When not writing, she’s a physician
at an Urgent Care Clinic (well, even when she is writing she’s a
physician, and it shows up in her stories :D ). She hangs out at
www.lindaoconnor.net.
Laugh
every day. Love every minute.
