Strip Away

Written by Erin McCarthy

Narrated by Stephanie Rose

A hot hockey player. His boss’s daughter. And a one-night stand ten years in the making… Astrid Anderson Bouchard, a creative free spirit, has one last item on her birthday bucket list before she starts graduate school. She’s determined to hookup with Jesse Lambert and get over her long-standing crush once and for all. No more fantasizing about the guy who saved her very clumsy teen self from public humiliation at hockey camp. No more comparing him to every man she dates. One and done, and she can move on with her life.

Jesse Lambert has a plan. Sign a big contract with a new team for his remaining few seasons as a pro player, then retire back home to Beaver Bend, Minnesota. Find a nice woman, settle down, and start a family. No more one-night stands, no more casual sex with random women. The Tap That charity strip event weekend is his last chance to sew some wild oats, and the sexy stranger with the pink hair and the sweet laugh fits the bill.

Only after a very hot night together, Jesse learns Astrid is his new boss’s one and only daughter. Which is bad. Plus she’s furious with him for not realizing who she was before he stripped her clothes off. Not good either. And she’s accidentally revealed the naked truth about them to her father. That’s even worse. There’s only one way out of this sticky situation and it involves convincing Astrid to pretend they’re in a serious relationship so he doesn’t lose his lucrative deal with her dad. But will she give him an assist or send him straight to the penalty box?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: May 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094454504

Erin McCarthy

USA Today and New York Times Bestselling author Erin McCarthy first published in 2002 and has since written almost fifty novels and novellas in teen fiction, new adult, and adult romance. Erin is a RITA finalist and the ALA Reluctant Young Reader award recipient. See www.erinmccarthy.net for latest releases or follow her on Twitter: @authorerin.

Reviews for Strip Away

[tempesttshepherd · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Cute story! I feel the same about this as I have most of this series, it’s cute but i felt over too fast. Wish there was just more development.

[Kimi · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A very sweet love story. Nothing hectic and not at all steamy.

[Julie Stancil · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very sweet story, plenty of emotion, romance, chemistry and steam. Great character development, only wish it was longer. Now hooked on this author!

[Sandra Hernandez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great story, characters and comedy. Hope Sullivan and Torrance stories following.