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    Desert Dreams: Owatonna U Hockey, #6
    Desert Dreams: Owatonna U Hockey, #6
    Desert Dreams: Owatonna U Hockey, #6
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    Desert Dreams: Owatonna U Hockey, #6

    By RJ Scott and V.L. Locey

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    When danger stalks their new home, it's only their strength as a couple that keeps them safe.  

     

    Ryker misses Jacob every day he's away. At the start of a new Raptors season with everything to play for, Jacob, the desert ranch, and their small menagerie of animals has become an oasis of peace in a turbulent world. He's never ridden a horse, he's never considered how much this place would mean to him, but suddenly he's forming a connection with a mare called Tops and loving every moment of this new life. Balancing hockey with his love for Jacob, he feels that nothing can ever go wrong. 

     

    With his life finally on track, Jacob is pouring all of himself into the dream he shares with Ryker. Putting the final touches on Mountain Vista Ranch, a halfway home for troubled LGBTQ youth and their families, fills his heart with pride. When their first clients arrive, he finds himself drawn to the small family and their plight. Little does he or Ryker know that the darkness the newcomers have fled from is following them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLove Lane Books Ltd
    Release dateMar 24, 2024
    ISBN9781785645495
    Desert Dreams: Owatonna U Hockey, #6
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    RJ Scott

    RJ Scott is the author of the best selling Male/Male romances The Christmas Throwaway, The Heart Of Texas and the Sanctuary Series of books.She writes romances between two strong men and always gives them the happy ever after they deserve.

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      Desert Dreams - RJ Scott

      Desert Dreams

      DESERT DREAMS

      Owatonna U, book 6

      RJ SCOTT

      V.L. LOCEY

      Love Lane Books Limited

      Copyright

      Desert Dreams (Owatonna U #6)

      Copyright © 2021 RJ Scott, Copyright © 2021 V.L. Locey

      Cover design by Meredith Russell, Edited by Sue Laybourn

      Published by Love Lane Books Limited

      ISBN - 9781785645495

      All Rights Reserved

      This literary work may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic or photographic reproduction, in whole or in part, without express written permission. This book cannot be copied in any format, sold, or otherwise transferred from your computer to another through upload to a file sharing peer-to-peer program, for free or for a fee. Such action is illegal and in violation of Copyright Law.

      All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.

      All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

      Dedication

      To my family who accepts me and all my foibles and quirks. Even the plastic banana in my holster.

      VL Locey

      Always for my family.

      RJ Scott

      Contents

      Desert Dreams

      Desert Dreams

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Epilogue

      Hockey Series’ from RJ Scott & V.L. Locey

      Harrisburg Railers

      Arizona Raptors

      Boston Rebels

      LA Storm

      Chesterford Coyotes, Young Adult Romance

      Also By RJ Scott

      Also By VL Locey

      Meet RJ Scott

      Meet V.L. Locey

      Desert Dreams

      When danger stalks their new home, it’s only their strength as a couple that keeps them safe.  

      Ryker misses Jacob every day he’s away. At the start of a new Raptors season with everything to play for, Jacob, the desert ranch, and their small menagerie of animals have become an oasis of peace in a turbulent world. He’s never ridden a horse, he’s never considered how much this place would mean to him, but suddenly he’s forming a connection with a mare called Tops and loving every moment of this new life. Balancing hockey with his love for Jacob, he feels that nothing can ever go wrong. 

      With his life finally on track, Jacob is pouring all of himself into the dream he shares with Ryker. Putting the final touches on Mountain Vista Ranch, a halfway home for troubled LGBTQ youth and their families, fills his heart with pride. When their first clients arrive, he finds himself drawn to the small family and their plight. Little does he or Ryker know that the darkness the newcomers have fled from is following them.

      MM Hockey Romance from RJ Scott and VL Locey

      Chapter One

      Ryker

      Jack Campbell-Hayes was a hurricane of ideas, gorgeous, sexy, and as intimidating as hell. I could see he was impressed with Jacob’s opinions, gave thoughtful, measured responses to any questions, and was clearly the big, strong, silent type. He also had his life together, and his entire world mapped out.

      On the other hand there was me. After receiving a worrying text from my friend and line mate Alex, I was barely able to make coherent conversation. I was supposed to be here, backing Jacob up, talking about Mountain Vista Ranch, and all I could do was churn over Alex’s words.

      Shit, Ry, they’re trading someone. Rumors, but I don’t know who.

      My first instinct had been—it wouldn’t be us, right? Not me, Alex, or Jens. Why would the Raptors get rid of the JAR-line right now? We were hot on the ice, we were young, we scored, and anyone only had to look at our stats to see we were potentially the best second line in the entire freaking NHL.

      It could be a big name, Alex bemoaned, we’re up against the cap limit.

      I wasn’t a big name on the Raptors, not a superstar like Tate, but I held my own, and I knew I was worth something to other teams. I should tell Jacob—he’d calm me down, tell me I was being stupid, but Jack Campbell-Hayes was here talking business, and Jacob needed me to concentrate on the ranch, and not hockey.

      And then we have Max as well. Jack flicked through photos on his phone, a frown of concentration furrowing his brow, and then turned the screen so Jacob and I could see. Business talk had turned to family as we sat on a log pile and sipped hot coffee. Jack had four children one of them on the autism spectrum, had an extensive ranch, a horse-training operation, a multi-millionaire husband with his own ethical energy company, and had somehow managed to created Legacy Ranch as a haven for young queer adults and teenagers in trouble. Plus, he did charity events, had a steady, happy marriage that was untouchable, and it appeared nothing fazed him.

      Nothing.

      Apart from hockey—the one thing I knew everything about—my conversation with Jack was restricted to agreeing with everything Jacob said and throwing in hockey analogies when needed. This was stupid. I knew nearly as much about Mountain Vista Ranch as Jacob did. Even though I didn’t live and breathe what we were doing, I was present for every decision because we were a team.

      Only not today, because shit what if it was me on the board to get traded? My cap hit wasn’t much, but they could probably get a lot for me right now—a first round pick, money, maybe a player even younger than me.

      Ry? Jacob poked me in the side.

      I pulled my head out of my ass. Sorry?

      This is Max. Jacob held the phone out to me. He looks like a happy kid, Jacob murmured.

      I glanced at my husband to see the light in his eyes. One day he might want kids—surrogacy, adoption, somehow, we’d be extending our family—and how could we do that if I was traded up to Montreal or Vancouver and he was here in Arizona?

      He’s the best. Jack beamed. All four of the kids ride, and because of Max we have a horse therapy program for children at the D.

      Of course they did, because Jack clearly had a grip on his life and could work magic, and managed to have his whole world on an even keel.

      We’re uncles, Jacob said proudly. Show Jack a photo. He looked at me pointedly.

      I could see the tension bracketing his eyes. I was fucking up, and he’d been planning for this visit for weeks. After all, it had been Jack’s Legacy Ranch that had inspired Jacob.

      Sorry, yeah. I scrolled to a picture of little Charlotte on my cell, my heart swelling with love at seeing her cheeky smile, and showing Jack who made all the right noises, and called her hella cute. She was hella cute, and in that particular photo she was in a tiny Raptors shirt that I’d sent to Dad and Ten.

      I’m actually kind of her big brother, Jacob’s like an uncle, but biologically—it’s complicated.

      Life always is. Jack laughed. And that’s your team? he asked, smiling at me, waiting for me to give the best answer I could think of.

      Yeah, the Arizona Raptors, in Arizona. Duh. The fuck, Ryker?

      I never get that. Jack wrinkled his nose. I get ice in Canada, that’s perfectly okay, I mean, it’s cold. But we have a team in Dallas, you know them, yeah?

      There’s only thirty-two teams, so we play them. Jeez, way to sound condescending.

      Jack shook his head. Ice. In Dallas. Makes as much sense as ice in Arizona.

      Yeah. I smiled, because that shit was funny, and we had difficulties keeping the ice—icy—when it was a hundred-plus and the ambient temps were high. Jack had a point. I really should’ve said some more, but I was messed up over this trade business, exhausted, ragged, and ached everywhere, courtesy of a huge hit in last night’s game. I had bruises on top of bruises, and even though I knew Jack was visiting to talk to both of us about the future of Mountain Vista Ranch, I’d never expected to feel so damn tired. This place was everything to Jacob, and I was being a shitty-assed husband by not pushing aside the chaos in my head and giving this my all.

      Mountain Vista was being modelled on the kind of setup that Jack and his husband Riley

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