{"product_id":"d-c-stars-4-hat-trick-paperback","title":"D.C. Stars 4: Hat Trick (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! Estimated release date: 14 December 2026. Orders will be dispatched shortly after release. Please note that your complete order will only ship once the pre-order title becomes available. If you selected Click \u0026amp; Collect, we'll notify you when your order is ready for collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe viral friends-to-lovers hockey romance sensation from international bestseller Chelsea Curto. Comes with an exclusive bonus chapter!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt feels more and more like my heart isn’t even my own anymore. It’s hers, and I think it’s always going to be hers . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiley Mitchell is used to winning. A back-to-back Stanley Cup champion, his life has always revolved around the game – until a devastating accident leaves him without his right leg and uncertain of who he is without the ice beneath his skates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLexi Armstrong is the DC Stars athletic trainer assigned to his recovery, and she refuses to let Riley give up on himself. Independent, sharp-tongued and endlessly supportive, she pushes him to rebuild not just his strength, but his confidence too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat starts as late nights and easy banter, turns into a friends-with-benefits arrangement neither of them planned. It’s supposed to be simple – purely physical, no emotions involved. But 'just once' quickly becomes something deeper, and Riley finds himself falling harder than he ever expected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Riley and Lexi must decide if they’ll keep pretending it’s only about the physical – or risk everything for a future that looks nothing like the one he lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHat Trick is a spicy friends-to-lovers hockey romance with injury recovery, emotional healing, friends with benefits, he falls first (and hard) and a guaranteed happily ever after from bestselling author Chelsea Curto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DC STARS WILL BECOME YOUR NEW OBSESSION . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Curto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47930544128178,"sku":"9781037402579","price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781037402579.webp?v=1787360509","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/d-c-stars-4-hat-trick-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}