Pucking the Hockey Captain

I should’ve known sleeping with my best friend’s little sister would ruin me.

I’m the captain of the Toronto Titans, sidelined by a shattered knee and desperate to disappear somewhere quiet enough to put myself back together.

Then Hazel Sampson crashes back into my life.

She’s the Arizona designer I hire to build my private recovery retreat. She’s also the hellcat I never got over, the one woman I’m not supposed to want, and the only person who sees how scared I am to lose the game that made me.

When a publicity disaster threatens my future with the Titans, Hazel agrees to one reckless solution.

A fake engagement.

Just for the cameras. Just until I’m healed. Just until I go back to Toronto.

But somewhere between brutal rehab sessions, stolen nights in my bed, and the foundation we start dreaming up for injured athletes like me, fake starts feeling dangerously real.

Hazel has a life in Arizona. My team wants me back on the ice.

And chasing one last shot at glory may cost me the woman I was never supposed to want, but can’t imagine leaving behind.