BLURB:

TWO HOCKEY PLAYERS. ONE COACH’S DAUGHTER. AND A WHOLE LOT OF RULES THEY SHOULDN’T BE BREAKING.

After eleven weeks in a hospital bed, Lena Ellis is ready to start living again. She’s back in Ironwood with a job on her father’s NHL coaching staff, a determination to prove her diagnosis hasn’t taken everything from her, and absolutely no intention of getting involved with anyone on the team.

Unfortunately, Donny Rivers has never been particularly good at leaving well enough alone.

Loud, reckless, and armed with a grin that gets him out of almost anything, Donny has spent years making sure nobody looks too closely at what he’s hiding. Between a family that would never accept the truth about him and feelings he’s spent far too long refusing to acknowledge, the last thing he needs is another reason to lose control.

Especially when that reason comes with a best friend.

Mason Cole is everything Donny isn’t. Quiet, disciplined, and careful with every word, he’s spent two years pretending he’s perfectly fine being just Donny’s best friend. He’s almost convinced himself he can live with it—until Lena walks into their lives and makes everything considerably more complicated.

Because Lena isn’t the only one noticing the looks that linger a little too long. And Donny might not be quite as oblivious as Mason thinks.

But Lena is the coach’s daughter, and Donny and Mason are two of his players. Between the expectations of the team, a hockey-mad city that never stops talking, and a family determined to keep Donny living a lie, whatever is growing between them could destroy everything they’ve worked for.

What begins as an attraction none of them intended soon becomes something none of them can imagine giving up.

They have an entire season to get it right. One chance to keep their secrets buried. And every reason to stop breaking the rules.

Too bad none of them want to.