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Tender Heart by Kate Byrne
Release Day: April 2nd 2026
Tropes: Hockey Romance, Single Dad, Goalie x Team Publicist, Friends to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Sports Injury & Rehabilitation.
Series: This is Book 2 in a series of interconnected standalones.
POV: Dual POV.
Content Warnings: Health Crisis/Sports Injury, Childhood Abandonment, Emotionally Distant Parents, Unplanned Pregnancies (past), Therapy, full list of triggers available with ARC copy. For readers aged 18+.
Expected Page Count: 400.
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Nikita “Nicky” Baladin thinks he has everything he ever wanted.
Beatrice “Bea” Farrow doesn’t understand what she’s missing.
The New Haven Midnight’s starting goalie, and single dad, isn’t excited when he becomes the subject of a new NHL documentary series. Especially when it means Nicky has to be around the woman he’s been ever-so-slightly crushing on since she joined the public relations department. He just wants to play hockey, put his daughter to bed, and ignore how pretty he thinks Bea is—not spending more time with her.
Bea feels like she’s going through the motions. She has a great job, fantastic friends, and a new assignment. But nothing really brings her the satisfaction she’s looking for, except the time she spends getting to know a stoic goalie and his precocious daughter.
When one puck changes everything, Nicky and Bea discover how much they need each other.
Tender Heart is the second book in The Midnight Series, but can be read as a standalone. Readers will fall for this strong, steady, single dad goalie who can't help his feelings for the saucy and sweet team publicist, even when his life and career take an unexpected turn.