Breakers Hockey

She was his best friend.And he was in love with her.Then she showed up at his house, her ex suddenly out of the picture, and Luc knew he finally had a shot.A real shot with Lexi.But…she was hurt-absolutely devastated-and not looking for a relationship. Even though his heart was hers.Even though he would do anything for her.Even…if that meant convincing her to give love another chance.Especially, if it meant convincing her to give love a second chance with him.

One second, he had everything.The next, it was torn away.Oliver James was at the peak of his career, captain of the Baltimore Breakers, minutes away from winning another Cup. Then one hit had derailed all that.All he'd ever known was hockey, and he didn't know where he fit in a world where playing was no longer a possibility. But then he was offered a chance to bring hockey back into his life. A shot at starting over.The only condition of that second chance was required meetings with the team psychologist, Hazel.She was exactly the kind of woman he might have once lusted after-beautiful, kind, a body that screamed sex. She made him feel whole, like a man again.Except, she wasn't interested in him outside of being a patient.Well then, Oliver would just have to convince her otherwise.

Professional hockey players weren't supposed to get their hearts broken.But that's precisely what happened to Marcel Aubert, forward for the Breakers. He'd fallen hard for his ex, and then she'd cheated on him with a truly reprehensible teammate.Because she'd been bored. Of him. Not life. She'd made that fact crystal clear.So Marcel had moved on . . . if remaining single and losing himself in books when he wasn't on the ice was moving on.Until he met Prudence Hansley. She was, quite literally, the most imprudent person he'd ever had the privilege of knowing. A total daredevil, she'd jumped out of planes, had hiked into a volcano, spent time in a shark cage.She was . . . terrifying.And wonderful. And somehow, she liked him. Boring Marcel.But when she dared him to take another chance on love, would he find the courage to leap?

Kailey Henderson dealt in code.Well, code, social anxiety, and online gaming.What she didn't deal in was sexy hockey players.And she certainly didn't deal in sexy hockey players like Connor Smith. He was brass. He was loud. He was funny and charming and…ballsy.Kailey was about the furthest thing from ballsy someone could find.Connor didn't seem to care. From the moment she'd showed up at the rink to help her friend set up a player development program for the Baltimore Breakers, he had led a campaign to win her heart.The thing was, Kailey didn't actually want her heart to be won, and the more Connor campaigned, the more she resisted. And…the more she resisted and argued and pushed back, the more she found out that she actually could be ballsy.And the worst thing about that?It made Connor campaign even harder.

She had a secret. One Beth had spent her whole life running from. But her secret had finally caught up with her, and she didn't know whether to start running again, to leave the life she'd built in Baltimore, one she was finally happy in, surrounded by the family she'd made (meaning her friends and their significant others, and definitely not her messed-up bio family), or to stay. To fight. Or maybe, better yet, to run straight into Raph's arms. The hockey player for the Breakers was big and strong and had a wonderful family (bio and otherwise). Not to mention, his smile lit up the room and his body was…chef's kiss. Bonus? He wanted her and made that clear, but…he didn't know about the secret. And she knew, she knew that if he found out… He'd run. Even faster than she had.

She had no time in her life for a man. Least of all a swoony hockey player who was allergic to commitment. Jules was just trying to give her kid a good life. She worked hard, kept her head down, and avoided men like the plague. Because men were a plague. There was a reason she was a single mom, scraping together an existence, and faking it for her kid. She'd been burned. Bad. It didn't matter that Cas was successful and smart and could kiss like a dream… It didn't matter that he wanted her. She wouldn't put her heart on the line. Not ever again.

He'd never been interested in settling down.Until he met her.Theo Young was single and free. And he repeated single.Eva Moreno-sports blogger, journalist, and new addition to the team's on-camera crew-had always been a thorn in his side. She was smart. She was talented. She was extremely good at her job-a job that seemed to revolve around chronicling his "exploits."So, all that smart and talented (and it had to be said, beautiful) pointed in his direction wasn't a good thing.Because she wasn't just a thorn in his side.She was a woman who made him think of forever.

I never wanted to settle down.Until she careened into my life.I'm a star forward for the Baltimore Breakers, and only interested in three things-pucks, food, and an ever-revolving door of women.Until Dommie.The woman is as smart as she is infuriating, and more stubborn than any person I have ever met. Her walls are thick and impenetrable and for the first time in my life, I want to break through every barrier in my way and get to the heart of a woman.Because…I like her.And I want her.But how can I convince her to let me keep her forever?