Dartmouth Cobras

The goal doesn't count until it crosses the line. Captain of the Dartmouth Cobras hockey team, Dominik Mason, believes his team can make a damn good playoff run. He and his men won't stop fighting until they win the ultimate prize. There's no doubt when it comes to The Game. Off the ice, there's nothing but uncertainty. His life has been in a holding pattern and it's time to move on. Which might be easier without the lifestyle that has lost its appeal. As much as he loved training subs, he's tired of giving his all only to go home alone. Tragedy once brought him closer to Sahara Dionne, the exquisite, yet fragile Ice Girl, but when her abusive ex darkens her path once again, Dominik can't help but wonder if his friendship might not be the best thing for her. But she craves his touch, his dominance, and his possession. Everything he desires is finally within his reach. All he has to do is take the shot. Contains mature themes.

Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. 'You can't keep me.' Shawn 'Easy' Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra's locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he's played are finally catching up to him. To hang on to his freedom, Shawn gave up on ever having someone to call his own. A young woman who expects nothing from him slips into his life and has him ready to toss the rule book. While the man he loves tempts him to burn it. Keeping them both would be easy, only... caring about them isn't. Because when he lets himself care, he remembers why he wrote the rules in the first place. Every lover, from the casual, to those who steal a piece of his heart, shouldn't expect more than pleasure. More than passion. Playing the game, on and off the ice, is his whole world. One he isn't ready to change. Except, life doesn't stop for the game. And when old scars are ripped open, and he's left bloody and beaten, the rules won't help him put the pieces of his life back together. To win this fight, he'll have to break each and every one. Contains mature themes.

The game isn't over. Every win has cost the Dartmouth Cobras, but one family has paid more than any to see the team succeed. Including their control over the franchise. Which means the future of the team is out of their hands. Ford Delgado, heir to the dwindling Delgado fortune, sold the team to save it, but a legacy of deceit and crime puts everything he and his sisters fought for at risk. As a family, their bond has grown, but the threat of losing the one thing they share may tear them apart. Lorenzo Keane, owner of the Dartmouth Cobras, faces the most difficult decision of his life. This team has destroyed one family, and he won't risk his own to save it. But his passion for the game makes abandoning his place in the Dartmouth Cobras legacy one of the most difficult choices he'll ever have to make. A losing streak might mean more than a short season. The team's fate rests in the hands of a man with more to lose than a game. Unless Ford can make a new deal. One that will have his family coming out on top. His methods might leave something to be desired, but he'll stop at nothing to bring home a win. He is a Delgado, after all. Contains mature themes.