Taking the Hit

He doesn't do people. He doesn't do feelings. He definitely doesn't do falling for the guy fixing his shoulder.
Dane Kessler hits people for a living. On the ice, he's the enforcer nobody wants to fight twice. Off the ice, he's a locked door — no guests, no mess, no room for anyone who might see the parts of him he keeps hidden.
Then his shoulder gives out, and his team sends a physio to live in his space for eight weeks.
Milo Reyes doesn't scare easy. He's dealt with worse than one grumpy hockey player and his suspicious cat. He's there to fix a shoulder, not fall for the man attached to it. That's the plan, anyway.
The plan doesn't survive week one.
Between rehab sessions, stolen moments, and a cat named Winston who's clearly picked a side, Dane and Milo find something neither of them was looking for. But Dane's got a father who taught him love looks like never flinching, an ex-fiancé who left because he never let anyone in, and a career that's never made room for a man like him to be seen.
When a reporter starts asking questions, Dane has to decide if he's still the guy who takes the hit and stays silent — or the guy who finally stands still long enough to let someone in.
This is a slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, forced-proximity romance with a happy ending, a swoony hockey setting, one meddling cat, and every feel-good, gut-punch moment fans of MM sports romance are searching for.
Grab your copy today and fall in love with the enforcer who finally learns how to be caught.