Defending Your Heart: A Friends to Lovers Hockey Romance

✍ Scribed by Tharp, Emma

• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 59 KB
• Series: Rules of the Game 2
• Category: Fiction
• City: Lexington, Kentucky
• ISBN: 1798157055

✦ Synopsis

He plays defense in the NHL. She’s a pediatrician whose fiancé is cheating on her. When they meet and become friends, will they be able to keep their relationship in the “friend zone?” And can they help heal each other’s past heartache? Just when everything in Alex’s life seems to be falling into place, she gets bad news that shakes her to her core. Her fiancé, NHL star Marcus Reid, has been cheating on her. With multiple women. Cole Shaw plays defense for the Wolverines’ NHL team. He keeps his life simple: play hockey, defend the goal, and don’t worry about relationships or love. It’s not what he wants or needs. That is until his teammate’s fiancée, Alex, asks Cole the truth about what Marcus has been up to behind her back. Alex appreciates Cole’s friendship and begins to feel things for him she knows she shouldn’t. Why would she want to be with another NHL player? They’re only ever looking to score. But Cole proves he’s different. If Marcus, can’t have her, he doesn’t want anyone to get her. Now Cole is at risk of losing his spot on the team. As much as Cole wants more with Alex, he can’t jeopardize everything he’s worked his whole life for. Even though Alex and Cole’s chemistry is ice-melting, can they figure out how to play the game together without losing everything?

✦ Subjects

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction