Ice Breaker

He's the Vipers' cold-blooded captain. She's the woman paid to keep him out of the headlines. One leaked photo just put her career - and his Cup run - on the line.

Kade "Reaper" Volkov doesn't do interviews, doesn't do nightclubs, and absolutely doesn't do PR. He plays hockey. He goes home. He keeps his sister sober and his ghosts on a short leash. That's the deal.

Then the Chicago Vipers hire Sloane Hartley - sharp-tongued, sharper-suited, and the only person in the building who isn't afraid of him.

She wants a director-level promotion. He wants her to stop rewriting his post-game answers. Neither of them wants to end up half-undressed in a hotel hallway with a long-lens camera across the street.

Now there's a photo. There's a coach who wants someone fired. There's a Cup run no one expected. And there's a Russian captain who has finally decided that the only headline he cares about is the one with her name on it.

Ice Breaker is a steamy standalone hockey romance novella with a brooding grumpy captain, a workplace forbidden romance, dual POV, forced proximity on the road, and a guaranteed HEA. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Just one cold, methodical man finally losing his mind - beautifully - over the wrong woman at exactly the right time.

Perfect for fans of: grumpy/sunshine sports romance, forbidden workplace, brooding captain, Russian hero, slow-burn-then-combustion, and small-team big-feelings energy.