Falling for the Defender: a Small Town, Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance

She’s my best friend’s little sister…And now she’s touching me in all the ways I’m not allowed to want.Emma Bennett is sunshine and sass with a smile that could heal any bad day. She’s also my physical therapist. Here to get me back on the ice and keep me in line.I’m back in our hometown to recover, not to relive the past.But she’s setting the rules and testing every last bit of my control.With her hands on my body every day, it’s impossible to keep things professional.The more she pushes me away, the more I pull her closer.Emma isn’t just the girl I can’t have.She’s the girl I want under me, with me, completely mine.She looks at me like I’m not just an injured athlete on borrowed time.Emma makes me want something more than just a comeback.I’ve been hit hard on the ice.But nothing leveled me like falling for her.Now the team wants me back in the city.If I go…I might lose the only thing that’s ever felt real.