HE’S THE UNTOUCHABLE CAPTAIN. I’M THE TRAINER WHO SPILLED A PROTEIN SHAKE ON HIS ABS. NOW I HAVE TO TOUCH HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Leo Sterling is a machine.
He’s the Captain of the Blackwood Bruins, a future NHL first-round pick, and a man who treats his life like a spreadsheet. He’s cold, disciplined, and obsessed with control. He doesn’t do distractions. He doesn’t do “messy.”
And he definitely doesn’t do me.
Lucy Dove is a walking disaster.
I’m the Kinesiology student clinging to her scholarship by a thread. My goal? survive graduation and get a job in a quiet clinic far away from arrogant athletes.
My reality? I accidentally humiliated the most powerful man on campus, and my punishment is being assigned as his personal rehabilitation specialist.
The diagnosis is simple: An adductor strain.
The treatment is impossible: Put my hands on his inner thighs for an hour a day and pretend I’m not losing my mind.
Behind the curtain of the training room, The Wall starts to crumble. I see the man beneath the mask—the one who is terrified of failing, the one who craves control because he’s never had it.
We strike a deal. I help him fix his body; he helps me find my confidence.
But the lessons shift. Suddenly, he’s teaching me things that aren’t in my anatomy textbook. He’s teaching me about heat. About possession. About what happens when a control freak finally lets go.
We’re a scandal waiting to happen. If Coach finds out, he loses the draft. If the Dean finds out, I lose my degree.
But when the lights go down and the locker room clears, I don’t care about the rules.
I just want to see if I can make The Wall break.
HE’S THE BROKEN CAPTAIN. I’M THE INEXPERIENCED INTERN. ONE TOUCH COULD COST US EVERYTHING.
BRUCE KINCAID
I have one goal: The NHL.
I have one problem: A knee that’s ready to snap and a bank account that’s running on fumes.
I need to make it to the Draft without anyone seeing me limp. I don’t have time for distractions. Especially not the tiny, stumbling student trainer with the big glasses and the even bigger mouth who just caught me naked in the locker room.
Amy Bellwether sees too much. She sees the injury I’m hiding. She sees the poverty I’m escaping.
I should stay away. But when she offers to rehab me in secret, I accept.
In exchange, she wants a favor: Lessons.
She wants me to teach her how to be confident. How to flirt. How to be touched.
I’m supposed to be her teacher. But when the lights go out in the library, I’m the one learning how hard it is to keep my hands to myself.
AMY BELLWETHER
I am a professional. I am a scholar. I am not a puck bunny.
So why is the terrifyingly large, terrifyingly grumpy, terrifyingly hot Captain of the Kodiaks taking up all the space in my brain?
Bruce Kincaid is a walking red flag. He’s forbidden. He’s my patient. He’s leaving in three months.
But under the scars and the scowl, he’s… soft.
He lets me touch him. He calls me “Doc.” He looks at me like I’m the only water in the desert.
We made a deal: I fix his knee, he fixes my fear of men.
But the lessons are getting too real. The practice kisses are turning into desperate nights.
If we get caught, I lose my scholarship. He loses the Draft.
We’re playing a game we can’t win.
But God help me, I don’t want the buzzer to sound.
Book 1 – Virgin Pucker
Book 2 – Tutor Trap
Book 3 – The Virgin Goal
Book 4 – Ice Cold Machine
Book 5 – Bad Girl’s Penalty
Book 6 – Daddy’s Dirty Little Secret
Book 7 – My Billionaire Owner
Book 8 – Praise the Puck
Treat yourself! x
