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He’s her boss. Her heartbreak. Her only safe place. Gunnar Evaldson built his hockey empire on discipline and grief. After losing his brother, he swore off distractions, attachments, and anything that might crack the armor around his heart. Then Zaila Monroe walks in. Brilliant. Blunt. Beautiful. The intern who sees through his control—and makes him feel again. But Zaila’s already lost her father. And now her mother is dying. Abandoned once as a child, she’s terrified of being left again. So when Gunnar hesitates, she walks—before he can break her. Only Gunnar won’t let her go. Not this time. Grumpy boss. Forbidden love. Soul-deep grief. If you love USA Today Bestseller Alexa Padgett’s emotionally wrecked men who fall hard—and fierce women who fight for their hearts—this sports romance will wreck you in the best way.
Author
With a degree in international marketing and a varied career path that includes content management for a web firm, marketing direction for a high-profile sports agency, and a two-year stint with a renowned literary agency, award-winning author Alexa Padgett has returned to her first love: writing fiction. Alexa spent a good part of her youth traveling. From Budapest to Belize, Calgary to Coober Pedy, she soaked in the myriad smells, sounds, and feels of these gorgeous places, wishing she could live in them all—at least for a while. And she does in her books. She lives in New Mexico with her husband, children, and Great Pyrenees pup, Ash. When not writing, schlepping, or volunteering, she can be found in her tiny kitchen, channeling her inner Barefoot Contessa.
