


Books in series

#1
Nailing it!
2021
Sparks fly on and off the ice when a sexy performance coach takes on a tough, hockey-playing cop.
Jake Evans is a born leader. He’s a cop by day, and by night he hits the ice as team captain and center forward for the Hunter Huskies, a team of hockey-playing firefighters, cops and EMTs. He’s fast, strategic and tough and knows the rink as intimately as he does a lover’s body. His team is on fire, on track to win the coveted Badges on Ice tournament cup.
Except for one problem.
In championship games, Jake chokes under pressure.
Sophia Lang is a world-renowned performance coach. She’s the one they call when a billionaire tech CEO faints when speaking in public or when an Olympian needs some mental encouragement to scale up from bronze to gold. She only agrees to coach Jake as a favor to a friend.
But Jake doesn’t need a long-legged sexy woman telling him what to do. Especially when she reminds him of a dominatrix he once arrested. He’s only working with her because his teammates will kick him out of his coveted center spot if he doesn’t. He’s hell-bent on showing Sophia who’s boss, even if it means getting her into his bed, where his performance always gets top marks.
Sophia sees right through Jake’s games to the troubled man beneath the tough exterior. She’s determined to control this relationship, no matter where it leads.
However, as unwilling attraction pulls these two together, Sophia discovers she has a stalker. As her ‘fan’ gets uncomfortably closer, there’s no room for games. Especially when a threat to Sophia brings out all Jake’s protective instincts - and kicks up the stakes to a whole new level.

#3
Crushing It!
2021
He's fire by day and ice by night. Can she save him from himself?
Ryan Crew is a daredevil firefighter by day and a take-no-prisoners hockey player by night who’s determined to hold onto his bachelor status at all costs. He’s not only Mr. June in the firefighters’ charity calendar with abs that have gone viral, he’s also a great player, on and off the ice. But when his rash actions at the scene of a fire force him into some unplanned time off, he agrees to a job helping a friend of a friend remodel her fixer-upper.
Callie Pace bought her three-bedroom home because she could see its potential. It looked so easy on those DIY tv shows, but trying to do it herself was overwhelming. So when her friends Jake and Sophia recommend firefighter-on-hiatus Ryan Crew for the job, she jumps at the lifeline. His vision and know-how give her hope that her house can become her dream home.
Before long, the sparks are flying between Callie and Ryan. Neither can deny the passion they share, but while Callie knows she’s falling in love, Ryan isn’t ready to give up his single status.
When he’s forced to make a choice between love and bachelorhood, will Ryan decide to take one more risk . . . and score on the biggest play of his life?
Crushing It! is book 3 in the Badges on Ice Hockey Romance series, but each story can be read alone.

#4
Playing it
2021
Anyone but him!
Noah Waddell is a tough cop who spends his off-time playing hockey with first responders on the Portland Panthers. He’s in the small town of Elm Creek for a week of tournament games and he needs his sleep, so he's booked into a local hotel. Unfortunately, due to some back luck at the hotel, he and a woman he's never met both get booked into the last room.
Emma Sanderson is not thrilled to be back in Elm Creek with her extended family, all of whom are obsessed with marrying her off. If fending off their attempts at matchmaking and having to wear the ugliest orange bridesmaid gown ever isn’t enough, now she’s sharing a hotel room with a hockey-playing detective. He might be rude, but he's hotter than sin, and there's a steamy attraction that's as inconvenient as it is potent.
When a series of misunderstands results in Noah pretending to be her boyfriend and wedding date, Emma tries to remember that it’s all make-believe . . . even though she’s starting to think she wouldn’t mind if their fake romance was a reality.
Author

Nicky Arden
Author · 6 books
In one of her many jobs, Nicky Arden once worked for an NHL team writing for their fan magazine. She’s also worked in engineering and high tech, for an environmental coalition and she spent five years as a newspaper reporter and editor. She can barely skate, but she loves the smell of a hockey rink right before a game, the excitement of the crowd and cheering her favorite players on. Nicky lives in the Pacific Northwest. Want to stay in touch? Check out her website at www.nickyarden.com or stop by her Facebook page.