Hockey defenseman, Jordan Byrd, has made mistakes. Not fighting harder to be in his daughter’s life was one, but the other was thinking that life would be somehow better without his best friend in it. However, as badly as he’d like Marlo back in his life, the last five years showed him a side of her he never imagined possible. At twenty-two, Marlo Byrd unexpectedly found herself divorced and raising an infant on her own. Jordan had been her everything—her family and her protector—until one day he decided he wanted out. No calls. No letters. Nothing. She managed to find solace in the team that was once his…until five years later, when Jordan’s traded back. Back in the Enforcers locker room, Jordan is quickly put in his place—he may have a spot on the team, but his ex has a spot in the “family.” Everyone has an opinion on what happened between Jordan and Marlo. Did Jordan leave Marlo, and never look back, wearing the ‘deadbeat dad’ label? Or did Marlo hold back on Jordan, wanting to hurt him the way he hurt her? Gloves will be dropped. Fights will commence. But who will come out the victor? Authors Note: This is a second-chance romance novella that serves as a lead-in to the Enforcers of San Diego series. The following stories will all be full-length.

I may be a fighter on the ice, but I have a heart of gold—if only I could find a woman to share it with. When my good friend Caleb tries to set me up with a woman ten years younger than me, I’ll be the first to admit I wasn’t exactly kind in my refusal. But I quickly learned that there’s more to Callie MacTavish than being young, blonde, and rich. In fact, she’s probably the most down to Earth woman I’ve met. It doesn’t take long for me to fall for her . . . just in time to learn that she’s leaving.

From the author of Prescott Family, comes the next installment in the Enforcers of San Diego interconnected series, featuring a widower father who sometimes forever has been in front of you all along... After growing up in a household without a mother and with a father who could not care less, Mikey Leeds took his world into his own hands. Being drafted into the Ontario Hockey League at seventeen, then the National Hockey League at eighteen, should have been the height of his dreams...but that was only the icing on the cake. Moving to Canada for hockey was only the beginning of the good life. It also brought him Trina Perri. Life was good. Life was perfect. And it all came crashing down one night in late December. Year after year, the twenty-third of December brings darkness into Mikey's life. He can't catch a break. This December, he's taking a page from his own book. He's going to take back his life, and not let hockey superstitions hold him back. He has an angel on his side, while another has always been in front of him. He just needs to see the assist for what it is, and not let her go... Again. This is a standalone in an interconnected series. It is not necessary to read the previous Enforcers of San Diego books, however characters from that series, as well as Prescott Family, will make appearances!