
He's hockey's most dangerous enforcer. She's the enemy owner's daughter. Their secret could destroy them both. Darcy Winters has spent years escaping her father's shadow—until a mysterious client offers her enough money to finally break free. The catch? Training Owen Calloway, the rival team's bruising enforcer whose career hangs by a thread. Owen needs more than improved skating. He needs a miracle. With his teenage sister's medical bills mounting and management circling like vultures, failure means losing everything. Their midnight training sessions on forbidden ice should be strictly business. But when every stolen touch feels like playing with fire, and every whispered correction sounds like a promise, the lines between coach and player begin to blur. She knows the Never fall for a hockey player. Never betray her father. Never let need masquerade as love. He knows the One injury away from losing his contract. One scandal away from destroying his sister's future. One kiss away from ruining everything. But some edges are meant to be crossed. When her father discovers their secret, he offers Darcy an ultimatum that will force her to choose between the family that made her and the man who could break her. And Owen must decide if love is worth risking the only thing keeping his sister alive—his career. In a world where loyalty is currency and love is a luxury few can afford, two people from opposite sides of the ice are about to discover that the most dangerous game isn't played on the rink. It's played with hearts. What happens when the only way to win... is to lose everything?