What will it take for her to Just Say Yes? Scott Taylor has the perfect life. He gets to fulfill his dream playing professional hockey, has a loving family, and a tight group of friends. But the one thing missing in his life is a partner to come home to. He knows exactly who he wants to fill that position– the only woman he has ever loved. The one who got away, who constantly consumes his every thought. What it would take to get her to Just Say Yes to a second chance? Becca Phillips is an independent woman who has made her career as an ER nurse a priority in her life. She has a loving family and a best friend by her side, but she can’t seem to get over her first love, Scott. Insecurities led her to break up with him years ago when he started climbing the ranks in professional hockey and, for eight years, Becca has avoided Scott when he returns home each summer. Can she overcome her fears and allow love back into her life? All she has to do is Just Say Yes to the one and only man she has ever loved.

Cocky, man whore, player…. Those are all ways I have been described by the media and countless women. Are they accurate? Possibly. But, that’s all I let the media see of me, Brian Kelly, defensive player for the Indianapolis Eagles Hockey team. I have no intentions of settling down and changing the media's perception of me. I can’t tell if women are after me for my bank account, the status symbol of being with a professional athlete, or if they really want me for me. Then I meet her. The one woman who doesn’t let my charm affect her or cause her to jump directly into my bed. Can I possibly change my ways and settle down? Grounded, selfless, giving…Those are all the ways my family and friends have described me. Are they right? Possibly. But, I’m so much more, and need some passion and excitement in my life. My best friend is moving on and I want that someone special to share all that life has to offer. Let it be known that I, Kinley Williams, want the right someone special. So why did he have to crash into me? The one man who is so clearly wrong for me. Then again, he doesn’t seem like anything the tabloids claim him to be. So is he really all that wrong?

Friends with benefits—it never works. Someone always ends up wanting more. What happens when both want more, but neither will tell the other? Richard Murphy has been in the NHL for fifteen years, playing the game he loves. But with retirement looming in the next few years, he’s ready to settle down and start a family. There’s only one woman he wants that with, but she’s put him firmly into the friends—with benefits—category. Can he change her mind and heart, and prove to her he’s playing for keeps? Madison O’Neal has been a lover of sports since she was young. She and her dad bonded over them, both during and after her mother lost her battle with breast cancer. Her love of sports led to a successful career as a sports agent. As much as she loves her job, what she really wants is a family—and someone to call her own. But the one man she’s head-over-heels in love with has her in the friends—with incredible benefits—category. Can Madison and Richard find their way through the murky waters of friendship and become the lovers they secretly want to be?

Laura I believed in the fairytale. The Happily-Ever-After. The “till death do us part” fantasy little girls grow up believing in. Unfortunately for me, my happy ending was divorce, and learning to find myself all over again. I was done with men and relationships, or so I thought, until a stubborn hockey player was determined to show me what love could really be. But could I fall for the fairytale a second time, and trust that he would protect my heart? Mark From the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was made for me. She was broken and I was determined to put her back together again. I was here to prove she could have that fairytale love story after all. To show her someone else can protect her heart and love her unconditionally. Now I just have to convince her that someone is me.

Reese Blackwood I’m called America’s sweetheart. They say I have the voice of an angel. I almost gave all that up, thanks to a traumatic experience at the start of my career. Instead of letting it define me, I chose to rise above. I showed everyone what a woman on a mission could accomplish, and now I’m living my dream. After one chance meeting, my entire world changes. Austin is every woman’s fantasy, and he wants me. While the attraction is there for me as well, I don’t need any distractions right now. Austin Jones Focused. Driven. I’m the man I am today because I never let the idea of settling down disrupt being the best I can during my hockey career. But then Reese floats into my life and everything changes, and now all I want to do is pin her against the boards. They say opposites attract. You can’t get more opposite than Country Music’s hottest female singer and a hockey player from Canada. With competing travel schedules, our instant attraction appears to be doomed from the start. Can it really be love? Or is it just a hot ice-melting fling?

The core group of friends who found their happy endings are back, still loving hockey almost as much as their women. Now, four years later, the Eagles find themselves in the finals, with home ice advantage and on the cusp of winning the Stanley Cup once again. It all started with a second chance, for Becca to just say yes to forever. And is Kinley still living the dream after scoring the player? What does life have in store for Madison and Richard, now that they decided playing for keeps is much more satisfying than friends with benefits. When Mark vowed to Laura he would protect her heart, he meant it from the very beginning. He was all-in, forever, no matter what. Reese and Austin’s chance meeting turned their worlds upside down in a single instant. Hot and heavy against the boards had their chemistry melting the ice. Along with retirements, new positions, and additions to not only the team, but each of the families, come meet some new players who will lead us out of the First Intermission and into the second period.

Beckett Hockey is my life. My focus. My priority. I left Sweden for it five years ago. I’ve finally been given a shot to prove myself, and I refuse to let anything jeopardize that. No distractions ~ especially not Julia, the stunning woman I can't seem to get out of my mind. Only problem is, she's my coach's daughter. Julia I grew up around hockey. Lived and breathed it, thanks to my dad’s job. I never thought I’d fall for a player. Especially one my dad coaches. But there's just something about Beckett that draws me in. Can I convince him he can be the hotshot goalie and find love, without having to choose just one? The hardest shot to defend is the one you never take. I just hope he realizes he can have it all.

Johnathan The one word I didn’t think I’d have to accept so soon—retirement. Never playing again was my new reality, along with all the other symptoms that came along with my career-ending injury. Just as I'm learning to deal with my new normal, life throws me another challenge, but this one might just be the game-changer that alters my life for the better. Jill I've always been focused. School. Graduation. Opening my own business. I didn't see myself settling down anytime soon, I had an empire to build. I definitely didn’t expect a newly retired hockey player would bulldoze his way into my life. Maybe it's time I focus on more than just my business. The more time we spend together, the more I realize I can have more than one focus. Sometimes, when one chapter closes, it makes room for another…

Dylan My future was all mapped out. Graduate high school. Get drafted. Make a professional hockey team’s roster. Marry my high school sweetheart. I had it all within my grasp; Everything was falling into place. Except for the distance, And our conflicting schedules. How can we both follow our dreams when the roads keep taking us in different directions? Hailey My future was all mapped out. Graduate high school. Graduate Med-School. Land my dream residency. Marry my high school sweetheart. My dream took me to the opposite coast, but my heart just wasn’t in it anymore. Could I find a new path to my goal and still find happiness? Was thinking we could make this work just another rookie move?

The entire cast is back in the Indianapolis Eagles Final Period. It's time to catch up with some of our favorites, meet someone new and see where the future takes us! Full blurb and cover to be revealed at a later date.