Sam Maxwell was supposed to be an accomplished referee. Instead she finds herself permanently in the penalty box. When Sam’s grandfather passes away, she is forced to return home. Sam has no idea how much her life is about to get turned upside down. When she meets Drew Morgan, the large attractive Zamboni driver at the rink, snark flies. Neither of them knows they share a past, a past that is about to show up and confront them both. This close proximity, high heat and humor story, contains a bunny slipper wearing heroine, a meddling pet donkey and an accidental dose of marijuana leading to laughs.

Can I find the perfect love with my best friend? Austin Maloney Playing professional hockey has always been my goal. I need it to provide a better life for my brother. I didn’t expect my best friend to block my shot at going pro, or be the person to captain my heart. How can I juggle love and family without losing sight of my dream job? Logan Larkman Playing hockey as a career was never my end game. It was a way to pass time until I could pursue my philanthropic dreams. Dreams that include my best friend. I need him to realize, our chemistry on ice doesn't stop there. How do I make a play for the perfect partner when he can't accept me as a possibility? This story involves friends to lovers, bisexual awakening, innuendo-filled hockey banter, including an amusing debate about NHL mascots, the cutest orange cat, ice melting heat, and an adorable grand gesture.

Hockey’s a dangerous sport, and injury is part of the game. I can prepare for it and expect it to happen. What I can’t prepare myself for is another kind of injury, one I have no experience with. A broken heart. I couldn’t prepare myself for the adorable nerd I fell for, hard and fast. I couldn’t prepare myself for what followed. Predicting chemical reactions is a whole lot easier than human ones. In fact, I can’t even predict my own reactions most days. Including hurting the one person I’d come to care for the most. I wasn’t prepared to fall in love with a hockey player. I wasn’t prepared for how much it would hurt. Wounded Winger is Book 3 in the Nickel City Bandits series of standalones. It involves an adorable chemistry loving nerd and a spreadsheet loving jock, with themes of insta-love and second chances, stock market dirty talk, foreplay in an aptly named restaurant and life changing choices.