When the Halifax Tribune chooses her to replace its legendary longtime beat reporter, she finally reaches the top.
The only problem is Matvei Belov, the Convoy’s intimidating, infuriatingly private star goaltender.
He distrusts reporters, hates interviews and seems determined to make her first season as difficult as possible.
Matvei learned long ago that one careless quote can become a headline.
He has no intention of giving Halifax’s new reporter anything she can use against him.
But Tessa keeps showing up. She asks the right questions, writes the truth and slowly becomes the one person he trusts to understand what he means, even when he cannot find the words.
A charged night on a road trip changes everything.
Their attraction is impossible to ignore, but acting on it could destroy the career Tessa worked years to build.
As stolen kisses become secret nights together, the line between reporter and subject begins to disappear.
Off the ice, Matvei is attentive, possessive and far more passionate than his guarded public image suggests.
On it, he is chasing a championship while Tessa documents every save, loss and controversy without letting anyone discover she is falling in love with the man at the center of the story.
With the playoffs approaching and the pressure around them intensifying, Tessa must decide whether protecting her career means giving up Matvei, or whether the biggest story of her life might be the one she was never supposed to become part of.
A slow-burn, high-heat hockey romance featuring a secret relationship, forced proximity, forbidden attraction, workplace tension, emotional intimacy, explicit open-door scenes and a hard-earned happily ever after.
