THE PENALTY BOX PACT: AN ENEMIES TO LOVERS PRO HOCKEY MM ROMANCE by Kellan Vane

He’s the league’s Golden Boy. I’m the league’s Villain. Our only common ground? A supply closet and a list of rules we’re about to break.

Jaxson “The Prince” Miller is hockey royalty. As the captain of the Boston Bruins, he’s polished, perfect, and carrying the weight of a family legacy that’s suffocating him one “image-friendly” press release at a time.

I’m Soren Lund. They call me The Viking. I’m the New York Rangers’ newest hire, brought in to be the chaos to Jaxson’s order. We’re supposed to hate each other. The media feeds on it. The fans live for it.

But the media didn’t see us at the League Gala. They didn’t see the argument that turned into a frantic, breathless hookup. They don’t know about the burner phone I slipped him in the tunnel or the Penalty Box Pact:

Neutral cities only.

No hockey talk.

No real names.

Absolutely no feelings.

But between secret hotel stays during blizzards and the electric high of playing on the same All-Star line, the lines are blurring. When a teammate finds the phone and a gossip blog catches us in the shadows, Jaxson’s perfect world starts to crumble.

Now, we’re heading into the Playoffs. It’s Boston vs. New York. The world wants a fight, but I’m realized I’d rather lose the Cup than lose the man I was never supposed to touch.

In the game of love, the one who cares the most gets the Five-Minute Major. Are we playing to win, or are we ready to drop the gloves?