This is book 1 of the standalone series The Hockey Playboy's Plus Size Series. This book contains explicit content, intense possessiveness, and mature themes intended for adult audiences only (18+). Reader discretion is advised. Mila Santiago has spent five years climbing the ladder at Prime Sports Agency, dreaming of becoming a full agent while hiding two secrets: her estranged father is a beloved hockey broadcasting legend, and she used to have a massive crush on the team's star goalie. When her boss assigns her to babysit that very goalie, the infuriating, gorgeous, tattooed Jax Kingston. After he throws her iced coffee at a fan, Mila's carefully ordered life implodes. Jax has been spiraling since his sister's overdose, showing up late, yelling at reporters, and earning trade rumors. He doesn't need a babysitter, especially not some peppy junior agent in bright heels who smiles too much. But when his career hangs in the balance, he has no choice. What starts as forced proximity turns into late night talks on hotel rooftops, skating on frozen ponds, and a New Year's kiss that breaks all their rules. But Mila's father threatens to expose their relationship and destroy her career. Jax's guilt over choosing hockey over family threatens to push her away. And when an anonymous photo surfaces, Mila is suspended from her job just as she's about to get the promotion she's worked her whole life for. With the trade deadline approaching and everything on the line, Mila and Jax must decide: play it safe and walk away, or risk it all for a love that comes once in a blue moon.

Lena Hart, 26, is a sports physiotherapist for the Vancouver Vipers. After three years together, she catches her boyfriend, winger Cole Maddox, cheating with a rookie WAG in the players' lounge. Humiliated and furious, she storms into the VIP box, climbs into the lap of the one man Cole fears, his estranged older brother, team captain Rhys Maddox, and kisses him. Rhys, 33, is a Norris-winning defenseman by day and the silent head of the Maddox syndicate by night. He takes the kiss, turns it on her, and claims her in front of everyone. To protect her from Cole's spiral and from a rival crew targeting the Maddox family, Rhys offers Lena a deal, fake date me for the season. Trapped in his penthouse, his car, his bed as his fake fiancée, Lena realizes the cold captain isn't cold at all, not with her. But Cole wants her back, the feds are circling Rhys, and Lena's own secret could burn them both. Will they end up together?