Enemies-to-lovers hockey heat with a guarded team captain, determined sports journalist, and the forbidden attraction that could ruin both their careers!

Mia Thompson has one rule: never date athletes. After watching her father’s hockey career destroy her family, she’s kept professional boundaries ironclad. As Boston’s most promising sports journalist, she’s built her reputation on integrity and hard-hitting coverage—until she’s assigned to cover the Boston Bears’ championship season and their notoriously private captain makes her question everything.

Liam Hayes has spent years rebuilding his reputation after a scandal nearly ended his career. The last thing he needs is a nosy reporter digging into his past. He’s fought too hard to let anyone jeopardize his redemption season, especially a woman whose piercing questions cut too close to the truth he’s buried. But something about Mia’s determination breaks through his carefully constructed walls.

As locker room interviews turn into late-night confessions, their professional relationship crosses into dangerous personal territory. Mia faces an impossible choice—pursuing the explosive story about Liam’s past could secure her dream promotion, but at what cost to her heart? Meanwhile, Liam must decide if he can trust Mia with his darkest secrets when the press has betrayed him before.

With playoffs approaching and tension mounting both on and off the ice, Mia and Liam discover that sometimes the biggest goals have nothing to do with hockey. But when devastating truths surface, they’ll learn whether their newfound connection can withstand the pressure or if they’re destined to remain on opposite sides of the boards.

PUCKING THE REPORTER is the prequel to the Boston Bears Hockey Series, but can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. This steamy contemporary sports romance features a protective captain with secrets to hide, a journalist with boundaries to maintain, professional tension that melts into passion, and a guaranteed HEA.

Tropes you’ll love: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, sports romance, career versus love, forced proximity, trust issues, emotional wounds, and a captain who learns that some stories deserve to be told.

Each book in the Boston Sports Universe features different characters and can be read as standalones, though interconnected through the vibrant world of Boston’s professional sports scene across hockey, baseball, football and basketball teams.

Some stories are worth the penalty minutes.