A PUCK BETWEEN FRIENDS

She has spent years protecting her heart. He has spent years pretending she was only his best friend. One fundraiser, one hockey rink, and one dangerous "one bed" situation are about to change everything.

Sienna Hart is fighting to save the Hart Community Ice Center - the aging hometown rink that holds her family's legacy, her childhood memories, and the only place that has ever truly felt like home. With bills piling up, the bank circling, and time running out, Sienna needs a miracle.

Then Cole Bennett comes back to town.

Cole is a professional hockey player, Lakeview's golden boy, and the one person Sienna has loved in silence for years. He knows her sarcasm, her stubbornness, her fears, and every version of the girl she used to be. He also knows exactly how to step into her life like he never left.

When Cole offers to help organize a charity hockey game to save the rink, Sienna tells herself it is only business. Only friendship. Only temporary.

But late-night planning sessions, old memories, teasing touches, jealous sparks, and the entire town watching them like their love story is already obvious make pretending harder than ever.

Cole has secrets of his own - about his career, his injury, and the feelings he has kept buried for far too long. And when forced closeness turns into something neither of them can ignore, Sienna must decide whether protecting her heart is worth losing the man who has always been home.

A Puck Between Friends is a warm, emotional, slow-burn hockey romance filled with secret feelings, small-town charm, found family, witty banter, one-bed tension, and the kind of love that has been waiting years to finally be brave.

Perfect for readers who love:

Friends-to-lovers romance
Small-town hockey romance
Secret feelings and emotional tension
One-bed forced proximity
Protective hockey heroes
Strong heroines fighting for family and home
Slow-burn chemistry with heartfelt payoff

Some loves begin with a spark. Others spend years hiding in plain sight.