Ice Breaker

He's the Vipers' cold-blooded captain. She's the woman paid to keep him out of the headlines. One leaked photo just put her career - and his Cup run - on the line. Kade "e;Reaper"e; Volkov doesn't do interviews, doesn't do nightclubs, and absolutely doesn't do PR. He plays hockey. He goes home. He keeps his sister sober and his ghosts on a short leash. That's the deal. Then the Chicago Vipers hire Sloane Hartley - sharp-tongued, sharper-suited, and the only person in the building who isn't afraid of him. She wants a director-level promotion. He wants her to stop rewriting his post-game answers. Neither of them wants to end up half-undressed in a hotel hallway with a long-lens camera across the street. Now there's a photo. There's a coach who wants someone fired. There's a Cup run no one expected. And there's a Russian captain who has finally decided that the only headline he cares about is the one with her name on it. Ice Breaker is a steamy standalone hockey romance novella with a brooding grumpy captain, a workplace forbidden romance, dual POV, forced proximity on the road, and a guaranteed HEA. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Just one cold, methodical man finally losing his mind - beautifully - over the wrong woman at exactly the right time. Perfect for fans of: grumpy/sunshine sports romance, forbidden workplace, brooding captain, Russian hero, slow-burn-then-combustion, and small-team big-feelings energy.