STICK HANDLING

He was the one who got away. She was the one who said no. Now they're trapped in the same room — and neither of them is prepared for what comes next. Mila Vasquez has spent four years building the perfect plan: ace her graduate research, earn Dr. Reid's recommendation letter, and land a spot in her dream doctoral program at Northeastern. She doesn't do distractions. She doesn't do drama. And she absolutely doesn't do athletes. But when she opens the roster for her sports psychology assignment and sees one name she never expected — Callahan, Jace, Forward, #11 — her carefully organized life tilts off its axis. Jace Callahan is used to winning. On the ice, in the locker room, in every room he walks into. He's a three-year starter, a conference scoring leader, and the kind of guy who has never had to work for anything — except the one girl who walked away from him without a backward glance. Four years later, Mila is back in his orbit, close enough to touch and entirely off-limits. Stick handling isn't just a hockey skill. It's the art of controlling what's in front of you without losing the game. In this electric best friend's brother romance, two people who want completely different things discover that the rules they've set for themselves are a lot harder to follow when someone keeps finding every opening. Jace pushes. Mila holds her ground. And the line between professional and personal gets thinner with every session, every collision, every two-a.m. moment on center ice neither of them was supposed to have. Stick Handling is a sports romance that delivers slow-burn tension, sharp-tongued chemistry, and a love story that proves the hardest game isn't played on the ice — it's played in the heart. If you love forbidden romance, grumpy-sunshine tension, and heroes who fall first, this book was written for you. Grab your copy of Stick Handling today and let the games begin.