The Block

Coach gave the team one rule: stay away from his daughter. Then he handed her to Jonah.

The wall who never wanted one thing for himself…

Jonah Vance says four words a shift and means three of them. He's the Hartley Hawks' steady wall — the guy who carries the gear, counts the chairs, and never once asks for something that's only his. Now Coach has pinned the captain's "C" on him for his last season, and the man who lives to go unseen is suddenly the face of the program. He can survive being watched. What he can't survive is the job that comes with the letter: keep Coach's daughter close, keep her safe, and keep his hands to himself.

…and the girl who can't stop being seen.

Wren Vandersloot grew up in these rinks and she is done being the coach's kid. Hired to film the team and tell its true story, she needs access — and the only thing between her and the future she's building is the infuriating defenseman who won't be filmed, won't let her in, and answers everything in four flat words. She should hate him. Instead he turns out to be the one person who notices when her brightness is an act, who clocks the bad days she hides from everyone — and doesn't leave. Which ruins everything: his captaincy, her shot at being more than the nepotism hire, and the trust of the one man who was ever a father to them both.

He's spent nine years refusing to want one thing for himself. She's the first thing he can't put down.

For readers who love: grumpy/sunshine with a deadpan, four-words-a-shift defenseman and a relentlessly warm heroine who feels everything out loud, the forbidden coach's-daughter line, a he-falls-first wall worth cracking, slow-burn forced proximity in empty rinks and late-night edits, found-family team banter, and a hard-won, guaranteed HEA.

The Block is a witty, banter-forward, high-heat new adult college hockey romance with grumpy/sunshine, a forbidden coach's-daughter setup, forced proximity, a he-falls-first hero, slow burn, and found-family team energy. Hartley Hawks, Book 2 — a standalone with all-new leads. Dual POV. HEA guaranteed. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Adult. 18+.