HARD: Series
Welcome to HARD - where rivalries get personal, locker-room tension gets dangerous, and the biggest hits happen when the pads come off.
These are M/M hockey romances about men who know how to fight for a win but have no idea what to do when the one man who gets under their skin is the one they can't stop wanting.
Each book is a standalone, packed with razor-sharp banter, fierce competition, combustible chemistry, laugh-out-loud moments, and enough heat to leave the ice melting. From bitter rivals and forbidden attractions to unexpected hookups that turn into something a whole lot more, these men are about to discover that falling in love can be the hardest game of all.
Expect bruising egos, dirty plays, stolen moments, and feelings nobody planned for. Beneath the swagger, the muscles, and the million-dollar contracts are men with everything to lose - and one person worth risking it all for.
While there's plenty of tension, drama, and emotional turbulence, nothing gets too dark or disturbing. Every hard-fought battle ends where it should: with a deeply satisfying happily ever after.
Hard hits. Harder feelings. No easy wins. Welcome to HARD.
Hard Puck
Misha Volkov has had enough.
Hockey's hottest superstar has just won the Stanley Cup for the third time, and his team has sent him and his teammates on a tropical getaway to celebrate.
Three days of partying on a Caribbean island have left him with a raging hangover and a desperate need to escape. So he hires a jet ski, guns the engine, and tears out into open water, leaving the bars, the noise, and the women he's hooked up with over the past three nights far behind.
Until the fuel runs out.
Hours later, with no land in sight and the sun sinking towards the horizon, Misha accepts that he's going to die alone at sea. Then he spots a small wooden boat making its way towards him.
Reid Campbell came to his private island to escape people, not rescue one.
A reclusive property tycoon, Reid has traded the pressures of corporate life for two weeks off-grid, living off the land and answering to no one. After a hip injury ended his promising hockey career just as he was about to be drafted, he built a business instead - and learned to live with the future he'd lost.
When he spots a jet ski drifting out at sea, he can't leave someone stranded. He rows out to save the unfortunate idiot - only to discover Misha Volkov. Hockey superstar. Former rival. The man who brings every bitter memory of Reid's lost career rushing back.
Now they're stranded together with one bed, no phone signal, sharks in the water, an undeniable attraction, and a tropical storm closing in.
Reid has ten days before his boat returns. Ten days trapped with the last man he ever expected to want—and absolutely no way to escape the attraction building between them.