Desire or Defense (D.C. Eagles Hockey #1)
Leah Brunner
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 76 ratings · 284 pages · Published: 18 Apr 2023
I’m the villain...
The notoriously angry, grouchy, D.C. Eagles defenseman that just can’t keep his temper in check. The temper that leads to a fifteen game suspension from the NHL.
As if that’s not bad enough, I'm forced into a short term youth-hockey coaching gig. Which my manager swears will “rebuild my image.”
But what I didn’t expect was for a gorgeous, spunky blonde to stomp onto the ice on day one and lecture me about being rude to her little brother.
Something about this spitfire of a woman, and the boy she’s so protective of, has my defenses melting.
And if I’m not careful, I’ll burst into flames, forever melting the ice I’ve carefully kept around my heart.
(This is a closed-door romcom with mild language. Trigger warnings include: parental substance abuse & dealing with grief/loss of parents).
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- sports 9
- contemporary 9
- funny 7
- athlete hero 7
- height difference 6
- teacher/coach hero 6
- single mother 6
- grumpy & sunshine 5
- cheerful/happy heroine 5
- grumpy/cold hero 5
- rich hero 5
- hockey 5
- m-f romance 5
- independent heroine 4
- found family 4
- caretaking 3
- enemies to lovers 3
- competent heroine 3
- take-charge heroine 3
- sassy heroine 3
- working class heroine 3
- alpha male 2
- friends to lovers 1
- bad boys 1
- poor heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- substance abuse 5
- death / grief 5
- mental illness 4
- past child neglect 2
- geography
- north america 3
- usa 3
- washington d.c. 3
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 6
- first person pov 3
- standalone 1
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The 'D.C. Eagles Hockey' series
3.97 · 209 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · m-f · sports · hockey · usa · humor · dual-pov · athletes · north-america · first-person-pov · washington-dc · competent heroine · working class heroine · super rich hero · friends to lovers · height-difference · standalone-first · length-medium · independent heroine
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