Face Off (D.C. Stars #1)
Chelsea Curto
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
4.15
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 123 ratings · Published: 30 May 2024

Maverick Miller is the best player in the league, but he’s never had a winning record. Team captain and desperate to turn things around, he agrees to play nice with the fiery new left-winger even though they’re total opposites.
After a night where the tension between them reaches a tipping point and they fall in bed together, Emmy and Maverick vow it was only one time. Just once to get it out of their systems so they can play better and help their team.
It doesn’t mean anything. She doesn’t date hockey players. He’s a notorious playboy who doesn’t date. Period.
Except… what should’ve been just once happens again, then again. They tell each other their friends with benefits arrangement is only for the season, but despite facing off on the ice, behind closed doors, the pair is nothing but fire.
Tagged as:
- sports 16
- workplace/office 16
- m-f romance 16
- hockey 15
- found family 15
- athlete hero 14
- contemporary 14
- friends with benefits 14
- athlete heroine 14
- funny 13
- forced proximity 13
- independent heroine 12
- tall heroine 12
- sunny/happy hero 12
- praise kink 11
- possessive hero 11
- competent heroine 10
- grumpy/ice queen 10
- sassy heroine 9
- enemies to lovers 8
- forbidden love 8
- take-charge heroine 8
- grumpy & sunshine 7
- friends to lovers 7
- secret relationship 7
- sweet/gentle hero 7
- rich hero 6
- new adult 1
- insta-love 1
- role switching 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- misogyny 7
- abuse 2
- graphic violence 2
- slut shaming 2
- geography
- washington d.c. 11
- usa 9
- north america 5
- Format
- dual pov 13
- first person pov 12
romance tags
The 'D.C. Stars' series
355 ratings 4.17 ·
sports · m-f · contemporary · found-family · competent heroine · forced proximity · humor · independent heroine · usa · hockey · friends to lovers · north-america · dual-pov · sweet-hero · athletes · praise-kink · first-person-pov · washington-dc · explicit-open-door · office
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