Changing the Playbook: A coach's daughter hockey romance (Pine Barren University #3)

Changing the Playbook is the third novel in the steamy and emotional Pine Barren college hockey romance series, featuring a cinnamon roll captain, a fiercely protective nursing student, and a connection that starts with one unforgettable night.

HER PLAYBOOK

Between a demanding nursing master's program and managing her mom’s unpredictable MS, Sophie Pearson’s life runs on a strict set of rules. She doesn’t have time for feelings, so she handles her… physical needs… with cold one-night stands, no repeats, no complications, and definitely no athletes. It’s the only system that keeps her sane.

HIS NEW GAME PLAN

After an injury nearly ended his career and shattered his mental health, hockey captain Mike Altman is living by a new set of rules for his final dominate on the ice to secure his NHL future, and explore a life outside the rink with a series of low-stakes new hobbies. He’s got a clear head, until he meets a girl who shatters his focus.

AN UNEXPECTED COLLISION

A single, scorching night together leaves their carefully laid plans in ashes. Mike falls for her, hard, while Sophie is blindsided by a man who makes their one-night stand feel dangerously close to real intimacy. They both agree it can onlybe one night for so many reasons… until she walks into the locker room and finds him standing shirtless next to her father, the team's new coach.

Suddenly, the one perfect night they promised to leave as a memory becomes an impossible, daily itch they can’t help but scratch. He can’t focus on the game when the girl he can’t forget is always around, and she can’t keep her walls up when the only man who has ever seen the real her is now the star of her father's team. Together, they have to decide if a love that could cost them everything is worth ripping up the playbook over.

Key Coach's daughter (and earning his trust!)One-night stand to moreHe falls first and hardCinnamon roll hero (tough on the ice, tender with her)Double POVThird in seriesRead as standalone
Spice Steamy ‘open door’