The Christmas Comeback: A Small Town Hockey Romance with a Grumpy Hero, Forced Proximity, and Second Chance Christmas Love (Blizzard Bay Bruisers #1)

He buried his heart three years ago. She's the only one brave enough to help him find it again.

Declan Cross is broken.

The captain of the Blizzard Bay Bruisers, he's spent three years hiding behind hockey and grief, convinced he'll never feel anything again. Then a career-threatening injury forces him into physical therapy—with the one woman who's always seen through his walls.

Harper Reid came home to heal.

After escaping a toxic relationship that shredded her confidence, the last thing she needs is to fall for her brother's emotionally unavailable best friend. But when she's assigned as Declan's physical therapist, their daily sessions become something neither of them a chance at redemption.

He's still wearing his wedding ring.

She's terrified of not being enough.

But in the quiet intimacy of late-night therapy sessions and stolen moments under Christmas lights, something shifts. Harper makes Declan remember what it feels like to want something beyond survival. And Declan makes Harper believe she's worth choosing—scars and all.

Loving him means competing with a ghost.

Loving her means risking his heart again.

As Christmas approaches and Declan's shoulder heals, they're forced to Will fear keep them locked in the past? Or are they brave enough to fight for a future neither of them saw coming?

Can two broken people heal each other? Or will the weight of grief and insecurity crush their chance at forever?

A steamy, emotional small-town hockey romance about second chances, healing hearts, and the courage it takes to love again.