Puck Defiance: A Coach’s Daughter Secret Romance
Alisson Bento
Jesse Webb is the stoic, unbreakable captain of the Portland Pioneers. He bleeds for his team and lives by his head coach's strict, uncompromising rules. But when a catastrophic shoulder injury threatens to end his career, Jesse is forced into the shadows. Desperate to keep his spot on the roster and avoid the team's corrupt medical director, he turns to the newest soft-tissue specialist on staff. She has magic hands, a fierce attitude, and a strict policy against mixing business with pleasure.
Thalia Greer is hiding in plain sight. Operating under her mother’s maiden name, she took a job at The Ice Box arena to build her career entirely independent of her estranged father—the Pioneers' ruthless head coach, Winthrop Morton. Rule number one of Morton's locker room is zero fraternization between players and medical staff. But when Jesse begs for her help, Thalia risks her license, her job, and her anonymity to heal him in secret, late-night therapy sessions.
In the dim, amber light of the clinic, the professional boundary between them shatters. What starts as a medical necessity combusts into a desperate, possessive, off-limits obsession. Jesse is falling hard for the woman keeping him on the ice, completely unaware that she is the daughter of the man who controls his fate.
But the front office is hiding a massive, malignant conspiracy, and Jesse’s failing body is the key to their corporate liquidation. When the truth about Thalia's identity leaks and the front office moves to exile their captain, the secret lovers are forced into a corner. To save Jesse’s career and dismantle a corrupt empire, Thalia will have to commit the ultimate betrayal, and Jesse will have to decide if his loyalty belongs to the franchise he bled for, or the woman who put him back together.
Trope
Coach’s Daughter
Forbidden / Off-Limits Romance
Secret Workplace Relationship
Injured Athlete / Caretaker
Team Captain
High-Stakes Corporate Suspense
Protective / Possessive Hero
Hidden Identity
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