Ohio Rusties Series by Dani Galliaro

Dylan Sorrento knew he’d marry Jeanine Wendlock the moment he saw her singing karaoke in a dive bar. Their twin flame love burned hot and fast, ushering them down the aisle to happily ever after in just a few short months. Dylan was content being captain of the L. A. Princes hockey team and Jeanine thrived as the leader of the team’s wives and girlfriends. They felt unbreakable... moreDylan Sorrento knew he’d marry Jeanine Wendlock the moment he saw her singing karaoke in a dive bar. Their twin flame love burned hot and fast, ushering them down the aisle to happily ever after in just a few short months. Dylan was content being captain of the L. A. Princes hockey team and Jeanine thrived as the leader of the team’s wives and girlfriends. They felt unbreakable. Three kids and eight years later, Dylan gets traded to the Ohio Rusties and their sunny California life slips below the horizon. That’s when the cracks begin to show. As they adjust to life with a new team and a new city, all the little fragments from a long history together become massive problems. Things that once seemed livable become unforgivable. Jeanine makes a drastic choice, and Dylan launches a five-point plan to win her back. But will it be too little, too late, or just the thing to make them fall in love again? less

Jack Leroy, in love again? Unthinkable. But when his daughter and her best friend get in trouble at school, the divorced dad of two and notorious hockey enforcer finds himself in the principal’s office. There, he forms an unlikely alliance with the other kid’s mom, Mara O’Connell. She’s a single parent like Jack, except with a handful of chronic illnesses to manage, no NHL salary, and no co-parent in sight... moreJack Leroy, in love again? Unthinkable. But when his daughter and her best friend get in trouble at school, the divorced dad of two and notorious hockey enforcer finds himself in the principal’s office. There, he forms an unlikely alliance with the other kid’s mom, Mara O’Connell. She’s a single parent like Jack, except with a handful of chronic illnesses to manage, no NHL salary, and no co-parent in sight. When Jack’s fourth nanny in a row quits and he’s banned from the nanny agency, he devises a mutually beneficial plan to solve their childcare and healthcare needs. All they have to do is get married—and pretend to be in love so their kids don’t get a complex. Jack might not think love’s in the cards, but he’s taken down a peg when he’s willing to do anything to protect their family. And his final bluff might be called when Mara gives him something he’s always wanted but never had. Unthinkable is a marriage of convenience double single parent hockey romance with chronic illness and mobility aid representation. It’s the second book in the Ohio Rusties Hockey series. less