Blizzard Bay Bruisers Series by Harley Storm

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... moreHe 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. less

He humiliated me five years ago. Now he wants to pretend we're in love.Winter Hayes came home to Blizzard Bay for one to give her daughter the stable life she deserves. Covering the local hockey team was supposed to be simple—until she discovers the arrogant player who publicly embarrassed her is now the star winger and the face of the franchise.Garrett Reid has spent five years trying to outrun his past mistakes... moreHe humiliated me five years ago. Now he wants to pretend we're in love.Winter Hayes came home to Blizzard Bay for one to give her daughter the stable life she deserves. Covering the local hockey team was supposed to be simple—until she discovers the arrogant player who publicly embarrassed her is now the star winger and the face of the franchise.Garrett Reid has spent five years trying to outrun his past mistakes. When an old video threatens to destroy his reputation right before Christmas, his publicist has a fake date someone respectable. Someone who'll make him look like boyfriend material.Someone like the beautiful journalist who can barely stand to be in the same room as him.Winter needs exclusive access for her career-making feature. Garrett needs damage control. It's a business arrangement—attend holiday events together, smile for the cameras, and part ways after New Year's. Simple.Except nothing about Garrett is simple anymore. Not the way he makes her four-year-old daughter laugh. Not the way he shows up when Winter needs him most. Not the way he looks at them both like they're his whole world.When Winter's past threatens everything she's built, Garrett has a walk away like everyone else, or prove he's the man she never believed existed.But Winter's been burned before. And Garrett's never been anyone's forever.Can a fake relationship become real when Christmas magic isn't enough to heal old wounds? Or will they lose their chance at the family they both secretly want? less

He's a billionaire hiding behind bruised knuckles and a blue-collar disguise.She's fighting to save her family's legacy with flour-dusted hands and fierce independence.One lie. One bakery. One chance at redemption.Beckett Stone walked away from billions to play hockey in a small town where nobody knows his real name. For ten years, he's been just another enforcer—taking hits, protecting his team, and keeping his secret safe... moreHe's a billionaire hiding behind bruised knuckles and a blue-collar disguise.She's fighting to save her family's legacy with flour-dusted hands and fierce independence.One lie. One bakery. One chance at redemption.Beckett Stone walked away from billions to play hockey in a small town where nobody knows his real name. For ten years, he's been just another enforcer—taking hits, protecting his team, and keeping his secret safe. Until the morning he sees Ivy Thorne crying over bills in her grandmother's bakery, and every wall he's built starts to crumble.Ivy doesn't need a hero. She needs a miracle. Three months behind on rent, equipment failing, and a chain bakery stealing her customers—she's drowning. When the local hockey team offers her a lucrative catering contract, it feels like salvation. She doesn't realize it's a beautiful lie from a man who's falling for her.But secrets have a way of surfacing.When Beckett's father dies and his billionaire identity explodes across every headline, Ivy discovers that the gentle enforcer who taste-tests her cookies at dawn has been hiding more than just money. He's been hiding himself. And every moment between them was built on a foundation of careful omissions and protective lies.Can love survive the truth? Can a small-town baker trust a secret billionaire who tried to save her without asking? Can a man who's spent a decade hiding learn to be vulnerable enough to fight for the woman who sees past his wealth to his heart?Some secrets are worth keeping. Some are worth breaking. And some loves are worth risking everything. less