Frostline Harbour Hockey Series by Amelia West

BETWEEN THE PIPES AND THE PIER. A Grumpy Goalie, a Dockside Café, and a Hometown He Can’t Escape. (Frostline Harbor Hockey — Book 1). Calder Knox came home to disappear. No press. No spotlight. No “local legend” comeback story. Just a quiet season in a town that still claps for the boy he used to be… and expects the man he is now to save them. Frostline Harbor’s rink is bleeding money. The committee is desperate. The town is hungry for hope. And Brenna Hale is tired. She’s the woman who stayed... moreBETWEEN THE PIPES AND THE PIER. A Grumpy Goalie, a Dockside Café, and a Hometown He Can’t Escape. (Frostline Harbor Hockey — Book 1). Calder Knox came home to disappear. No press. No spotlight. No “local legend” comeback story. Just a quiet season in a town that still claps for the boy he used to be… and expects the man he is now to save them. Frostline Harbor’s rink is bleeding money. The committee is desperate. The town is hungry for hope. And Brenna Hale is tired. She’s the woman who stayed. The one who holds the café together, holds the town together, holds everyone else’s needs like they’re her responsibility. She doesn’t ask for help. She doesn’t ask for anything. Especially not from the guy who left and never looked back. Until the fundraiser needs a face. A story. A couple the town can believe in. So Calder and Brenna agree to one simple, practical pretend. Show up together. Smile for photos. Give the town something “clean” to talk about long enough to save the rink. Only the problem with pretending in a small town…. is that everyone watches. Everyone remembers. And the parts they fake start to feel dangerously real. Because Calder isn’t just a grumpy goalie with a reputation and a wall of silence. He’s a man running from the pressure of being admired, terrified that staying will make him fail all over again. And Brenna isn’t just the warm café owner who never breaks. She’s a woman who’s spent years being relied on… and forgotten. When whispers start that Calder will leave again, Brenna realizes the town expects her to absorb it like she always has. When Calder admits he never planned to stay, Brenna realizes hoping for more might be the most humiliating risk of her life. Now they’re not fighting the town’s narrative. They’re fighting their own. Because love isn’t supposed to feel like pressure. And for the first time, being together feels like peace. But peace requires a choice. And Calder has to decide if he’s running again… or finally staying, not to perform, not to prove, but to be known. If you love small-town hockey romance with fake dating, second chances, grumpy hero / steady heroine, slow-burn tension, and an earned, emotionally satisfying HEA, you’ll fall hard for Frostline Harbor. Come for the rink. Stay for the pier. And get ready for Book 2 the moment you finish. Perfect for fans. Fake dating that turns real. Quiet, emotionally grounded heroes. Competent heroines who finally choose themselves. Small-town community vibes (warm… and a little nosy). Scroll up and start reading today. less

He was built to move. To win. To be worth something the moment the crowd rose to its feet. Until one bad landing turns Reid Mercer, Frostline Harbor’s star forward, into a man with a timetable, a brace, and a silence he can’t outrun. Reid tells everyone he’ll be back soon. He smiles. He jokes. He plans his return like it’s just another game to dominate. But the truth is uglier. If hockey is taken from him… what’s left? Anya Kincaid doesn’t do hype. She doesn’t do shortcuts... moreHe was built to move. To win. To be worth something the moment the crowd rose to its feet. Until one bad landing turns Reid Mercer, Frostline Harbor’s star forward, into a man with a timetable, a brace, and a silence he can’t outrun. Reid tells everyone he’ll be back soon. He smiles. He jokes. He plans his return like it’s just another game to dominate. But the truth is uglier. If hockey is taken from him… what’s left? Anya Kincaid doesn’t do hype. She doesn’t do shortcuts. And she definitely doesn’t do special treatment for pro athletes who think pain is a suggestion. After leaving a high-pressure city clinic, Anya came to Frostline Harbor for one a slower life where healing is real and boundaries hold. She’s seen what happens when a patient rushes recovery with charm and stubborn grit. She won’t let it happen again. So when Reid shows up at her clinic with restless eyes and too much confidence, Anya gives him a plan that feels like rehab, restraint, and time. No promises. No hero moments. No cheering. Just the work. Forced into each other’s orbit by a strict rehab schedule, Reid and Anya learn how to exist in the in-between. The walks that feel pointless at first. The quiet sessions where he finally listens instead of pushing. The small moments where she stays a little longer than she needs to, and he stops performing long enough to be honest. In a town that watches without demanding, Reid begins to find a different kind of strength… the kind that doesn’t need an audience. And Anya begins to realize that distance isn’t the same thing as safety. Because the hardest part of starting over isn’t the injury. It’s choosing who you are when you can’t prove it. ICING THE INJURY is a slow-burn, emotionally mature hockey romance packed with quiet tension, forced proximity, small-town healing, and earned intimacy. No miracle recovery. No grand speeches. Just two people learning the pace together… and choosing to stay. less