Center Ice

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being the center of attention is the worst but being the center of his world feels pretty damn good.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cora Monroe has always hated the media attention that her family's name has brought and when her last relationship explodes spectacularly and she's press fodder again all she wants to do is lay low be single and focus on her career.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then her brother buys a hockey team.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nathan Talbot is a solid second-line hockey player who's finally getting his shot as captain of the new expansion team. He's determined to prove he's up to the task of leading a team. That means keeping his attention on the ice and not thinking about the gorgeous woman who let the elevator doors close between them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A woman who ends up being the owner's sister.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once they meet face-to-face the spark between them is instantaneous and resistance is futile. If they were smart they would stay away from each other but every time they're in the same room being smart seems overrated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Can Cora ignore the media frenzy and grab onto happiness with both hands or will she let the doors slide shut again and walk away alone?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tropes:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Team owner's sister/team captain</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Secret relationship</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Steamy banter</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He falls first</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Pro hockey team</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Team shenanigans</span></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Welcome to a brand new team the Denver Stampede!</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>HEA guaranteed.</span></p>