Defensive Play

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Genevieve Fable has always known how to lead a team. As captain of the University of Minnesota's women's hockey team she's fierce focused and destined for greatness. But with graduation fast approaching and the new Women's Professional Hockey League a thing of the future Genevieve is stuck between chasing the dream on the ice or stepping into her future as a sports agent. This path would trade slap shots for contracts.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As if a career crossroads wasn't enough her past is creeping closer. Her abusive ex has become more than just a painful memory-he's stalking her threatening her safety and pushing her to the edge.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then she meets Eli Carmichael.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A star defensive player for the Minnesota Grizzlies Eli's been burned by love and is determined to keep his focus solely on the game. That is until he locks eyes with Genevieve at his season home opener. Fate intervenes again when he discovers she lives in the same Saint Paul apartment complex-and has a soft spot for his bernedoodle puppy Jax.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the chemistry between them builds so does the danger surrounding Gen. Together Eli and Genevieve find solace in one another-healing old wounds facing new fears and forging a connection neither saw coming. But when Eli's ex resurfaces and Gen's safety is tested they'll have to decide if love is worth the risk-or if playing it safe means losing it all.</span></p>