Off Season

<p><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>ETHAN</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Finding out my ex-fiance is the best man at my cousin's wedding is the cherry on top of my problems.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I can't turn up alone so finding a fake boyfriend is the only option.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My relationship with Jacob isn't supposed to be real but he gets me in a way nobody ever has and now I'm questioning everything. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After nearly two decades in the NHL retirement is nearing and I have no idea who I am outside of hockey.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I need to focus on winning one last Cup not falling in love.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>JACOB</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ethan Parkes became my savior when he offered me a deal that would solve all of my problems. So when he asked me to be his fake boyfriend for a wedding in England I jumped at the chance.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Besides so what if I already have a crush on him?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When we give into the chemistry between us he tells me we only have the off season. But I'm determined to show him that he's more than just a name on a jersey even if it could cause my heart a world of hurt.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Off Season is a friends to lovers grumpy/sunshine hockey romance. With a touch of hurt/comfort a ten year age gap interfering teammates and all the found family vibes. It is book two in the Chicago Thunder series and can be read as a standalone.</em></p>