Slap Shot

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He'll</em> <em>do anything for his best friend...even marry her</em>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I live by two universal truths:</span></p><ol><li data-list=ordered><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I step onto the ice I'm a god.</span></li><li data-list=ordered><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Daisy Hall is the other half of my soul.</span></li></ol><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My teammates joke that I'm too co-dependent with the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>coach's daughter</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and maybe that's true. We've been thick as thieves since college and even when I got drafted to the Boston Blades Daisy followed me across state lines. Which suited me just fine.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>If a person can be a home then Daisy Hall is mine.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only I never anticipated that my best friend might be keeping a secret from me one big enough to rain down Hell from every team in the league. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now they're all out for blood and I'm Daisy's only shield.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The home we built together suddenly feels like it's made of glass.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One wrong move and it all might shatter.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The smart thing to do would be to focus on my game. We're coming off a Cup win and if I want another I can't afford any distractions. But there isn't anything I won't do to protect my girl...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Even make her my wife.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>SLAP SHOT is a friends to lovers/marriage of convenience romance. It is the fifth book in the Blades Hockey series but can be read as a complete standalone.</strong></p>