Trade Deadline

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>BLAINE</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my name is involved in yet another scandal I'm told to keep my head down and my stats up.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The trade deadline is looming and I don't want to leave Chicago.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But that night I meet Alex. The guy with the bluest eyes and the kindest smile.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My reputation precedes me and he's determined to resist me but the more time we spend together the harder it is to deny the chemistry between us.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's someone who might make me want to change for the better.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But can we survive the slap shots that come our way or will my scandalous past hit harder than any defenseman could?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ALEX</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being a lifelong Chicago Thunder fan I know that Blaine Olsen is trouble.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Because all hockey players are.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's a notorious playboy and I refuse to be another notch on his bedpost.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when he shows me the part of himself he keeps hidden it gets harder to resist him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I can't afford any distractions though. I'm up to my eyeballs in debt doing everything I can to keep my head-and family business-above water.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will Blaine prove me wrong and show me a hockey player could be my Prince Charming after all?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trade Deadline is a low angst hockey player/fan sports romance. It has team shenanigans fast paced hockey cheesy texting no third-act break-up and puppies. It is book one in the Chicago Thunder series and can be read as a standalone.</em></p>