Behind the Mask (Stoneharbor Ice #2)

Everyone trusts him to protect the net. No one knows what happens when the mask comes off.

Finn Callahan is Stoneharbor University’s star goalie: controlled, intimidating, and nearly impossible to read. On the ice, he can block out a roaring arena and stop almost anything coming his way.

Off the ice, the pressure is becoming harder to hide.

Mara Bell has built her reputation as the fearless voice of campus radio. She asks the questions everyone else avoids, fights for the station she loves, and refuses to be intimidated by a silent hockey player with a dangerous stare.

When an unexpected goalie lesson forces them together, Mara begins to see the man behind Finn’s carefully guarded image. Their tense interviews become late-night conversations, stolen touches, and a connection neither of them planned.

But Mara’s career depends on telling the truth, while Finn’s future depends on keeping parts of his life private. When an anonymous donation creates a conflict neither of them can ignore, trust becomes more dangerous than attraction.

And this time, Finn cannot protect them both by hiding.

Behind the Mask is a steamy grumpy-sunshine college hockey romance featuring a guarded goalie, a fearless campus radio host, forced proximity, emotional vulnerability, found family, mental-health representation, and a guaranteed happy ending.

It is Book Two in the Stoneharbor Ice series. Each romance has a complete ending, but the series is best enjoyed in reading order.