The Captain's Breakaway

Avery Holt lives by a hard rule: she will not let anyone close enough to hurt her again.

Burned by love, she stays locked on soccer and does her best to ignore Grayson Shaw, the hockey captain who reminds her far too much of the man who broke her.

Grayson is finished chasing forever after a string of failed relationships and only wants to be happy on his own, but Avery is guarded, stubborn, and determined to hate him even when he gives her no reason.

Their constant run-ins turn irritation into attraction, and one surrender they both call harmless becomes another, then stolen moments and late-night conversations neither expected.

When Avery’s walls start to give and the lasting future Grayson stopped hoping for suddenly looks possible, they must choose whether to risk their hearts on something that might finally be real.