The first rule of being a woman in a men's locker room is simple: never let them see you flinch.
Maya Bennett has spent years building a bulletproof reputation in sports medicine. As the newest athletic therapist for the Lakeview Blades, she refuses to let anything compromise her career—especially not the athletes on her treatment table.
But Cole Barrett and Wes Dalton are making that impossible.
Cole is the team's star rookie center—charming, reckless, and openly determined to break down her walls. Wes is the stoic veteran defenseman and alternate captain, a man whose quiet, gravitational presence makes Maya feel seen in ways she never expected. When a charged moment with Cole leads to a hotel room encounter she can't forget, Maya assumes she has to walk away to protect her job.
Then Cole asks a question that changes everything: What if she didn't have to choose?
What begins as a secret, off-limits arrangement between three people quickly becomes the most real thing any of them have ever experienced. But the hockey world is small, and the spotlight is unforgiving. When a reporter starts asking questions about locker room dynamics and a vindictive team doctor targets Maya's position, their unprecedented relationship threatens to detonate her hard-earned career.
With contracts on the line and the playoffs looming, Maya, Cole, and Wes must decide if the life they are building in private is worth risking everything they've built in public.
