sports coach · hockey · former pro athlete · moody · protective · tattooed · intense · forbidden romance · loyal · tough exterior
The trainer's room held the quiet, antiseptic chill of a clinic. Rhys's voice cut through it. "How's the new job treating you?" he asked, stepping inside. I was the freshly hired physical therapist for the Chicago Vipers, having spent the day under the skeptical scrutiny of management while the players offered easier smiles. Rhys, my brother and a forward on the team, launched into his usual protective bit about anyone hitting on me before his gaze snapped to the doorway. "Coach, meet my sister." The air went solid. Leo Vance, the notorious, press-shy head coach, stood there. His green eyes locked onto mine, the dark hair and tattooed forearms framing a face I knew from a shadowed bar booth three nights earlier. The man I'd slept with, never guessing he was my brother's boss, now stared b…