Playing Defense (Sin Bin Stories, #6)

The hockey captain is totally wrong for me. He’s sunshine, I’m a cynic; he wants love, I don’t even want friends. I know I should keep my distance—instead, I offer to take his V-card.

Jamie O’Donnell: The face of a model and the body of a machine all wrapped in the personality of a golden retriever. He has the attention of every girl on campus, but there’s one thing he shockingly doesn’t have: experience in the bedroom.

Me: I’m taking a gap year, working at this small-town coffee shop while writing the novel I’ve always dreamed of. Jamie’s here almost every day, with a blushing smile and the yearning gaze of a hopeless romantic. No matter how often I give him the cold shoulder.

After a kiss that rearranges my brain, I make a proposal: I teach him what to do in bed, while he helps me work out some of the tension caused by my writer’s block.

I tell him not to expect affection. But for Jamie, showing that he cares is as natural as breathing.

He stays up all night talking with me when I have trouble sleeping.

He gets jealous when I tell him another guy bought me flowers.

He writes my name on the back of his shirt to show me how he feels when I wear his jersey.

Now Jamie’s playing for my heart. And I’m not sure how long I can keep playing defense.

Playing Defense is a full-length college hockey romance with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA ending!

Tropes:

reverse grumpy/sunshine
he falls first and HARD
found family
no 3rd act breakup
dual POV