Play Hard (LA Phantoms Book 1)

Playing pro hockey in Los Angeles was supposed to be the dream.

Instead, every season feels like there’s more than hockey going on. The pressure is relentless, the spotlight never fades, and being thousands of miles away from family makes the loneliness hit even harder.

Good thing I have my online gaming crew.

Especially her.

@Empress is the one person who truly gets me. We’ve spent countless late nights gaming, talking, and sharing secrets—except she never shares enough. I don’t know her real name, what she looks like, or why she keeps such tight walls around her heart.

Then one unexpected encounter changes everything.

The chemistry between us in real life is instant. Explosive. Impossible to ignore.

Now I can’t stop thinking about the mysterious woman who got under my skin, and my meddling mother is more than ready to play matchmaker. But the closer I get to the truth, the more obvious it becomes that she’s hiding something big.

Too bad for her, I’m all in.

Because I’m not walking away from the best thing that’s ever happened to me—even if love turns out to be the biggest risk of all.

Play Hard is a steamy hockey romance featuring online friends-to-lovers vibes, a swoony NHL hero, secret identity tension, meddling family, emotional angst, and a hero who falls first and falls hard.
*Previously published as Hit ’em Hard as part of the Bang Brothers Hockey Series.