Off Sides with the Hockey Hero: A Brother's Best Friend Sweet Romance

There's one rule in my brother's friendship with Luke Mercer: hands off his little sister. So why is he the one walking back into my life with a grieving kid and a look that says he's done following the rules?

Luke is the last man I should want.

He's my brother's best friend, an NHL star, and completely off-limits.

Then he walks into my clinic, ball cap pulled low, with a wheezing little boy — and the kind of grief on both their faces that I can't unsee.

He's grumpy. Guarded. Allergic to asking for help.

But then I catch him sleeping on the floor outside his nephew's room, refusing to leave him alone.

And suddenly, the man I shouldn't want is the only one I can see.

Except the NHL wants him back.

The paparazzi are circling.

And the part of his life he’s been hiding under that ball cap is about to be front page news.

If Luke chooses the ice, Caleb loses the first real home he's had since losing his mom.

And I lose the only man worth breaking the rules for.