The Invisible String

Riley Gold always believed in love, but felt it may just not happen for her—until she met Wyatt Callahan.

She was a fiercely independent New Yorker with a career in minor league hockey, still patching the cracks left by a revolving door of red flags. He was an Alaskan-born hockey player with a quiet strength, a bruiser’s reputation, and a heart he guarded as carefully as the net.

Their connection was instant, electric—two strangers tied together by something neither could see but both could feel. Yet in the cutthroat world of hockey, Wyatt is known for one thing: fighting. And when Riley’s coworkers question his worth beyond the gloves he drops, she’s forced to bite her tongue, keeping their relationship under wraps to protect them both.

From long-distance struggles and whispered locker-room politics to late-night confessions and the tenderness they only share behind closed doors, Riley and Wyatt learn that love isn’t always fireworks—it’s the steady pull of something unshakable.

Through laughter, heartbreak, and the chaos of an unpredictable hockey life, they discover that some bonds can’t be broken. No matter the miles, the seasons, or the odds, the string between them will always lead them home.