Skate the Line: A Single Dad Hockey Romance (Blue Devils Hockey, Book 2)

She gave up her dreams to save her family. The last thing she expected was to find herself working for the grumpiest man in professional hockey.

When her art school future falls apart, taking a nanny position with the Blue Devils' star defenseman feels like a temporary detour — practical, professional, nothing more. Rhodes Volkova is everything the tabloids promise: devastatingly handsome, brutally blunt, and completely convinced that his new hire has an ulterior motive. He's been burned before by people who wanted access to his fame, not a genuine connection with his daughter. Trusting someone new isn't just difficult for Rhodes — it's practically a foreign language.

But his little girl? She takes to her new nanny immediately, and watching that bond form cracks something open in Rhodes that he's kept sealed for years.

This grumpy-sunshine, single dad romance set in the high-pressure world of professional hockey crackles with tension from the very first scene. Every sharp word Rhodes delivers lands like a challenge, and every warm smile she offers back feels like a declaration of war — until the line between adversaries and something far more dangerous begins to blur. Add in mounting off-ice drama threatening the whole team's season, and keeping things professional becomes nearly impossible.

Rhodes Volkova doesn't do soft. He doesn't do vulnerable. And he absolutely doesn't fall for the nanny.

Except he's already falling.