Pucking the Runaway Bride
(2026)(The fourth book in the New York Fury Hockey series)
A novel by Fallon Ashby
She ran from one wedding but woke up married to a stranger.
Jenna Fleming has spent her whole life being told she remembers it wrong — by the stepfamily who rewrote her childhood one "you were so little, sweetheart" at a time, and by her fiancé Benjamin Price, a powerful Fury executive whose version of events always wins. So when she looks in the mirror on her wedding day and every instinct she owns says run, she does the one thing she's never done before: she believes herself. Out the window, $15,000 dress and all, and she drives until she hits Atlantic City.
Matt Woods knows better than to want anything out loud. The veteran defenseman proposed on a jumbotron once — then the marriage collapsed, his ex-wife called him "boring" on a podcast, and the clip became a punchline that resurfaces every February. Seven years of silence later, he's nursing a whiskey in a dive bar when a runaway bride sits down two stools over and orders whatever's strong.
By morning, they're married.
Now they're stuck — annulment complicated, tabloids circling, and her vindictive ex threatening Matt's career unless the story dies quietly. The solution? Stay married until the season ends. Separate bedrooms. No feelings. Except the Fury keep winning — and every playoff win extends the marriage.
When her ex starts rewriting their story for the whole league to read, Jenna will have to stand behind her own word with nothing in her hands to prove it. And the most private man in hockey will have to decide whether she's worth wanting out loud — in front of everyone.
Pucking the Runaway Bride is book 4 in the New York Fury Hockey Series. Each book features different characters and can be read as a standalone, though interconnected through the vibrant world of professional hockey — including fan-favorite characters from the Boston Titans series.
Tropes you'll love: accidental marriage, runaway bride, forced proximity, strangers to lovers, grumpy hero, marriage of convenience, and a defenseman who learns some things are worth saying with the whole arena watching.
Genre: Romance
Jenna Fleming has spent her whole life being told she remembers it wrong — by the stepfamily who rewrote her childhood one "you were so little, sweetheart" at a time, and by her fiancé Benjamin Price, a powerful Fury executive whose version of events always wins. So when she looks in the mirror on her wedding day and every instinct she owns says run, she does the one thing she's never done before: she believes herself. Out the window, $15,000 dress and all, and she drives until she hits Atlantic City.
Matt Woods knows better than to want anything out loud. The veteran defenseman proposed on a jumbotron once — then the marriage collapsed, his ex-wife called him "boring" on a podcast, and the clip became a punchline that resurfaces every February. Seven years of silence later, he's nursing a whiskey in a dive bar when a runaway bride sits down two stools over and orders whatever's strong.
By morning, they're married.
Now they're stuck — annulment complicated, tabloids circling, and her vindictive ex threatening Matt's career unless the story dies quietly. The solution? Stay married until the season ends. Separate bedrooms. No feelings. Except the Fury keep winning — and every playoff win extends the marriage.
When her ex starts rewriting their story for the whole league to read, Jenna will have to stand behind her own word with nothing in her hands to prove it. And the most private man in hockey will have to decide whether she's worth wanting out loud — in front of everyone.
Pucking the Runaway Bride is book 4 in the New York Fury Hockey Series. Each book features different characters and can be read as a standalone, though interconnected through the vibrant world of professional hockey — including fan-favorite characters from the Boston Titans series.
Tropes you'll love: accidental marriage, runaway bride, forced proximity, strangers to lovers, grumpy hero, marriage of convenience, and a defenseman who learns some things are worth saying with the whole arena watching.
Genre: Romance