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Cold War

(2026)
(The first book in the Cold Blooded series)
A novel by

 
 
She flipped him off on her first day. He's her patient by Monday.

Maren Cole is the newest physician on Ridgewater's athletics medical staff.

Her job: keep the hockey team healthy.
Her problem: Callum "Cal" Reeves, the team's captain, whom she screamed at in a parking lot before she knew he was the man whose body she'd be responsible for all season.

Cal has a secret. A torn shoulder he's been hiding with painkillers, and a body that is one bad shift from ending his career. The last thing he needs is a doctor who notices too much.

But the doctor notices everything.

What starts as hostility becomes heat. What becomes heat becomes something neither of them can walk away from. And when a leaked medical file threatens to destroy Maren's career and Cal's future, the secrets they've been keeping start to surface. A journalist who will not stop digging is about to make sure none of it stays buried.

A love story that burns through every rule they were supposed to follow.

THE TROPES YOU CAME FOR:
◇ Enemies to lovers
◇ He falls first (and falls HARD)
◇ Very high Steam/Spicy
◇ Hockey romance
◇ Grumpy captain / fierce heroine
◇ Forced proximity
◇ Forbidden workplace romance
�� Surprise pregnancy
◇ Found family
◇ Hurt/comfort with hidden injury
◇ "Who did this to you?" energy
◇ Guaranteed HEA

Cold War is a steamy, full-length enemies-to-lovers college hockey romance with an age gap, forced proximity, he-falls-first, and a happily-ever-after that earns every page.

Book 1 in the Cold Blooded series. Can be read as a standalone. Perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Elle Kennedy, and Emily Rath.

NB: Includes a bonus chapter that will change everything you think you know.


Genre: New Adult Romance

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