Christmas Assist
(2025)(The second book in the Frostbite Falls Warriors series)
A novel by Adriana Steel
He's a broken former NHL enforcer hiding in a dark bar. She's a sunshine event planner with a Christmas festival to save. Neither is looking for love.
But fate has other plans.
Ryder Blackwood retired from professional hockey five years ago, his body and spirit shattered. Now he runs the darkest bar in Frostbite Falls, serving drinks to people he'd rather ignore. He likes his solitude. His silence. His carefully constructed walls.
Then Sage Bennett walks in wearing a sequined snowflake sweater and carrying enough optimism to light up the entire town.
She needs his bar as festival headquarters. He needs her to leave him alone. But their forced proximity ignites something neither expected—a spark that threatens to burn down every wall he's built.
Sage came to this small town to rebuild her career after a devastating betrayal. Romance wasn't part of the plan. Especially not with a grumpy, scarred giant who scowls at Christmas decorations and thinks "small talk" is a personal attack.
But underneath his gruff exterior, she discovers a protector. A man who catches her when she falls—literally and figuratively. A man whose quiet strength makes her feel safe for the first time in years.
As the festival heats up and the snow falls, their resistance crumbles. But Sage's contract ends in six weeks. Ryder's past still haunts him. And her ex just showed up in town with revenge on his mind.
Can two broken people heal each other before the season ends? Or will their chance at love melt away with the winter snow?
Genre: Romance
But fate has other plans.
Ryder Blackwood retired from professional hockey five years ago, his body and spirit shattered. Now he runs the darkest bar in Frostbite Falls, serving drinks to people he'd rather ignore. He likes his solitude. His silence. His carefully constructed walls.
Then Sage Bennett walks in wearing a sequined snowflake sweater and carrying enough optimism to light up the entire town.
She needs his bar as festival headquarters. He needs her to leave him alone. But their forced proximity ignites something neither expected—a spark that threatens to burn down every wall he's built.
Sage came to this small town to rebuild her career after a devastating betrayal. Romance wasn't part of the plan. Especially not with a grumpy, scarred giant who scowls at Christmas decorations and thinks "small talk" is a personal attack.
But underneath his gruff exterior, she discovers a protector. A man who catches her when she falls—literally and figuratively. A man whose quiet strength makes her feel safe for the first time in years.
As the festival heats up and the snow falls, their resistance crumbles. But Sage's contract ends in six weeks. Ryder's past still haunts him. And her ex just showed up in town with revenge on his mind.
Can two broken people heal each other before the season ends? Or will their chance at love melt away with the winter snow?
Genre: Romance
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