Content Warning: Intended for readers 18+. This book contains mature sexual content, domestic violence, stalking, physical assault, trauma, and other violent themes.
I make a living stopping shots. You’d think I would’ve seen hers coming.
Everyone knows Briggs Lawson—the six-foot-five, 240-pound Milwaukee Inferno goalie with the loud mouth, filthy sense of humor, and enough personality to become a public safety concern. I’m the guy who keeps everyone laughing, takes women home without making promises, and never allows life to become too serious.
At least, that’s the version of me everyone believes.
My ex taught me to question every word, control every touch, and hide every bruise she could never leave on a man my size. Even after I finally walked away, she refused to let me go.
Then Temple Story entered my life.
Tems is the perfect girl. She''s sunshine in high heels, understands every joke I haven’t made yet, and somehow makes friendship feel hotter than sex. She never demands the parts of me I’m afraid to give her. She waits until I offer them—and suddenly, being touched doesn’t feel like something I need to survive.
For the first time, I want more.
My ex wants me dead.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t die.
Surviving her attempt to kill me was only the beginning. Now my season is over, my private life belongs to the public, and everyone wants a piece of the story I spent months refusing to name. While the woman determined to destroy me remains somewhere beyond the reach of the police, I’m fighting to reclaim my body, my career, the perfect girl beside me, and every piece of control she stole.
I’ve spent my entire life protecting the net.
Now I have to save myself.
Genre: Romance
I make a living stopping shots. You’d think I would’ve seen hers coming.
Everyone knows Briggs Lawson—the six-foot-five, 240-pound Milwaukee Inferno goalie with the loud mouth, filthy sense of humor, and enough personality to become a public safety concern. I’m the guy who keeps everyone laughing, takes women home without making promises, and never allows life to become too serious.
At least, that’s the version of me everyone believes.
My ex taught me to question every word, control every touch, and hide every bruise she could never leave on a man my size. Even after I finally walked away, she refused to let me go.
Then Temple Story entered my life.
Tems is the perfect girl. She''s sunshine in high heels, understands every joke I haven’t made yet, and somehow makes friendship feel hotter than sex. She never demands the parts of me I’m afraid to give her. She waits until I offer them—and suddenly, being touched doesn’t feel like something I need to survive.
For the first time, I want more.
My ex wants me dead.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t die.
Surviving her attempt to kill me was only the beginning. Now my season is over, my private life belongs to the public, and everyone wants a piece of the story I spent months refusing to name. While the woman determined to destroy me remains somewhere beyond the reach of the police, I’m fighting to reclaim my body, my career, the perfect girl beside me, and every piece of control she stole.
I’ve spent my entire life protecting the net.
Now I have to save myself.
Genre: Romance