You all know Max as the little fighter who beat the odds and survived being born at just 2lbs to parents Amelia and Briggs Maddison. Growing up Max had struggled with school and a learning disability. He also learned at a young age that he had a twin brother who died at birth, but one thing always came easy to him and that was hockey. It was his passion since his dad put on his first pair of skates and taught him all he knew. Max's biggest supporter was Archer, the cute shy girl in his first grade class who he became fast friends with. They were insperable all through out school and Max fell for her. Archer though never thought she was good enough for Max. So when the time came for college she disapeared and broke poor Max's heart. Fast forward 5 years and Max's career is at an all time high and Archer fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher. One day when Archer's first grad class wins a local contest to have some of the members of the Tampa Bay Lightning visit their class, Max and Archer's paths cross again. Will that spark still be there? Will Max be able to win over Archer this time? Or will 5 years apart be too much to over come?

Briggs Maddison, the NHL's most infamous play boy and bad boy. A different scandal every day and with his team, the Florida Panthers getting fed up with behavior and headlines, how is he going to turn his career around? Enter in Amelia Anderson, the one you want to go to when you career is royally screwed and needs fixing. She is smart, sassy and takes the tough love approach with all her clients. There hasn't been a client who she can't turn around. These two are like water and oil, they don't mix well together. With her no nonsense approach to fixing his career and his constant rebelling against her rules and ways. There comes a point when tempers will flare and combust into something hot or it will burn to the ground. Will these two be able to put aside their difference and come together to save Brigg's career and to keep Amelia's perfect record of being able to redeem her clients? Or are they both Royally Pucked?

Alex Anderson is not your typical professional athlete. He is all about giving back to his community and making sure that he can take care of everyone he can with, given the wealth he has. So when he decides to volunteer his time at a group home for kids, a cause so close to his heart. He meets Carrie and an unexpected friendship strikes up. He likes the fact that Carrie doesn't care who he is and what he does for living. All she cares about is that the kids are getting the experience of a life time being mentored by a person who seems to have his head screwed on right. Carrie Conners is your typical girl. Growing up with a mother who has high expectations for her daughters was not easy. While her younger sister has met all of those expectations being blonde, skinny and a highly successful influencer who just snagged a rich, handsome husband. Carrie is the complete opposite, brunette, curvy and works as a social worker for the state. She first meets Alex when he comes to volunteer at one of the group homes and is unsure of his motives for doing so. She watches as all the women gravitate towards him and watches from the sidelines as usual. However Alex sees her caring, kind way with the kids and is drawn to that immediately. Can these two people from entirely different worlds navigate a friendship that one or both want it to turn into more. Or will being from different worlds completely break them apart?

Laurel McKenzie is: Daughter to: Emily & Drew McKenzie Sister to: Brandon McKenzie Granddaughter to: Alison and Ryan Anderson On paper Laurel McKenzie seemed to have it all, but she was far from perfect. She so desperately wanted to look like her mother, Emily. The perfect woman her dad would always call her mom. Laurel was 5'6 160lbs and very self-conscious about herself. While she was far from big, she had curves and curves sometimes weren't such a good thing when you are in a sea of skinnies and the boy who has your heart doesn't give you a second glance. She had been in love with Lucas Stevens since she could remember. Star athlete, quarterback and an all American boy. Lucas Stevens was all that and more. With multiple ladies at his disposal in school things were getting less challenging. That is until he needed a tutor for Calculus and answered an add that was pinned to the library board. When he gets paired up with Laurel they of course butt heads at first. His friends make his tutoring sessions a little more interesting in betting Lucas he can't get anywhere romantically with Laurel. He takes that bet, but as time goes on and he gets to know Laurel McKenzie, he starts to develop feelings. Will he be able to call off the bet before she finds out or will she find out that Lucas is far from perfect too? Cover by: still_just_me Banners bu: still_just_me

Emily Anderson is the baby of the Anderson Family. Having a famous dad and brother who are both NHL royalty and her middle brother on his way to the show is never easy. Emily and her brother Sam both got into Harvard. She is there on a academic scholarship and Sam is there on a sports scholarship. They are living together in their own apartment off campus. Emily is about to start her 2nd year there and her brother his 3rd. She is studying to become a Pediatric Doctor and will let nothing take her off that path. She has always steered clear of any kind of hockey player. Growing up in a hockey family, she knows what most of them are all about and wants nothing to do with that life. That is until the day her brother comes home and practically begs her to tutor his best friend and captain of the Harvard hockey team Drew McKenzie. He is failing his Econ class and as luck would have it Emily has taken that one as an elective and is the best student in the class. Drew McKenzie is Harvard's star hockey player and he knows it. He has women falling all over him from Harvard and other schools every time he goes out. The last thing he wants is to be benched over a stupid Econ Class grade. So when his best friend Sam Anderson tells him that his sister would be willing to tutor him, Drew agrees. Little did they both know that this unlikely pairing would lead to so much more that just Drew potentially passing the class. Can these tow put aside their differences and hesitations and find some common ground? Once they do who knows they may find out they are more a like than they thought. This is the third book in the Anderson Series. Please read the first two to understand some of the references in this book. **Warning** Mature scenes Foul Language Cover by: still_just_me Banner by: still_just_me