Crossing the Blue Line

Hockey runs in her blood - she just doesn't want anyone to know it.

At the age of thirty, Payton M has built a quiet, steady life far from the chaos of the professional hockey world she grew up in. And the best way she can do that is an athletic trainer. She's focused on helping her students - and raising her two younger brothers, Eli, thirteen and Carter, sixteen - not dodging cameras or living in her grandfather's, father's and brother's shadow. With a legendary coach for a dad and an older brother tearing up the pro league, the Monroe name carries weight in every rink.

Payton just prefers to stay on the bench and keep her bothers level headed and on the rosters, the correct way.

Then she moves into her new penthouse, thanks to her grandfather, he knows that the building he chose for his grandkids has top security and they will be will protected, she walks right into Hayden Smith, the Huskies' star defenseman with a reputation for breaking rules and hearts alike. He's bold, infuriatingly charming, and way too attractive for his own good - and the spark between them is instant.

But when Hayden finds out Payton's brother Cameron is his teammate, everything changes. She's off-limits. He knows it. She knows it.
And yet... neither of them can walk away.

As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Payton and Hayden are forced to decide what matters most - family, career, or the love that's worth crossing the blue line for.

She keeps her heart behind the line, until the star defender tries to take it