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Happy New Year, AJ:
It's no secret that I love a moody book cover, and when I started writing the Valencia Ice Mafia series (set in the Vegas area), I thought a moody city vibe would work. But honestly, the original covers scream more "mafia" than hockey.
Now, most hockey romances feature a cutesy couple on the cover, but that's just not my jam, so this is what my cover designer came up with for BASS and the previous books in the series. I hope you LOVE them as I do.
She's supposed to fix his image.
He's supposed to keep his hands to himself.
Neither of them is good at following the rules.
CAUTION: This is not your usual hot hockey boy makeover story. If you're looking for professional boundaries and slow-burn friendship, then this isn't the book for you. It's better that you know that upfront.
Bass Morelli has a reputation—the kind that gets you benched, gets you headlines, and definitely gets you in trouble with NHL scouts. When a bar fight in front of ESPN cameras threatens to destroy his professional hockey dreams, his coach delivers an ultimatum: clean up his act or kiss his future goodbye.
Kai Vega doesn't have time for entitled athletes who think the world revolves around their ego. As a first-generation college student fighting for her future, she needs her senior thesis project to be perfect—not complicated by Valencia City University's most notorious hockey player. But when her professor assigns her to rebrand Bass's public image, Kai is stuck managing the one man who makes her want to throw her carefully laid plans out the window.
Bass, determined to prove he's more than his reputation, plays a dangerous game of seduction and surrender, bringing out a wild side of Kai she never knew existed. Their late-night strategy sessions turn into stolen kisses. Their professional meetings become excuses to be alone together. And when they agree to keep their explosive chemistry a secret until after graduation, both convince themselves they can handle it.
They're wrong.
As the hockey season intensifies and the stakes get higher, keeping their relationship hidden becomes impossible. Kai finds herself caught between protecting her academic future and claiming the man who's rewritten every rule she's ever lived by. Bass must choose between the clean image they've carefully constructed and publicly fighting for the woman who sees past his bullshit to the heart underneath.
But just as they begin to trust what's building between them, a betrayal rocks their carefully balanced world, pushing their relationship to the breaking point.
In this steamy, secret-relationship sports romance, will Bass and Kai decide their love is worth the risk, or will they let fear tear them apart?
Perfect for fans of enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, and alpha athletes who fall first and hardest, this novel will keep you hooked until the very last page.
BASS RELEASE DATES:
Romance Insiders (Patreon): Feb. 13th
Direct From Lisa (bookstore): Feb. 20th
Major Retailers: Feb. 27th
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