Series: Chicago Steel #7
Publication date: July 15th, 2024
Cover Design by Karen @ Feed Your Dreams Design
Photographer: Eric Battershell
Model: Shawn Dawson
Synopsis:
Janica
Befriending a professional hockey player, especially one like Ace, is not something I even expected to happen to me. We hit it off right away, and though I might have not-so-friendly thoughts about him sometimes, our friendship is strictly platonic. I have a boyfriend, and besides, Ace is way out of my league.
Stuck in a broken relationship, I question whether I deserve anything better. And when I catch my cheating boyfriend in the act, my life collapses. Not only have I lost my boyfriend, I've lost my home.
When Ace finds out I need somewhere to stay, he offers to open his home to me. But can I handle living in the same house with the gorgeous man who has haunted my thoughts since the day we met?
Ace
Trapped in a broken body, I need a distraction to help pass the time while I'm away from my one true love: hockey. It appears in the form of a curvy brunette who works at the library I've chosen to study at. Our friendship begins when Janica promises to show me her secret study spot. And I'm instantly captivated. But then I find out she has a boyfriend. When I learn Janica needs help, I have to ask myself an important question that just might change my future forever. Now that she's single, will I do whatever it takes to show her I'm the man she needs and deserves?
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JESSICA BUSS was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. She married her high school sweetheart and has two sons. Although she has both her bachelor's and master's degrees in Psychology, she stepped away from that field to be a stay-at-home mom. Now that her boys are growing up and she's getting more time to herself, she's giving this writing thing a chance.