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Changing the Playbook: A coach's daughter hockey romance
Paperback
Series: Pine Barren University, Book 3
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 28 2025
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Sophie Pearson doesn't do reckless-and she definitely doesn't do hockey players.
Between a brutal nursing master's program and caring for her sick mother, Sophie's life runs on discipline and control. Responsibility comes first, feelings come last, and distractions are a luxury she can't afford.
Especially not the campus hockey captain, her father's star player.
Mike Altman is playing his final season with everything on the line. After an injury nearly ended his career and shattered his mental health, he's focused on one thing: dominating on the ice, keeping things light off it, and securing his NHL future.
No complications. No commitments.
But then an unforgettable night that was supposed to be a one-time release-no names, no expectations-turns into something neither of them can walk away from. Mike falls first, fast, and utterly. Sophie feels something she hasn't let herself feel in years: safe enough to be vulnerable.
But she's the coach's daughter, and he's the player with everything to lose.
Keeping it casual was the plan. Falling for each other was never supposed to happen.
But some people are worth rewriting the playbook for.
Changing the Playbook is a college hockey romance about letting yourself be loved when you've forgotten how, finding strength in vulnerability, and learning that the right person doesn't add to your burden-they help you carry it.
Inside you'll find:
- Coach's daughter (and earning his trust)
- One-night stand to more (to so much more)
- He falls first (and hard)
- Cinnamon roll hero (tough on the ice, tender with her)
- Third in series (but read as standalone!)
- Steamy 'open door' spice level
- Happily-ever-after and no cliffhangers
The right person doesn't add to your burden-they help you carry it. Start reading now.
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