Love Me (Charlotte Monarchs Hockey #1)

**This is a New, Revised Edition of Breakaway (Pilots Hockey 2017), a previously published, out of print book. It’s been re-edited and has exclusive, NEW content with never-before-published scenes!**

One hit took me out of the game. Now my heart’s on the line—and a shot with her is the only one that matters.

My hockey career ended with a hit I never saw coming.

One moment, I’m Luke Daniels—first-line forward for the Charlotte Monarchs. The next, I’m the bender sidelined with a freak neck injury, and three doctors telling me I’ll never play again. My new reality? A desk job with the organization...

**This is a New, Revised Edition of Breakaway (Pilots Hockey 2017), a previously published, out of print book. It’s been re-edited and has exclusive, NEW content with never-before-published scenes!**

One hit took me out of the game. Now my heart’s on the line—and a shot with her is the only one that matters.

My hockey career ended with a hit I never saw coming.

One moment, I’m Luke Daniels—first-line forward for the Charlotte Monarchs. The next, I’m the bender sidelined with a freak neck injury, and three doctors telling me I’ll never play again. My new reality? A desk job with the organization and volunteering at the local children’s hospital, haunted by the memory of one wild night with a woman I can’t forget.

Then Bree Collins walks back into my life.

She’s the gorgeous nurse I hooked up with, the one whose kindness lights up a place shadowed by pain. Seeing her care for those kids hits me harder than any check I ever took. Bree makes me laugh, feel, and somehow eases the ache in the broken parts of me I thought would never heal.

But she’s guarded—and I’m drowning in the illusion that I still have a shot. Holding on to a dream that’s already dead and wondering if I’m enough without hockey.

Can I prove to Bree—and myself—that I’m more than what I’ve lost? Or will the past push us apart before I get the chance?