Roman Varga doesn't do complications.

As captain of the Seattle Puckaneers, he keeps his focus win games, protect his team, and maintain the emotional walls that have served him well for five years. Romance? Not on his game plan.

Dr. Marnie Walker doesn't have time for distractions.

Returning to Seattle as the team's new head physical therapist, she's got one proving herself in a male-dominated field while caring for her dying mother. Falling for the notoriously controlled captain? Definitely not in her playbook.

But when a controversial injury puts Roman under Marnie's professional care, their carefully maintained boundaries start to crack. Chemistry sizzles beneath heated arguments about treatment protocols. Professional distance crumbles with every stolen glance across the training room.

When workplace politics threaten Marnie's career and Roman's protective instincts kick into overdrive, they'll have to are they willing to risk everything they've built for a shot at something real?

Some games are worth playing... even when everything's on the line.