The Rival's Sister

Liam "The Wall" Korsakov lives by a code. As the New York Vipers' enforcer, he protects his teammates with bruising loyalty and follows hockey's unspoken rules without question. Rule number one: you never, ever cross the line with a rival's family.

Then he meets her.

Chloe Hayes is warm, intelligent, and refreshingly unimpressed by his reputation. Their conversation at a charity gala is easy, genuine—the kind of connection Liam's never experienced. Until her brother appears. Mark "The Captain" Hayes, charismatic leader of the Boston Bears and Liam's fiercest on-ice enemy, makes one thing brutally clear: "Stay away from my sister."

Liam respects the code. He should walk away.

But when a chance encounter leads to coffee, and coffee leads to late-night phone calls, and phone calls lead to stolen moments across state lines—walking away becomes impossible. Chloe sees past the enforcer to the gentle, thoughtful man beneath. Liam becomes her sanctuary from living in her legendary brother's shadow. In their secret world, they're not defined by last names or rivalries.

Until a blurry photo surfaces online. Then a clear one. Then a tabloid headline that detonates both their lives: "VIPER'S BETRAYAL."

Liam faces suspension and his teammates' fury. Chloe's relationship with the brother who raised her shatters. The hockey world demands blood, expecting a brutal on-ice war between enforcer and captain. But in the final game of the season, when it matters most, Mark Hayes makes an impossible choice that rewrites everything—including the code they all thought was sacred.

A pulse-pounding, emotionally charged romance about loyalty, sacrifice, and discovering that some rules are worth breaking for the right person.