She left before he woke up.

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It was supposed to be one night — a cancelled flight, a hotel bar, a man with green eyes who listened like she was the only person in the room. No names. No promises. Just the best night of Wren Calloway's life and a note she left on hotel stationery before slipping out at dawn.

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She told herself she'd forget him.

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She was wrong.

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Five months later, Wren has a new city, a new job, and a new life she's finally building on her own terms. She's done running from her family's name and done pretending she doesn't want more than a life that lives in her brother Soren's shadow. She's ready for something real.

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What she's not ready for is walking into her brother's living room and coming face-to-face with the green-eyed stranger from the hotel bar.

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His name is Hollis Chapman. He's thirty-nine, disciplined to the point of controlled, and the newly appointed head coach of the Seattle Breakers — which makes him Soren's boss. Which makes him Wren's problem. Which makes everything she felt in that hotel room something she can never, ever act on again.

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Except that Hollis kept the note.

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What follows is three months of careful distance, one phone call that lasts fifty-seven minutes, and the slow, inevitable collapse of every reason they've built to stay apart. He's older. He's her brother's coach. His job is hanging by a thread and the press is watching. She's younger, stubborn, and absolutely done letting other people decide what she's allowed to want.

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But when a vicious tabloid story accuses Hollis of something he'd never do, and their secret stops being a choice and becomes a headline, they'll both have to decide: is loving someone worth losing everything you've built to protect yourself?

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For Wren, the answer has always been yes. She just needs Hollis Chapman to be brave enough to stand beside her and say it out loud.

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Not Yours to Want is a full-length contemporary hockey romance featuring an age gap, forbidden relationship, one night stand to lovers, secret dating, and a guaranteed happily ever after. This is a standalone novel with a spicy heat level, authentic emotional depth, and zero manufactured miscommunication — just two stubborn people who love each other refusing to let the world win.

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If you love hockey romance with heat, heart, and a hero worth the wait — this one's for you.

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Not Yours to Want

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