He's the captain of my new team. My fated mate. And the Alpha who wants to break me. I'm the first Omega to play in the UCHL in a decade, and my plan is keep my head down, my smile on, and let my speed on the ice do the talking. My only goal is to survive the season and prove I belong here.
The one person standing in my way is Alexei Volkov.
The broody, intimidating Alpha captain of the Northwood Howlers. He's a monster on the ice with a past shrouded in shadows, and from day one, he's made it his mission to get rid of me. He thinks I'm a weakness. A distraction. A puck bunny who doesn't belong in an Alpha's game.
I think he's a possessive jerk who needs to get over himself.
But when our coach forces us onto the same line, the open hostility between us combusts into something else. Something primal, undeniable, and dangerously hot. Our biology calls it a fated bond. Our minds call it a catastrophe.
Alexei isn't just a captain; he's a single father fighting to protect the only family he has left. He sees me as a threat to his carefully controlled world, another piece of the Volkov chaos he's spent his life running from.
He's right to be afraid. Because the real threat isn't on the ice. It's the powerful family watching from the shadows, waiting for a single misstep to take everything from him. And our explosive connection might be the mistake that costs him his son.
He's the one man I should hate, but he's the only one my soul recognizes. To be with him could mean his ruin. But to stay away might just destroy us both. On the ice, we're a weapon. Off the ice, we're a war. And in the heart of a blizzard, we're about to find out which one of us breaks first.
Pucking Fated is a full-length, standalone MM dark college hockey romance with a guaranteed HEA. Perfect for readers who love fated mates, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, an alpha who would burn the world down for his omega, a resilient omega who gives as good as he gets, found family, and plenty of spicy, on-and-off-ice action.
