Break Taker

Cíara Doyle didn't take the job of player welfare officer at Kilbrennan University to make friends. She took it to prove—to the athletic board, to her father, to herself—that she can do this job without her last name doing the work for her. Her one rule is simple: never get close to the athletes she's supposed to protect.

Then Rhys Kavanagh walks into her office with a failing grade report and a smile that's clearly gotten him out of worse trouble than this.

Rhys doesn't need saving. He needs eligibility. His family's trust fund—the one that's kept Kilbrennan's hockey program alive for three generations—comes with exactly one condition: finish his degree, keep his name clean, or lose the company his grandfather built along with it. He can't fail a class. He definitely can't fall for the compliance officer standing between him and his captaincy.

But late-night tutoring sessions have a way of turning into something neither of them signed up for—stolen looks across the ice, a hand that lingers too long over a study guide, a secret that gets harder to keep every time she says his name.

Cíara knows exactly what's at stake if anyone finds out. Rhys is starting to think it might be worth losing everything for.

When the truth comes out—his money, her job, both their futures—they'll have to decide if what they built off the ice is worth burning down everything they built to get there.

**A steamy, slow-burn New Adult hockey romance packed with angst, forbidden attraction, sharp banter, and impossible choices. Perfect for readers who love college romance, powerful family dynamics, forbidden relationships, and a hero who falls first.**

**Tropes:** Forbidden Romance • He Falls First • Billionaire Hero • Hockey Romance • New Adult • College Romance • Slow Burn • Forced Proximity • Opposites Attract • Found Family • Academic Pressure • Secret Relationship