Alexa Padgett – författare

He's my boss. My best friend's brother. And the one man capable of wrecking me all over again.Knox Wright built the Providence Forge hockey franchise with the same control and discipline he used to rebuild his life after refusing the draft. He doesn't let people get close. I took a job at Knox's architecture firm because I needed a fresh start after the worst night of my life. Working for my best friend's brother should have been complicated enough.Falling for my devastatingly intense boss? Definitely not part of the plan.Knox sees through the ambition, the grief, and the carefully stitched-together version of myself I show the world. When we're alone, the tension between us burns hotter than either of us can control.But we're playing with fire. Our relationship is forbidden. Our secrets could destroy everything we've worked for. And the closer I get to Knox, the harder it becomes to walk away—even when loving him might cost us both everything.Crossing the Line is a high-heat forbidden hockey romance featuring a brooding hockey hero, best-friend's-brother romance, workplace tension, a secret relationship, emotional healing, and a deeply satisfying HEA.

He's my brother's best friend. My new neighbor. And the Providence Forge defenseman who makes me forget I was ever broken.Coming home to Providence was supposed to be temporary while I finished my master's degree and helped at my family's architecture firm. I planned to raise my daughter in peace after my ex-fiancé walked away before she was even born.Then Ryder Mackay moved in next door. The gorgeous pediatrician and part-time Forge enforcer has always been off-limits. He's loyal, steady, and the kind of man who shows up without being asked. Which is exactly why falling for him is such a terrible idea.Because every time Ryder holds my baby like she belongs in his arms…every time he looks at me like I'm worth more than the wreckage I'm still climbing out of…I start wanting things I swore I'd never risk again: a future and a family. Him.But Ryder's spent years protecting everyone around him while ignoring what he wants for himself, and if we're not careful, the timing that brought us together might be the very thing that tears us apart.Previously published as Magnetic Medic, Unexpected Play is a steamy brother's-best-friend hockey romance featuring a protective hero, a single mother rebuilding her life on her own terms, forced proximity, emotional healing, and a fiercely earned happily ever after. Books in the Providence Forge Series can be read standalone — but reading in order deepens the world.

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