Mila Anderson has a five-year plan. Nowhere in it: a masked man with a filthy mouth.After a gaslighting ex turns her love life into a cautionary tale, she swears off distractions—especially six-foot-something hockey players she’s been hired to make look marketable. Then the team’s Halloween party happens, and she’s swept off her feet by a man who makes her forget every rule she’s ever set. One tiny problem: she never saw his face.Theo Tilbury doesn’t do crowds or speeches. Or talking much at all. But behind a mask, he’s confident, dirty, and makes Mila tremble by whispering her name. Too bad she doesn’t know the shy defenseman is the same guy who ruined her lipstick.Keeping the secret lets him live both lives—the bold stranger she can’t forget and the man terrified of saying the wrong word. But the closer they get, the harder it is to hide, and the more he risks losing the one woman who finally sees him.A witty, steamy, and deeply emotional hockey romance about confidence, connection, and falling for the person who finally makes you feel seen.Book 2 in the Skate Me Home series. Can be read as a standalone.

Mila Anderson has a five-year plan. Nowhere in it: a masked man with a filthy mouth.After a gaslighting ex turns her love life into a cautionary tale, she swears off distractions—especially six-foot-something hockey players she’s been hired to make look marketable. Then the team’s Halloween party happens, and she’s swept off her feet by a man who makes her forget every rule she’s ever set. One tiny problem: she never saw his face.Theo Tilbury doesn’t do crowds or speeches. Or talking much at all. But behind a mask, he’s confident, dirty, and makes Mila tremble by whispering her name. Too bad she doesn’t know the shy defenseman is the same guy who ruined her lipstick.Keeping the secret lets him live both lives—the bold stranger she can’t forget and the man terrified of saying the wrong word. But the closer they get, the harder it is to hide, and the more he risks losing the one woman who finally sees him.A witty, steamy, and deeply emotional hockey romance about confidence, connection, and falling for the person who finally makes you feel seen.Book 2 in the Skate Me Home series. Can be read as a standalone.