Checking Mr. Wrong: A Sweet Small Town Hockey Romcom

I’m sarcasm with a messy bun. He’s a sweetheart with a slapshot. Sparks were one thing—those fireworks though? Yeah…no one warned me about those. Mabel Returning to Maple Falls wasn’t part of my five-year plan—or my backup plan. Or any plan really. But here I am back in my quirky hometown dodging my mother’s judgment and trying not to cringe every time someone mentions the viral moment. (Yes that one. No I don’t want to talk about it.) When my editor sends me to cover the NHL’s shiny new team the Ice Breakers I’m all in—until I meet Asher Tremblay. He’s their too-charming defenseman with a knack for wrecking my focus and my sanity. Equal parts infuriating and irresistible but falling for him? Not on my agenda. Nope. Asher I’ve worked my whole life to make it in the NHL. A new team means a fresh start and I won’t let anything distract me—least of all a snarky reporter who seems determined to hate me on sight. But the more