One Night Penalty by Nicola Hayes

Three months ago, I had the best mistake of my life. Now my one-night stand is my client.

I fix reputations for a living—
but nothing can fix the fact that I slept with Liam “Nova” Novak.

He’s everything I avoid.
Tattooed. Arrogant. Trouble in a hockey jersey.
And the man I can’t stop thinking about.

Now he’s sitting in my office, smirk and all, pretending we’ve never met.
I’m supposed to make him look like a hero before playoffs.
He’s making me forget why I ever followed the rules.

Forced proximity turns into stolen glances.
Late-night strategy sessions become something dangerously close to more.
And when we cross that line again, keeping our secret becomes its own kind of addiction.

But if anyone finds out?
I lose my career.
He loses his shot at the Cup.
And the reformed bad boy I swore I’d resist…
might just take my heart down with him.

Book 2 in the New York Renegades series. Can be read as a standalone with a guaranteed HEA.