There are two sacred rules in the Montagalo household:



- Family comes first.
- Don't date my brother's teammates.


Of course I went and broke both . . .


It started with a little banter on a dating app. A teeny, tiny secret: flirty messages with Luca Babineaux, the sweet, charming—and stupidly attractive forward on the Houston Baddies—who makes sweat and bruises look so f'ing hot. One spark turns into a secret first date. A few kisses become way more.

Now I'm tangled in a full-blown secret romance and every time Gio walks into the room, I have a full-blown anxiety attack. Dating in secret? Thrilling. Lying to my brother? Exhausting.


Falling for Luca Babineaux obviously wasn't part of the game plan. It never is, is it? He wants to go public with our relationship. I'd rather not. Now I have to decide what matters more: keeping my promises to my dumb, overprotective brother . . . or choose myself for once. All's fair in love and hockey. Right?