{"product_id":"before-overtime-mila-westbrook-9798190739602","title":"Before Overtime: A High-Heat Enemies-to-Lovers Hockey Romance Between a Brand Strategist and a Veteran Defenseman","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe came home to rebuild the club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is convinced she was hired to sell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand strategist Phyllis Castillo returns to Iron Bay for a twelve-week contract with Steel City Skates. Her assignment is simple on paper: strengthen the struggling club, reconnect it with the city, and create a future investors will believe in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran defenceman Zakayo Wawire does not believe a word of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt forty, Zakayo has spent too many years watching executives turn loyalty into leverage. As the players' representative, he refuses to let Phyllis transform the team, its supporters, or the city's history into another polished campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir arguments begin in boardrooms and continue through community meetings, rain-soaked streets, and every corner of Foundry Arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Phyllis discovers the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA potential buyer is planning to keep the Steel City name while moving the jobs, services, and decisions that make the club belong to Iron Bay. Her research is already being used to make the transition look like preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakayo becomes her fiercest ally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking together could save the club, but their growing attraction creates a conflict neither can safely hide. Every private moment can be turned into evidence. Every professional choice can be questioned. And both are offered secure futures by the same organisation they are fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhyllis must decide whether returning home means surrendering the ambition she fought to build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakayo must decide whether loyalty requires silence or the courage to refuse the safest contract of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Overtime is a high-heat, enemies-to-lovers hockey romance featuring a formidable brand strategist, a protective veteran defenceman, sharp banter, forbidden workplace attraction, public scandal, community stakes, found family, and a deeply satisfying happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mila Westbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798190739602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.21d","brand":"Mila Westbrook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666086433023,"sku":"9798190739602","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-overtime-mila-westbrook-9798190739602","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}