Melting The Goalie: A Slow-Burn, Forced-Proximity, Grumpy-Sunshine Hockey Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798184286969)

Nora Bell has spent her life proving she belongs in net. But after an injury she can't outskate, outwork, or outstubborn, she's sent to an elite rehab center in Colorado with one terrifying question hanging over her head: if hockey is taken away, who is she without it?
Dane Ryder knows exactly what he's worth on the ice - and nowhere else. Recovering from a shoulder injury that could change the course of his career, the last thing he wants is forced downtime, forced optimism, or the sharp-tongued goalie who sees too much.
At Halcyon, six weeks of rehab turns into shared routines, late-night honesty, and a pact that starts as survival and becomes something far more dangerous. Because the closer Nora and Dane get, the harder it is to pretend this is only about recovery. Not when every truth brings them closer. Not when falling for each other feels riskier than getting back on the ice.
Melting the Goalie is a steamy, emotional hockey romance featuring forced proximity, slow burn tension, wounded athletes, and two people learning that love doesn't fix what broke them
- but it might help them face what comes next.

Author: C. G. West
ISBN-13: 9798184286969
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2026
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d