{"product_id":"offside-hearts-dani-hart-9798177927480","title":"Offside Hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Kennedy knows how to fight for a win\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter fourteen seasons as a star winger for the Detroit Diesel, he understands sacrifice, pressure, and what it takes to survive when everything is on the line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe just never realized his marriage had become one of those things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Kennedy has spent years building a life around the demands of professional hockey-the road trips, missed milestones, unpredictable schedules, and a husband whose career always seems to need him somewhere else. She loves Marcus fiercely. But somewhere between his life on the ice and their five-year struggle to have a baby, Claire stopped feeling like his partner and started feeling like someone waiting for him to come home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey aren't falling out of love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat might be the hardest part.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause the love is still there. So is the attraction. The history. The friendship. And a marriage neither of them is ready to surrender.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen their journey to become parents leads them through infertility treatments, devastating disappointment, and eventually IVF, Marcus is forced to confront something no amount of talent can fix: showing up for the people you love takes more than good intentions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the same time, Detroit is chasing the Stanley Cup, Claire is pursuing a dream of her own, and the life they've spent years trying to build is changing faster than either of them expected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow Marcus and Claire must learn how to choose each other again-not as the teenagers who fell in love, but as the people they've become.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause some love stories aren't about falling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey're about staying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd sometimes the most important fight isn't for the Cup.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's for the person waiting when you come off the ice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffside Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e is Book Two in the Detroit Diesel Hockey Romance Series-a deeply emotional marriage-in-crisis hockey romance about infertility, IVF, second chances within marriage, sacrifice, family, and discovering that happily ever after isn't something you reach. It's something you keep choosing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dani Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798177927480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Dani Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780299854079,"sku":"9798177927480","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/offside-hearts-dani-hart-9798177927480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}