The Penalty Box Proposition: A Forbidden Hockey Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798242473508)

He can handle any penalty. Except her.

Magnus Kjellberg is known as "The Wall" for a reason. An elite NHL defenseman with a brutal game and a terrifying scowl, he lives in a fortress of his own making-cold, impenetrable, and built entirely around his career. But when a career-ending injury shatters his knee, his reign is threatened.

Enter Dr. Elara Hayes, his new physical therapist.

She's too competent, too cheerful, and worst of all, she's his best friend's little sister. Elara is the one woman who refuses to be intimidated by his arrogance. She sees the fear beneath his facade, and she's determined to fix more than just his injury.

Their professional rivalry quickly dissolves into a dangerous, forbidden obsession. The agonizing daily intimacy of her hands on his body becomes a raw, desperate transaction in the dead of night-physical release governed by one brutal rule: No emotional investment. Ever.

But when the line between therapy and transgression is erased by a near-catastrophic secret, Magnus invokes his final, terrifying veto: Interference. He pushes her away to save his career.

Elara is done being the convenient distraction. She's walking away from the one man she fought so hard to save. Now, Magnus must decide if his contract is worth more than the only woman who ever broke through The Wall-and he'll have to publicly burn down everything he's built to prove he's willing to take the penalty for her.

He can only be The Wall or her man. He can't be both.

Author: Vexi Thorne
ISBN-13: 9798242473508
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2026
Pages: 62
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d