Behind the Net
He's the hot, grumpy goalie I had a crush on in high school... and now I'm his live-in assistant. After my ex crushed my dreams in the music industry, I’m done with getting my heart broken. Working as an assistant for an NHL player was supposed to be a breeze, but nothing about Jamie Streicher is easy. He’s an intimidatingly hot, grouchy jerk who can't stand me. The guy has a massive ego. Keeping things professional will be no problem, even when he demands I move in with him. Beneath his surliness, though, Jamie’s surprisingly sweet and protective. When Jamie learns how bad my ex was in bed, his competitive nature flares, and he encourages and spoils me in every way. The creative spark I used to feel about songwriting? It’s back, and I’m writing music again. Between wearing his jersey at games, rowdy parties with the team, and being brave on stage again, I’m falling for him. He could break my heart, but it might be worth it.
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A guarded NHL goalie hires a small-town friend's daughter to nanny his young daughter for the season. She makes him laugh, his teammates notice, and his careful, single-dad routine starts to give.
Yes. Behind the Net contains multiple explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is a hockey romance between a goalie and his best friend's sister.
Yes. Behind the Net contains multiple explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is a hockey romance between a goalie and his best friend's sister.
Yes. Behind the Net is the first book in Stephanie Archer's Vancouver Storm series. The series continues with The Fake Out and Pucking Around, focused on different couples in the same hockey-team setting.
Behind the Net was written by Stephanie Archer, published in 2024 by Orion.
Behind the Net is 432 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Behind the Net takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Behind the Net is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.