Checking the Facts — Faith Carter

He's the stoic hockey captain with everything to lose. She's the relentless journalist uncovering his team's secrets. Sparks -- and trouble -- are inevitable.

I'm Isabelle Riley, a no-nonsense investigative journalist with one expose the truth. My latest assignment? Uncovering financial corruption within the Seattle Firebirds hockey team. It's the kind of story that could launch my career -- or completely ruin theirs. Either way, I'm not backing down.

The only problem? Ethan Sinclair.

The Firebirds' captain isn't just ridiculously handsome -- he's infuriatingly stoic, impossibly disciplined, and annoyingly protective of his team. He calls me a distraction. I call him “Saint,” because his squeaky-clean reputation makes him the perfect cover for the secrets I'm trying to uncover. Too bad for him, I don't pull punches… even if his piercing blue eyes and quiet strength make me want to.

As I dig deeper, Ethan and I clash at every turn -- on the ice, at the gala, even under the spotlight of a kiss cam. But somewhere between the sharp banter and stolen glances, the lines blur, and I start to wonder if there's more to him than his carefully controlled life.

When the truths I uncover threaten to tear his team apart, Ethan has to decide what matters loyalty or integrity. And me? I have to figure out if chasing this story is worth risking the one thing I never expected to find -- him.

Checking the Facts is book 1 in the sweet/clean Seattle Firebirds Hockey series, which features interconnected standalones about the players on a fictional professional hockey team.

Grumpy sunshine
Investigative journalist
Enemies to more
Slow burn
Forced proximity
Found family

151 pages, Kindle Edition