Flirtation or Faceoff

Noel is a book-loving college professor who meets D.C. Eagles hockey players through her best friend's engagement, and instantly clashes with charming playboy Colby Knight, who took one look at her and decided he was smitten. For Colby it's love at first sight; for Noel it's hatred at first sight, especially once he starts calling her "angel." A chance run-in at a charity auction reveals a Colby Noel didn't expect — one devoted to his three-year-old sister and serious about his charitable work — and she ends up hiring him to give her dating lessons instead.

Leah Brunner continues the D.C. Eagles Hockey series with a low-heat, he-falls-first enemies-to-lovers hockey romcom.