Trade Paperback | 304 pages

Booktok sensation and New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings the heat in this spicy standalone hockey romance about a woman whos done being a good girland the pro hockey player who cant get enough of her

New York Times bestselling author of the Briar U series Elle Kennedys first hockey romance, Body Check, is now released in an expanded version, with both new and enhanced scenes by the author! More story, more hockeyand more heat!

After a childhood spent being dragged around the country by her hockey coach father, Hayden Houston intends to take some time to figure out her future. Whether that future will include her currently off-again boyfriend remains to be seen. What it certainly wont include is the for-one-night-only guy she just met at a bar.

It seems hockey star Brody Croft did not get the memo about being temporary. Big, bold and driven, hes dedicated in everything he does. Up till now, thats been his teamthe one owned by Haydens dad. But his night with Hayden has sparked something he didnt expect. The two of them are good together. Really good. Theres a connection hes never experienced before, one he knows theyd be wrong to ignore. Even with a game-fixing scandal testing both their loyaltiesto teammates, to friendsto family.

Part of Hayden wants to turn tail and run. A complicated relationship with a bad boy hockey player is exactly what she never wanted. But when it comes to Brody, Hayden is realizing that people can be so much more than what they seem.