Wedding Ring From the Pro Shop (Book 2)

Novella. He told her to leave. She left with his baby.Wren Halloway walked out of Torin Lindqvist's house into a Montana blizzard without telling him the one thing that would have changed everything. Now she's sleeping on her brother's couch above a coffee shop, avoiding the captain's calls, and trying to work out how to be the mother of a baby whose father chose a custody deal over her.Torin didn't want her gone. He wanted his daughter safe. Within days the deal starts to crack, and his lawyer has a terrible idea: a judge won't see a scandal if the nanny is his wife.So the grumpiest man in hockey proposes with a ring from the arena pro shop, a team-logo band that cost $34.99. Wren says yes on one condition: separate bedrooms, separate hearts, a signed contract and no lies.She breaks the contract first and he breaks the no-lies clause, and somewhere between ultrasounds, road trips and a playoff run, the fake marriage stops being fake.But his ex-wife isn't finished, and she has been building a case. By the time the Nightjars reach the Conference Final, a single envelope arrives at the rink holding the one secret Torin swore he'd take to his grave, with Wren's signature at the bottom.Book 2 of the Juniper Hollow Nightjars trilogy. This book ends on a cliffhanger, and the couple's happily ever after comes in Book 3.