Annalise Wilder is stuck in a marriage rut. Uninspired by her husband, Robert, and her daily life in all its bland, predictable capacity, Annalise needs an out. Around-the-clock martinis and her bedside-table toys are no longer cutting the mustard.
The last thing Annalise wants to hear is Robert’s genius idea of housing an out-of-state, fifteen-year-old hockey player he’s recently signed to his youth team: the Mariner Huskies. The Wilders will become a billet family. And Jace Kempe, gifted centerman from Homestead, Florida will become their new billet son.
Stiff rules come with hosting young, impressionable players—rules both the host family and their guest must always adhere to. These are rules that should never be broken. Not even when the temptation to cross over and slightly bend them becomes so overwhelming it’s unbearable. Not to mention illegal.
