Knot in Stock

I came to Puckridge to disappear.
Instead, three hockey players request my help… and then invite me home.

I’m two weeks into my new job stocking shelves at Puckridge Grocery. Still a temporary hire. Still figuring out if this town will keep me.

Then three Rinkrats players walk in and proceed to destroy my store.

One thinks a saucepan and a skillet are the same thing. One puts frozen pizza in the cart like it’s a food group. And the quiet one with the glasses is genuinely asking me if baking soda and baking powder are interchangeable.

By the end of the shopping trip, they’re following me around like oversized, overly scented ducklings. And I can barely think straight because their combined scent is making my head swim:

Asher—the alpha defenseman who smells like dark roast coffee and worn leather, and speaks like every word is a promise.
Colton—the alpha winger with the easy grin, warm vanilla scent, and a talent for making me laugh when I shouldn’t.
Wesley—the quiet beta who writes down my grocery tips like he’s recording a playbook, and notices everything about me.

They ask me to stop by their new pack house after my shift. Help them set up the kitchen properly. Just for an hour.

The house is a disaster. Boxes everywhere, no curtains, one dented pan. So I start organizing. Cooking. Showing them where things go.

Then the snow starts falling. And it doesn’t stop.

I tell myself this is temporary. I’m just helping.

But the longer I’m in their space—unpacking their things, breathing their scents, building their home—the more something shifts inside me.

I start rearranging furniture. Layering blankets. Pulling their hoodies into a pile around me.

I don’t realize what I’m doing until one of them says my name and I look around.

I built a nest. In a house that isn’t mine. For a pack I met six hours ago.

And I don’t want to take a single piece of it apart. The truth? I want more.

Knot in Stock is a spicy small-town hockey why choose omegaverse romance featuring a grocery store meet-cute, accidental nesting, three hockey players who let her take charge, knotting, mate marks, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Perfect for readers who love:
• Quick, spicy reads—two hours or less, but oh so fulfilling
• Hockey players who can’t feed themselves
• “Help us set up our kitchen” becoming something much more
• Accidental nesting with zero regrets
• Snowed in during a snowstorm with the whole pack
• Strong FMC who takes charge of the nest
• Protective alphas and a steady, perceptive beta
• Explicit heat scenes, knotting, and claiming
• Found family and a guaranteed HEA