Christmas Knot in the Penalty Box

Small Town Omegaverse Reverse Harem Hockey Romance

Three men. One bar on the brink. A holiday week that changes everything.

Roxy Vale keeps The Penalty Box alive with grit, lists, and late nights. She doesn’t do packs. She does payroll, kegs, and “keeping things running”—until anonymous complaints and a crooked county fixer target her license the week before Christmas. When sabotage hits in the shadows, help arrives where it has always stood: Aiden, her patient, steady door man; Nick, the brewer with calm hands and a plan; and Luca, the contractor who always fixes one more thing after close.

Under twinkle lights and falling snow, they build a shield: safety checks, receipts, a loft-turned-refuge, and a town that refuses to let its heart shut down. Roxy’s rules are simple—her pace, her terms, no marks without a clear morning “yes.” Their answer is simple: yes, boss.

Expect a week-before-Christmas save-the-business sprint, patient protector energy, enemies-to-lovers snap that softens, and a why-choose bond that feels like coming home. When state oversight collides with small-town stubborn, winning feels good—and so does the nest waiting at the top of the stairs.

• Featured Themes: holiday save-the-business, found family, grumpy door guy/soft inside, handyman heat, why-choose
• Vibes: winter-pretty Adirondacks, karaoke and raffles, copper-and-evergreen glow
• Her: resolute bar owner who swore off packs
• Them: ex-military sentinel, craft brewer heart, practical romantic with a tool belt
• Promise: consent-forward care, protector squad, nest you’ll want to live in, guaranteed HEA

Come home to Puckridge, where the lights are warm, the heat is real, and love says yes—together.