Penalties and Promises

He avoids soap like it’s a penalty box. She needs his star power to save her theater. When a charity photoshoot forces them together, their hearts might be the ones getting cleaned out.

Autumn Hayes escaped Hollywood betrayal to restore Maple Falls’ historic cinema. Her carefully planned grand reopening doesn’t include falling for the town’s beloved hockey star, especially one who flinches at a bubble bath.

Sven Eriksson, the Lumberjacks’ Swedish sensation, has mastered every hockey play except handling fame. When his teammates volunteer him for a charity calendar to save the local theater, there’s just one problem, his bizarre soap phobia threatens to humiliate him in front of the entire town.

Their deal is simple. Autumn will help Sven overcome his fear before the bubble bath photoshoot, if he’ll use his local celebrity status to promote her theater’s reopening festival.

As October leaves fall around them, late nights watching classic films and hilarious “soap exposure therapy” sessions create an intimacy neither expected. But when a local gossip blog twists their private sessions into scandal, and career opportunities threaten to separate them, the final period is ticking down on their chance at forever.

Will they take the penalty or score the winning goal for their hearts?

Return to the town readers can’t get enough of with this heartwarming finale to the Maple Falls Lumberjacks Hockey Series. One-click today for all the autumn vibes, small-town charm, and the happily-ever-after fans have been waiting for!

Don’t miss Sloane Everly’s upcoming billionaire series coming soon! And she has an instalove romcom baseball romance series coming this fall!