Damaged Defender

Heatwave Hockey Series, Book 2

De: Anne Martin

Narrado por: Stephanie Rose, Christian Black

One night with the enemy player next door… now he's calling me his wife.

Seven years ago, we shared a night. The next morning, he didn't remember.

Now, I'm a journalist working my way up the news media ladder when my best friend's moody brother moves in next door. And now an endless parade of rowdy hockey bros stroll our shared hall.

He's mister tattooed and dangerous. The Houston Heatwave's top defender. And the actual bane of my existence.

An injury on the ice has me playing nurse for one night. But when he asks me to marry him for convenience, I know he bumped his head too hard.

He needs a wife to fulfill an inheritance clause to save his family's legacy. I need intel on his hockey team; my career depends on it. So I wear the Heatwave team jersey—with his name on it. Soon, I'm falling into this bad boy's bed, and we're both scoring.

But Zane O'Connor's scars are hidden. And I have secrets of my own. If he finds out, we could lose it all—and Houston, we'd have a real problem.

Damaged Defender is a spicy marriage of convenience pro hockey romance. It's the second book in the Houston Heatwave series and can be enjoyed as a standalone with a guaranteed happily ever after for our enemies turned lovers. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2024 Anne Martin (P)2025 Podium Audio

Spoiled Female, spotty story line

I enjoyed Izzy and Ryker's story and was hoping the good plot lines and characters would continue. The story didn't flow well, there were a lot of open ended situations that may have been tied at the end of the book but unfortunately I wouldn't know as I was unable to finish the book. The story just felt like it jumped around to much for me. I did not enjoy the main characters. Kesley seemed like a spoiled brat that whined about her circumstances in life rather than actually doing something to better herself. Instead seemingly taking a morally wrong assignment from her boss. In the beginning of the book, her 6 year old son who she loved more than anything, was never around. She pawned him off on her parents every weekend under the context of "keeping him away from the parties" the neighbor was having. They were not living in the same apartment so the "parties" would have no effect to the kid. I understand kids like going to grandparents but even during her work week, it mentioned her waking up to work from home without mentioning getting the kid up and around for school or baby sitter. When she did FaceTime the boy, he did nothing but whine and the conversation was not one a 6 year old boy would have. I felt like she was talking to a 10 year old. As much as I hate to do this, I cannot recommend this book.