The Midnight Defensive, (Paperback)

<strong>She makes a living in happily ever afters. She just doesn't believe in them anymore.</strong><p>Vivian Sullivan designs engagement rings in her Old Town Alexandria studio. She's the person people trust with their happily ever after, even after her own ended before the wedding.</p><p>Now she keeps things light. Safe. Predictable...Until a desperate attempt to escape an overly interested stranger ends with her kissing the nearest man on the sidewalk.</p><p>Unfortunately, he's not just anyone. He's Ty McCade-NHL defenseman-and he's not nearly as easy to forget as he should be.</p><p>Ty sees the world a little differently-and he sees her in a way no one else ever has. Where others see effortless, he sees the effort. The cracks. Her truth. What starts as a moment of impulse turns into a series of unexpected run-ins neither of them can avoid, and a connection that refuses to stay casual.</p><p>Because when a guarded woman who's sworn off love meets the one man who notices everything, keeping her distance stops being simple.</p><p>Falling is easy, but letting someone catch you?</p><p>That's the risk.</p><p>___________________________________</p><p><strong><em>The Midnight Defensive</em> is a closed-door, forced proximity hockey romance filled with sizzling chemistry, undeniable tension, and all the heat-without the spice!</strong></p><p><strong>Tropes in The Midnight Defensive</strong></p><ul><li>Neurodivergent Hero</li><li>Guarded Heroine</li><li>Forced Proximity</li><li>Grumpy sunshine-adjacent</li><li>Slow Burn</li><li>She falls first, he falls harder</li></ul><p></p>

• The Midnight Defensive, (Paperback)
• Author: Anne Kemp
• ISBN: 9781997310136
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-21
• Page Count: 334