Goading the Goalie

Edith “Eddie” Watson has built her life around caution—balancing brutal ER shifts, raising her teenage son, and keeping her past firmly out of sight. Love isn’t on her to-do list… until a late-night emergency puts her face-to-face with Sidney Crane, the Toronto Nighthawks’ quiet, steady, impossibly grounded goaltender.

Sidney may be the impenetrable backbone of his team on the ice, but off it he’s still rebuilding after years of anxiety and public scrutiny. Eddie’s sharp wit and guarded warmth draw him in, and when he becomes the person she turns to in a crisis, their connection deepens into something difficult to deny.

But when the media exposes their relationship and old wounds are dragged under the spotlight—putting her son squarely in the glare—Eddie starts to wonder if safety is worth the cost of solitude. With the world watching, can a woman who’s built her life on caution and a man learning to stand tall off the ice choose a love that finally feels like home?