The Rulebook Clause

Liam Kane has never needed anyone. Ten years as Chicago Blizzard captain, three All-Star appearances, and a reputation for being the guy who never stays down — until one collision in the second period leaves him on the ice with a torn MCL and a future that suddenly looks a lot less certain.

Brynn Keller is the first female physical therapist in Blizzard franchise history, and she walked through that training room door knowing exactly what she was walking into. Skepticism. Silence. The weight of being a first. She can handle all of it. What she didn’t plan for is Liam Kane — six-foot-three of wounded pride and iron will, a man who gives her absolutely nothing and needs her more than he’ll ever admit.

The attraction is immediate. The problem is the rulebook.

The Blizzard’s no-fraternization clause exists for good reason, and Brynn has spent her entire career proving she belongs here — one careful, professional inch at a time. Falling for her patient isn’t just against the rules. It’s career-ending.

But Liam is learning something the ice never taught him: that letting someone in isn’t weakness. And Brynn is discovering that the rules she’s followed her whole life might be the very thing standing between her and everything she wants.

Set against the roar of a Chicago winter and the fierce, complicated world of professional hockey, The Rulebook Clause is a slow-burn sports romance about identity, vulnerability, and two people who have to decide whether the right person is worth rewriting the rules for.