THE FINAL PERIOD
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Tori Hayes was unstoppable on the hockey ice. And it was her breathtaking goal that sent St. Bernard into the championship final.
Minutes after her winning goal, her teammate is found murdered in the equipment room.
When the killer threatens someone she loves if she plays the championship final, Tori chooses fear over hockey.
And it was her absence that cost her team the cup.
Her coach turns against her, her career is destroyed, and even her friends distance themselves from her. And the girl who was once the pride of St. Bernard becomes its biggest disappointment.
Ryan Carter was a former hockey star whose career ended after a devastating injury. Ryan has his own reasons for staying away from the ice—and his own secrets.
He should be the last person Tori trusts, yet somehow, he becomes the only person who makes her feel safe.
As Ryan helps Tori investigate Vivian's murder, their relationship slowly changes. Arguments become late-night conversations. Suspicion becomes trust. And somewhere between stolen glances and dangerous secrets, Tori falls hopelessly in love with the one man who may be risking everything to protect her.
But someone doesn't want Tori happy.
And someone she once called a friend has been hiding a poisonous jealousy behind every smile.
One wants Tori to pay, the other wants everything: her career, her glory, and her place on the ice. And now, perhaps, the man she loves.
When another murder reveals that the killer knows about Ryan, Tori realizes the nightmare is far from over.
To save the people she loves—and reclaim the life that was stolen from her—she must return to the ice.
And this time, the stakes are not trophies but lives.
Falling in love was never supposed to be part of the game.
And neither was surviving it.
Minutes after her winning goal, her teammate is found murdered in the equipment room.
When the killer threatens someone she loves if she plays the championship final, Tori chooses fear over hockey.
And it was her absence that cost her team the cup.
Her coach turns against her, her career is destroyed, and even her friends distance themselves from her. And the girl who was once the pride of St. Bernard becomes its biggest disappointment.
Ryan Carter was a former hockey star whose career ended after a devastating injury. Ryan has his own reasons for staying away from the ice—and his own secrets.
He should be the last person Tori trusts, yet somehow, he becomes the only person who makes her feel safe.
As Ryan helps Tori investigate Vivian's murder, their relationship slowly changes. Arguments become late-night conversations. Suspicion becomes trust. And somewhere between stolen glances and dangerous secrets, Tori falls hopelessly in love with the one man who may be risking everything to protect her.
But someone doesn't want Tori happy.
And someone she once called a friend has been hiding a poisonous jealousy behind every smile.
One wants Tori to pay, the other wants everything: her career, her glory, and her place on the ice. And now, perhaps, the man she loves.
When another murder reveals that the killer knows about Ryan, Tori realizes the nightmare is far from over.
To save the people she loves—and reclaim the life that was stolen from her—she must return to the ice.
And this time, the stakes are not trophies but lives.
Falling in love was never supposed to be part of the game.
And neither was surviving it.
















































