Ice Cold Chemistry

She's the distraction the team can't afford.He's the solution no one saw coming.Winnie Garrett is done with men. After a toxic relationship, she's focused on one thing: her dream job as the New York Knights' new yoga instructor.Banks Callahan doesn't do relationships. Or feelings. Or anything that requires letting people get close. Growing up in the foster system taught him not to need anyone-and definitely not to want something he could lose.So when the team's new yoga instructor becomes an unexpected locker-room distraction threatening their playoff focus, Banks comes up with a solution so ridiculous it just might work.Fake dating.If the guys think Winnie is his, they'll back off. It's simple locker room code: you don't touch what's claimed-like calling dibs on the last slice of pizza.The problem?Nothing about Winnie is simple.She's warmth and laughter and everything Banks has spent years convincing himself he doesn't need. She makes him want things he can't have. Makes him feel things he doesn't understand.He was never supposed to fall for her.But somewhere between fake hand-holding, pretend nicknames, and very real late-night moments, the line between "just for show" and "dangerously real" starts to blur.Ice Cold Chemistry is a slow-burn hockey romance featuring fake dating, a grumpy hero, a sunshine heroine, and the relationship neither of them planned-but both might need. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold more than a million ebooks and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world. She's a traditionally published author with Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as an independently published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she's appeared at #1 on Barnes & Noble and iBooks charts around the world. Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller list more than two dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Weekly.Visit her at: www.kendallryanbooks.com for more.