Space Between Plays

The Space Between PlaysSome rivalries begin with a disagreement. The most dangerous ones begin to feel like something more.Nora Bennett has one goal: earn a prestigious investigative journalism fellowship by uncovering the truth behind the institutions everyone else is afraid to question. When she discovers discrepancies in her university's athletic-support budget, she publishes a report that raises uncomfortable questions—and puts her reputation on the line.Elias Ward, captain of the college hockey team, has spent years earning his place on the ice. With his future in professional hockey hanging in the balance, the last thing he needs is a controversy threatening the financial support his teammates depend on. He believes Nora is moving too quickly. She believes he is protecting a system that deserves scrutiny.Neither is willing to back down.As an independent university review brings them into the same orbit, Nora and Elias must confront evidence that challenges their assumptions about the people and institution they thought they understood. Their arguments grow sharper, their respect becomes harder to deny, and an unexpected attraction begins to complicate everything.But falling for someone is easy compared with trusting them when the truth could cost you everything.When new evidence threatens both Nora's investigation and Elias's future, they must decide whether honesty is worth the risk—and whether love can survive when ambition, loyalty, and personal convictions collide.The Space Between Plays is a slow-burn college hockey romance about fierce ambition, reluctant trust, emotional vulnerability, and two determined people learning that real love does not require either of them to surrender who they are.Some victories happen on the ice. Others begin when you finally let someone see the person behind the game.