Leagues Love Legacies

Leander Mäkinen never forgot the day the league retired him on their terms. He spent two years in beer leagues, nursing a grudge and a bad hip. He's been waiting for a chance to write his own ending. He never expected the ending to begin with his son.

When his son gets called up to "The Show", Leander is in the stands to watch his son's first pro game. The unthinkable happens. Johan's team's goalies are both injured. This creates an opportunity that generates a swan song contract for Leander. The retired legend steps into the crease beside the rising star, Johan. Father and son on the same ice.

It makes the crowd go wild. PR sees dollar signs and a marketing angle, and the league comes calling. One year. One last season. One last chance to retire on his own terms.

But being an older player, managing pain becomes dependency, and dependency becomes addiction. The man who refused to be powerless has handed his power to the pill bottle.

Now, his family needs to be the ones making saves. His son, his daughter-ln-law, and the woman he loves must pull him back from the edge. Will the league take everything from him again?

This time, Leander chooses himself.


A dramatic hockey legacy romance about second chances, chosen family, and the hardest kind of strength.