Always You

New York Excelsior Hockey #2

by K. Ellis

Bri Moore is almost done with her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree but the path to wrap it all up is face with a lot of challenges. She has big plans to move on and work with a professional sports team after graduation. All these years spent paying attention to her twin brother, Bennett, and her childhood best friend, Hayden Young, both professional hockey players, let her know what happens to their bodies on and off the ice gives her this motivation. Her fiancé doesn't agree with this plan and doesn't want to leave Chicago. Bri's happy, she insists to everyone - friends, peers in the program, her parents, brother and Hayden but they aren't so sure. Deep down, she knows they're right but she can't just walk away without risking years of research and work on her dream degree. Will she figure out how to do this independently or will her best friend be there to help pick up the pieces?

Hayden Young is having the best rookie season the New York Excelsiors has seen in decades. He's playing first line with some of the best players in the league and has made really good friends in New York. When the Excelsiors get the chance to play his hometown of Chicago, he invites Bri only to find out her surprise and the reason he thinks his best friend has been so distant the last few months. He worries about her both close by and from far away, doing his best to look out for the only girl he's ever loved. Will Hayden confess his feelings?

Always You can be read as a stand alone hockey romance. It features characters we met in book one, Finding You.

Trigger Warning: This story contains and mentions an abuse of power relationship, mentions of sexual assault, panic attacks, and emotional manipulation. Please do not read if this is something that might trigger a negative reaction. These themes occur throughout the story and are unavoidable by skipping chapters. Our main male character is NOT this person to our female main character.

Genres: Hockey Romance

253 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2022

About the author

I’ve never been a girl who liked sports of any kind. I never watched them or played them. Then one day in college, I was dragged to a New York Rangers game and everything changed. I was even a New Jersey Devils season ticket holder for a while!

I never once thought I'd be an author. The idea for my first romance, Finding You, started on a drive home after a particularly challenging day. The first 30,000 words flew out of me and I found a fun way to relax after my day job.

When I'm not writing about hockey, or watching hockey, I'm usually curled up on the couch with my dog reading or binge watching something on Netflix. My other favorite thing to do is to scream Taylor Swift songs in the car - specifically All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)

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