“What about you, what position do you play?”
“Center,” I say proudly. “Looks like we both like to score.”

Seeking a fresh start, college junior and recovering optimist Nora Lovell moves closer to home to start the new school year at a tiny private college in New England. She is desperately seeking solace from a demented ex-boyfriend who spent the past year blackmailing her and she has sworn off dating until she feels like her life is back under her own control. Her new next door neighbor and all around delicious captain of the school’s hockey team, Adam Hamilton, hasn’t gotten that particular memo yet.

Adam has spent his life following a strict, self-imposed set of rules and he doesn’t have time for attachments, he has bigger things to focus on, like his future career in the NHL. When he meets the newest addition to the house next door, he can’t help but question that stance. Adam tries to maintain his distance but as circumstances continue to put him in compromising positions with the irresistible soccer player and he begins to unravel Nora’s past, he finds his resolve weakening.

The Center is a STANDALONE, angst-filled and captivating new adult college romance between a drop dead sexy college hockey player and a feisty, stubborn soccer player. It is a story that illustrates the pain of overcoming past obstacles and how two people can find each other even when they are so unlike and have both been burned in the past.