I’ve known Maverick Reed since I was eleven years old. I knew I loved him at nineteen, started planning a future with him at twenty, before life decided it had other plans and ripped it all away.One life-altering event had me making a decision I thought was best for both of us. A decision I never gave him a chance to weigh in on. Hellbent on keeping my distance despite my heart's protests, I ran off to Spain, only to become an Olympic gold medalist in avoidance when I came back.That is, until two kids who need exactly what Mav once did find themselves needing a home. Now avoiding him and the feelings I’ve tried my hardest to ignore seem impossible.Our arrangement may have started “for the kids,” but after long-buried secrets come to light, things begin to change. And the closer we get, the harder it gets to deny ourselves the very thing we’ve always wanted.A family we built together.Crack the Ice is a spicy hockey romance that has both breast & cervical cancer rep. Their HEA is hard-fought, but so worth it. Crack the Ice is book three in the Tampa Bay Hawks series, but can be read as a standalone. Tropes:Single GuardianSecond Chance RomanceTeammates sisterHe falls firstFound FamilyNeurodivergent FMCOpen Door SpiceMental health repFriends to strangers to lovers