Hometown Best Friend's Brother

An Enemies to Lovers Forced Proximity Sports Romance

By: Nicole Regan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

I hooked up with my best friend’s brother…and now I’m stuck playing house with him while his career—and my reputation—are both on thin ice.

I moved to Maple Grove for peace, anonymity, and zero romantic disasters. Then Nico Moretti storms back into town—cocky NHL winger, professional flirt, and my best friend’s dangerously off-limits brother.

He treats my attitude like foreplay, and I hate how easily he sees through my carefully built armor. I hate even more that he makes me laugh when I’m determined to stay invisible.

One reckless night at his secluded cabin turns arguments into heat and rules into ash. We swear it’s one mistake we’ll forget by morning.

Except that the town throws us together through a youth program, neither of us can quit. He shows up early to help teens practice, stays late to fix broken equipment, and suddenly, the playboy everyone warns me about is the guy carrying kids’ art projects like they’re priceless.

Then a brutal hit sidelines him, and I become his reluctant caretaker. Shared space turns into shared confessions, late-night vulnerability, and one bed that makes forgetting impossible.

I fall for the man behind the swagger—steady, loyal, and heartbreakingly real.

Then gossip explodes, his career hangs by a thread, and my past threatens to make me a public joke again.

If loving him puts me back in the spotlight… I won’t just lose him.

I’ll lose the life I rebuilt to survive.