Secret or Shutout

D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 4

By: Leah Brunner

Narrated by: Alex Picard, Lee Samuels

A 6'5 NHL goalie walks into a bar and meets the love of his life… no, this isn't the start of a bad joke.

I had a chance encounter in a dimly lit bar that led to an earth-shattering kiss with a beautiful stranger.

But then the next morning my world is rocked again--when I walk inside my team captain's house and see her.

Farrah Remington isn't a mysterious stranger after all—she's the little sister of my captain and best friend. A woman firmly off limits to anyone on the D.C. Eagles.

Now, I have to pretend that kiss never happened. But the more I see Farrah, the hotter our chemistry burns, and the stronger our connection grows—until we can't resist each other any longer.

Sneaking around isn't ideal, but what my team captain doesn't know won't hurt him (or piss him off in the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs).

I'm with my dream girl and my team is sailing through playoffs… until the truth comes out.

Now my team captain hates me, I can't keep pucks out of my net to save my life, and the woman I love won't speak to me.

Can I save my relationship, my friendship, and enough goals to help the D.C. Eagles finally win the Cup… or will I get shut out of Farrah's life forever?

Secret or Shutout is a dual POV, fade-to-black romance that can be enjoyed as a standalone. This work of fiction contains mild language and depictions of PCOS, infertility, and divorce. If you are sensitive to these subjects, please use this content warning to make an informed decision about listening to this book.

©2025 Leah Brunner (P)2025 Dreamscape Media

THIS BOOK!

Okay, completely smitten with Farrah and Bruce. And the advocation for PCOS and infertility was gentle but realistic. thankful for authors who created realistic characters. Absolutely adored the story and the narration. Incredible!

Timeline doesn't match with book 3

For the most part, I enjoyed this book 4 (this is also confusing because there appears to be 5 books in the series but the first one, Passion or Penalty, doesn't have a number but Book 2, Colby and Noelle's story, seem to pick up where Passion or Penalty left off.) in the series. In book 3, Betrothal and Breakaway, Amber and Remi's book with BABY NELLA who is roughly about 3 months old, the scene that apparently comes after the opening scenario in this book where Bruce and Remi's sister, Farrah, have a 1 night stand and Bruce sees Farrah in their kitchen for the first time. However, in this book baby Nella is speaking baby sentences. Enough to make demands and reason for cupcakes. Not acting like baby Nella from book 3 at all. This Nella seems closer to being 1 year old rather than less than that.

Aside from those to salient points I really did enjoy all the books in the series. Just in case you couldn't tell from the paragraph above. lol Enough to overlook those tiny details. I would have enjoyed having her get her HEA to include her much wanted baby with Bruce but who knows. Maybe Leah will come out with another book in the series and she'll get it then.