The Wild Card

Vancouver Storm, Book 5

By: Stephanie Archer

Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Vanessa Edwin

Tate Ward is the best coach in professional hockey, a hot single dad, one of the best players of all time, and my new boss—who likes everyone but me.

The players will do anything for him, the media is obsessed, and the fans still wear his jersey. Everyone's in love with handsome, authoritative Coach Tate Ward—except me, and the feeling’s mutual.

To save the Vancouver Storm from being sold, though, we need to work together and win the Stanley Cup, and I can’t help but push his buttons to get under his skin.

He moves me into his guest house, though, and makes me sleep in his bed.

He encourages me with the team and tells me I belong.

He’s adorable with his daughter and makes me long for things I shouldn’t.

I try to make him break, but he never loses control—until he finds me crying and fires the person responsible.

And when his brother hits on me, he loses his mind with jealousy.

Beneath his controlled exterior, Tate is protective, playful, and funny. He puts everyone before himself, but when I encourage him to be selfish, I learn that Tate wants…Me.

The Wild Card is a pro hockey single dad romance. It is the fifth and final book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be listened to as a standalone.

©2025 Stephanie Archer (P)2025 Stephanie Archer

Loved

Great series of books loved them!! Would totally recommend them to others! Looking forward to reading more of your books

Loved it!

I love me a single dad story! Hockey romances just hit right! ♡ Loved Jordan and Tate together! Slow burn for sure, but it was a good read! Narration was great, duet style!

Great end to the series!

I know there’s a lot of hockey series out there, but Vancouver Storm is the first one I’ve listened to. I devoured all 5 audiobooks within the last few weeks, and have fallen in love with each of the characters and couples.

It’s so hard to choose which book is my favorite, but Books 2, 4, and 5 have a special place in my heart. And after 4 books, we finally get to see bartender Jordan Hathaway and Coach (Daddy) Tate Ward’s story unfold.

I loved the building of their relationship - the trust, encouragement, sense of belonging, and found family. To top it off, the banter was on fire - mixing teasing moments with sweet, emotional ones.

The Wild Card is a wonderful end to the Vancouver Storm series! This book reads almost as a love letter to the Vancouver Storm team (which I know is fictional but wish it/these characters were real). The book had me laughing and crying, especially the last chapter and epilogue. The narrators did a great job, and I can’t wait to listen to more audiobooks narrated by them. All in all, I love this series and will miss it terribly. Here’s hoping we get a spinoff book with Luca Walker!

Great story with a mature MMC

I loved this story with well developed characters. Narration was good, especially Aaron Shedlock as the male narrator. So important in an audio version of a book. Great voice casting.

Probably my favorite of the series. Love the banter and story line. Performers were perfection together