Strictly Off Limits: An Enemies to Lovers New Adult College Sports Romance

***(Spice level 2/5 Deeply Character-Driven Closed Door / Fade-to-Black / High Emotional Tension)***

She plays by the laws of logic. He’s used to running the scoreboard. But when their worlds collide, the wagers turn dangerous.

Evelyn "Evie" Vance is a walking fortress. Balancing a brutal advanced engineering load, a mountain of inherited debt, and a relentless schedule running her late father's auto body shop, she has zero time for distractions. Especially not the kind that wear a varsity hockey jersey. Her rules are strict, her boundaries are ironclad, and her survival protocol depends on keeping everyone at a safe, predictable distance.

Enter Lucian Chamberlain.

Chiseled, wealthy, and the three-year captain of the campus hockey team, Luke is the undisputed King of Campus, used to commanding every room he enters. But when their professor forces them together as project partners for the semester, his effortless charm hits a brick wall. Evie doesn’t care about his highlight reel, and she definitely doesn’t bow down to his crown.

Intrigued by the only girl who looks right through him, Luke deploys a brand-new strategy, challenging Evie for her attention. What starts as a petty battle of wits quickly escalates into a series of high-voltage, behavior-based wagers—from a silent sixty-second endurance test in a dim lecture hall to a career-high performance on the ice for a single, unadulterated payout.

But as Luke systematically tests her boundaries, Evie’s ironclad defenses begin to short-circuit. She’s terrified that his relentless chase is just a game to conquer the uncrackable girl on campus. And Luke is about to realize that breaking through her shell means dropping the varsity mask and playing for keeps.

In a high-stakes insurgency of physical crowding, tactical retreats, and raw adrenaline, they are about to learn that the only thing more volatile than the game is the moment the vault completely cracks.

STRICTLY OFF LIMITS is a high-tension, academic partners, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance featuring a brilliant, fierce heroine who can throw a punch and an arrogant, fiercely protective hockey captain who is more than willing to get his hands dirty to earn her trust. Contains explicit steam, dynamic banter, and a guaranteed HEA.