Hat Trick: Expanded 2026 Edition

She lost everything in one night. He's the one man she was never supposed to want. Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Hope Mazzola returns with a stunning, expanded edition of the novel that launched the beloved Shots on Goal hockey romance series. When figure skater Myla Cox survives a devastating car crash that kills her mother and shatters her Olympic dreams, her world narrows to one thing: Survival. The ice that once defined her life now terrifies her. The future she planned no longer exists. >So when she's forced back onto the ice, the last person she expects to collide with is Brayden's captain-Gavin Hayes. Her brother's greatest rival. The one man her brother told her to stay away from. >Gavin sees the broken pieces she hides from everyone else. >And every moment they spend together draws them closer to crossing the one line neither of them can afford to break. Because loving him could cost her the only family she has left. >Hat Trick is an emotional, slow-burn hockey romance featuring: - Forbidden / off-limits love- Brother's rival- Grief and trauma recovery- Hurt/comfort healing- A protective, controlled alpha hero- He falls first- Found family and team loyalty- And a love story born after everything falls apart Perfect for readers who love forbidden romance, grief-to-healing love stories, protective heroes, and emotionally rich slow-burn sports romance. AUTHOR NOTE: This expanded edition of Hat Trick is part of the complete Shots on Goal series relaunch-eight fully rewritten, expanded, and newly edited standalone romances set in the interconnected world of the New York Otters. Each novel follows a different couple and a different emotional journey, and the books can be read in any order.

Pages: 282, Paperback, Independently published