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Brody Saunders is the best coach in the NHL. Grumpy and menacing, the last thing he should be doing is hooking up with the younger sister of one of his players. After a night that almost ends in tragedy, he pulls away, vowing to pretend like their rendezvous ever happened.

Hannah Everett is a world champion figure skater who doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life. After acknowledging she’s burnt out and falling out of love with the sport she’s given her entire life to, she needs all the help she can get to find herself again.

What starts as an agreement between Brody and Hannah for her to give figure skating lessons to his daughter quickly turns into something more. They’re spending time together on and off the ice, and the longer they fight it, the more the tension between them builds.

Falling in love with the girl fourteen years younger than him isn’t part of Brody’s plan, but can he stay out of the sin bin when the world finally learns about their relationship?

When I sat down to write Sin Bin, I wasn’t sure where I wanted Hannah and Brody’s story to go, to be honest. I knew I wanted the two of them to start their relationship with a one-night stand, but after? I was clueless.

Then I started thinking about ways the two of them would be forced to spend time together. With Hannah being a figure skater, having her coach Brody’s daughter felt natural. But I wanted her to go through a journey of her own as well.

That’s when it hit me: burnout.

An athlete who was successful and competitive for many years reaches their breaking point and just wants to fall back in love with the sport they’ve spent their whole life doing. A bit of a stretch? Sure. Then I found other US figure skaters who retired at an early age, only to come back a few years later with renewed determination.

The number of elite athletes in the world is small, but the feelings Hannah experiences toward skating—dread, dislike, loathing, disinterest—are things any of us can feel doing anything in life.

While this book shifts away from the previous books in the DC Stars series as far as the female main character being a dynamic figure on a sports team goes, Hannah is no less powerful just because she’s an athlete… and Brody recognizes that power. She’s just as capable, just as smart, just as sarcastic and sure of herself and what she wants out of life.

The themes remain the same: a man uplifts the woman he’s in a relationship with. He supports her, he listens to her, and he shows her her worth.

Please note some instances of hockey game play, figure skating programs, etc have been altered for readability.

I love Brody and Hannah dearly, and I hope you enjoy Sin Bin.

I always do my best to write my books as standalone novels even though they’re part of a series, but many of the characters mentioned in Sin Bin have their own books. I never want anyone to feel confused while reading, so I created a quick character catch up so you can know who is who before diving in.

If this is your first book of mine, welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.

If you’re a big DC Stars fan, I hope you’re excited to be back with the boys.

For timeline purposes, the Sin Bin prologue takes place at the same time as the Hat Trick prologue. When we time jump to sixteen months later, we’re in the season after Hat Trick. Hat Trick’s epilogue takes place in chapter twenty of Sin Bin.

Maverick Miller and Emmy Hartwell have their own book, Face Off, which is book one in the DC Stars series. It’s a dislike to lovers, rivals with benefits, black cat x golden retriever story full of banter and spice.

Piper Mitchell and Liam Sullivan have their own book, Power Play, which is book two in the DC Stars series. It’s a grumpy x sunshine, goalie x rinkside reporter, teach me, accidental marriage story.

Hudson Hayes and Madeline Galloway have their own book, Slap Shot, which is book three in the DC Stars series. It’s a single mom x hockey player, sunshine x sunshine, slow burn story.

Riley Mitchell and Lexi Armstrong have their own book, Hat Trick, which is book four in the DC Stars series. It’s a former sunshine x sunshine, hockey player x athletic trainer, friends with benefits story.

As always, I’ve left lots of clues about upcoming books. I can’t wait to see if you find them!

Sin Bin is a romantic comedy full of laughs, spice, and swoon, but I want to share a few content warnings that some readers might want to be aware of.

-explicit language

-alcohol consumption

-multiple explicit sex scenes

-mention of infertility

-loss of a limb by a side character (off page, not detailed)

-mention of a skating accident

-mention of burnout

-mention of postpartum depression

As always, take care of yourselves and protect your heart.