In Libri GmbH In the Heat of Play- In Close Contact

Lena Price knows bodies-and boundaries. Hired as the city rugby club's new sports massage therapist, she walks into a locker-room culture that treats pain like pride.
Donovan Pierce is the new captain: relentless, intimidating, and built for impact. When he limps into her treatment room and tries to surrender control with a grunt-Lena makes him do something no one ever has. Ask.
The intimacy of care changes everything. Every check-in, every permission, every pause turns heat into trust... and trust into hunger.
But when Lena discovers management is pressuring injured players back early, she draws a hard line-and refuses to be used. Donovan can protect the club's image... or protect the people bleeding for it.
He chooses her integrity over his captaincy.
And when emotions run hot, they learn a new kind of strength: chosen contact, a single reset word-"scrum"-and tenderness that hits harder than any tackle.
Rugby Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Consent-Forward Intimacy
Workplace Power Clash
For readers 18+