Wallflower (Aster Springs Book 1) SIGNED Hard Cover Special Edition

He’s a grumpy, world-famous hockey player. She’s the shy wallflower who never expected to live with him. One unforgettable summer changes everything.

Retiring NHL star Chord Davenport is the league’s hottest—and grumpiest—hockey player. Known for his brutal slap shot and zero-nonsense attitude, he’s sacrificed everything for success: family, friendship, and any chance at real love. As he prepares to walk away from the ice as a legend, Chord wants one quiet summer on his secluded California ranch.

He just needs an assistant to keep him organized… and far away from emotional entanglements.

Violet James never wanted a corporate job. Her dream is to design bridal couture, not work as a junior marketing executive for the San Francisco Fury. But her paycheck covers her father’s therapy bills, and she refuses to choose herself at the cost of someone she loves.

When Violet is assigned to be Chord’s live-in summer assistant, she expects spreadsheets and coffee runs—not sharing a house with a brooding hockey star who looks at her like she’s the only thing he’s ever wanted.

Chord thinks she’s too sweet, too timid, too off-limits.

Violet thinks he’s impossible.

But proximity delivers temptation:

• One house.

• One bed-adjacent guest room.

• One summer they’ll never forget.

The more time they spend together, the harder Chord falls. All he wants is to protect her, support her, love her, and watch her chase the dream she’s afraid to claim. And Violet starts to believe she might be worth choosing, too.

But when their dreams pull them in different directions, their summer miracle may become the heartbreak of a lifetime.

WALLFLOWER is a grumpy/sunshine, small-town, hockey romance full of slow burn tension, forced proximity, and swoony steam—with a guaranteed HEA. Book one in the Aster Springs Series, but can be read as a standalone romance.