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Coach’s Challenge: Age Gap Widower Hockey Romance (Mavericks Hockey #7)
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About the book
Coach’s Challenge
Coach's Challenge is an age-gap, dad's-best-friend hockey romance with a grumpy widower coach, a fearless ER-doctor heroine, and thirteen years of reasons why this shouldn't happen. Perfect for fans of Liz Tomforde, Lauren Blakely and Tessa Bailey.
When a last-minute move across state lines for my medical residency has me scrambling for a place to live, my father calls in a favor from his closest friend. Which is how I end up living in the home of a legendary NHL coach. Zach Emerson is a gruff, silver-templed single dad, thirteen years older than me and exactly my type.
Before I know it, I'm crushing hard on the coach. Every look lingers too long. Every late-night encounter over hot chocolate and game tape feels taut with possibility. Except he's my father's best friend. That's a line I can't cross.
But when Zach finally admits he's been holding back too?
Game on.
Tropes:
- Age gap
- Father's best friend
- Single dad
- Widower hero
- Forced proximity
- Protective hero
- Sports romance
- ER doctor FMC
- French-Canadian FMC & MMC
- Grief & healing
- Found family
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Details
- Publisher
- Storm Publishing
- Author
- Laura Marquez Diamond
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Nov 24, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9781837008186
- ISBN-10
- 1837008183
- Pages
- 340
- Carton quantity
- 20 copies
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $15.00 | 21% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $14.43 | 24% off list |
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| 500 – 999 | $13.67 | 28% off list |
| 1,000+ | $13.29 | 30% off list |
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