Torch Lit Ink is celebrating this hockey romance from Tela V. with a release blitz event.

📆 Release Date : Jan 15, 2026

*Chirp & Chase is the 3rd book of the Hit Behind the Net series, but can be read as a standalone.

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃: 

Dr. Maria Lyons doesn’t date. Not anymore. Fresh off heartbreak, courtesy of her ex and former coworker, she realizes, who needs love? But when her ex shows back up at her hospital with a new job and a lot more than she wants to know about their past relationship, it turns into a tit for tat where, even to her surprise, she blurts out that she has a boyfriend. He might be fake, but the ex doesn’t need to know that. What makes it even worse is the first name that comes to mind.

NHL Captain, absurdly attractive and utterly obsessed with her. He should be completely off-limits. It doesn’t take much to convince Ford to play along with fake-dating her. Dead serious about convincing Maria to give him a chance, he’s ready to claim the title of boyfriend of the year. She’s given Ford a chance and he’s not backing down.

Falling for Ford Jenson might mean risking losing control of the aspect of her life that she’s just gotten control over again. Will Maria take a chance on Ford? Take a chance on love?

Tropes:

Orthopedic Surgeon x Hockey Captain

Fake Dating

Good Girl/Good Boy

“I’m in Charge”

Phone Sex/Sexting

He Falls First

Content Warnings: 

sexual explicit scenes, explicit language, sports injury referenced off page, work place harassment depicted on page, cheating (not by MMC or FMC) referenced but not depicted

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️