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Knights Like These by Kendall Ryan Series: Off the Ice #3
on July 23, 2026
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He was my first kiss.
My first everything.
And then he married someone else.I've been in love with Archer Lockwood since I was fourteen years old. I've never told him. I stood at his wedding, held his newborn twins in the hospital, and cried in my car afterward. I smiled through every moment that should have been mine—because that's what best friends do.
Now Archer is divorced, overwhelmed, and raising two three-year-olds alone during an NHL season. When he calls for help, I pack a suitcase and fly to New York.
The plan was simple: help with the kids, keep my distance, and don't fall in love.
The plan lasted about seventy-two hours.Because his twins have me wrapped around their fingers. His house feels like home. And he keeps looking at me like he's finally seeing something he missed.
I've waited years for Archer to look at me like that.
I just wasn't ready for what happens when he finally does.
A slow-burn, best friends to lovers hockey delight! The third book in Kendall Ryan’s Off the Ice series brings us Archer’s story and continues to deliver on delightful hockey players who fall hard when they least expect it. Archer is newly divorced with twin toddlers to contend with and calls on his best friend to lend a helping hand. Said best friend has been secretly in love with him since they were teenagers. The characters are both really down to earth and easy to like. The story is extremely slow burn with a lot of the past coming into play before their true romance begins in this story. I wanted a little more of them at the end once they truly decided to make this thing work as more than friends to make me fully invested in their future, but I enjoyed them a lot overall.
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