<p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">I have two goals this season:</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">1. Prove to the Seattle Serpents I'm not a complete screwup.</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">2. Stay away from the nanny.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">I'm hardly able to keep myself out of trouble, let alone a seven-year-old, but when my estranged brother gets a life sentence, I have no choice but to clean up my act and take the kid in.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">It's all going according to plan...until I'm forced to hire Quinn Benson.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">She's everything I need to avoid-flighty, messy, creating chaos everywhere she goes. But she makes my niece happy, so I hire her anyway, keeping our interactions as brief as possible, even when she moves in with me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Thing is, the more she's around, the more I&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">want&nbsp;</em><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">her around-and not just as a nanny. I can't seem to stop falling into bed with her even when I know I shouldn't. Quinn goes against everything I'm trying to accomplish, but I can't stay away. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">This might be one delayed penalty I don't mind serving...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>DELAYED PENALTY</em>&nbsp;is a standalone hockey romance novel. There's a single guardian a bit on the grumpy side, a sunshine nanny who doesn't take any crap from him, an adorable little girl you'll want to hug and keep safe, ridiculous teammates who make way too crude jokes, plenty of steam, and a happy ending.</strong></p>