The Reckless Rookie: A Forbidden Age-Gap Hockey Romance (The Stampede Series) - Softcover

Kingsley, A.J.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798170273706

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

He's a felon on her ranch. She's the one rule she can't keep.

I work with the most volatile men in Texas. The county sends me the ones no one else will take, and not one gets past me.

Then they send me the defendant whose face is all over social media for putting a man in the hospital.

Number forty-four. Finn O'Sullivan.

Twenty-three. A reckless reputation, a felony charge, and six months on my ranch. One wrong move from a cell — and every reason to keep my distance.

And he's the first one who reads me back.

He works too hard and smiles too easily. He learns the fence line, the horses, my quiet. Before I know it, he's catching me dancing barefoot in my kitchen, whispering my language back to me, clumsy and low.

Despacio. Slow down.

I'm thirty-two. I'm supposed to know better.

Then comes the one word I have no business giving him.

Quédate. Stay.

The problem is, I'm the one who can't.

I know what happens if he breaks the rules. I know every rule I'm breaking.

I can't stop myself.

Emotionally intense. Open door. A forbidden age-gap hockey romance.

Part of the Stampede Series, but can be read as a standalone.

This is an open-door hockey romance with on-page intimacy. The heat is earned, character-driven, and never gratuitous. All intimacy is consensual, and protection is used on-page. The tone is emotionally intense, with heat that builds. Sensitive-content note: the story includes the on-page death of a beloved animal, on-page violence and its aftermath, and an emotionally controlling ex. If this is your lane, I hope you enjoy it!

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798170273706
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 213