The Better Angle

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She saw me before I was ready to be seen.

Riley Keane is the best sports photographer in women’s hockey — and the loneliest person in every room. She sees the world through a viewfinder because it’s safer than being in it. When the Boston Falcons offer her a full-season contract, it’s the career break she’s been chasing for a decade. All she has to do is stay invisible.

Eve Marchetti is the quiet, fiercely talented forward who reads the ice like a language only she speaks. She’s spent years keeping her head down and her heart locked up — because the last time she let someone close, the grief nearly destroyed her. On the ice, she’s unstoppable. Off it, she’s vanishing.

When Riley’s camera catches Eve in an unguarded moment — looking at Riley like she’s the only person in the building — they both realize they’ve found the one thing they’ve been terrified of: someone who actually sees them. But Riley’s contract forbids relationships with players. Eve’s career can’t survive a scandal. And the glass between them isn’t just metaphor — it’s policy.

As stolen nights, darkroom confessions, and hotel hallway almost-kisses pull them closer, they’ll have to choose: the safety of hiding, or the terrifying, beautiful, life-altering risk of being seen.

You’ll love this book if you enjoy:

✅ Sports photographer x hockey player sapphic romance
✅ Forbidden workplace romance with real consequences
✅ Slow burn that DETONATES (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ — graphic, explicit, emotional)
✅ “She sees the real me” with devastatingly tender intimacy
✅ Secret relationship tension that will destroy you
✅ Found family hockey team with the best supporting cast
✅ Photography as love language (darkroom scenes!!!)
✅ HEA guaranteed