Book 4: Shooting for Santa (Blue Ridge Christmas Hockey Short Reads)

Listen to the next audiobook in Blue Ridge, where frosty nights bring hearts together, and the Buffaloes hockey team is learning that love can be the trickiest play of all.

He’s the grumpy MVP with a reputation to repair, but when Santa Claus collides with his face, this hockey star might just score the most unexpected goal of his life.

Tessa:

As a freelance illustrator who fled the city to escape the spotlight, I’m perfectly content creating watercolor cards in my cozy Blue Ridge studio. That is, until a gust of wind sends my artwork flying—right into the face of Leo Dickinson, the Buffaloes’ brooding left wing with a reputation for avoiding both the press…and relationships.

When we’re paired to run the team’s “Letters to Santa” charity booth, I expect awkward silence from the notoriously quiet hockey star. Instead, I discover a secret bookworm who discusses watercolor techniques and notices details in my paintings that others miss. Between late-night cocoa conversations and snowflake kisses in the town square, our connection feels magical—until a viral photo threatens everything I’ve rebuilt.

With my private world suddenly exposed and old insecurities resurfacing, I have to decide if I’m brave enough to step into the spotlight for love. Leo might be shooting to get Santa to bring me everything I want for Christmas, but my nerves aren’t as strong as his.

Can I trust that he didn’t just get caught up in holiday magic, or will fear send me skating away from the most beautiful connection I’ve ever known?

This audiobook is digitally narrated by the author, Laney Kate!