Playoff Beard
A Shots on Goal Series Standalone
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Kristen Hope Mazzola returns with a bold, expanded edition of her fan-favorite hockey romance—deeper, steamier, and more fiercely emotional than ever.
A brutal betrayal.
A friendship on the edge of something more.
And one kiss that changes everything.
After his marriage implodes, NY Otters goalie Will Crosby throws himself into the only place he still feels steady—the net. Love isn’t on his radar. Not anymore.
Jordan Bates has spent years burying the crush she swore she’d never confess. He’s the one man she’s terrified to lose.
But when a single, heated moment cracks everything wide open—right as the playoffs hit—walls fall, lines blur, and the truth they’ve both ignored demands to be faced.
Playoff Beard is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers sports romance about healing, loyalty, and falling for the one person who’s been there all along.
A brutal betrayal.
A friendship on the edge of something more.
And one kiss that changes everything.
After his marriage implodes, NY Otters goalie Will Crosby throws himself into the only place he still feels steady—the net. Love isn’t on his radar. Not anymore.
Jordan Bates has spent years burying the crush she swore she’d never confess. He’s the one man she’s terrified to lose.
But when a single, heated moment cracks everything wide open—right as the playoffs hit—walls fall, lines blur, and the truth they’ve both ignored demands to be faced.
Playoff Beard is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers sports romance about healing, loyalty, and falling for the one person who’s been there all along.
Playoff Beard is available for free with Kindle Unlimited
AUTHOR NOTE:
This new edition of Playoff Beard is part of my complete Shots on Goal relaunch—eight fully rewritten, expanded, and newly edited novels releasing together on January 30, 2026. All eight updated editions will be available for preorder as part of this special relaunch event. Thank you so much for being here and celebrating this next chapter with me.
This new edition of Playoff Beard is part of my complete Shots on Goal relaunch—eight fully rewritten, expanded, and newly edited novels releasing together on January 30, 2026. All eight updated editions will be available for preorder as part of this special relaunch event. Thank you so much for being here and celebrating this next chapter with me.