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Captain Cranky
Paperback
Publisher: Sandeep Rao
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
He's the captain everyone expects to go pro. She's the filmmaker who refuses to be impressed. When a PR disaster forces them together, neither expects to fall-but some penalties are worth taking.
Callum Matsuda has his future mapped out: lead Riverside University's hockey team to a championship, get drafted to the NHL, and maintain the perfect image scouts demand. What he doesn't need is a viral video showing his temper, threatening everything he's worked for. The solution? A semester-long documentary showing the real Cal-mature, well-rounded, draft-worthy.
The problem? His assigned filmmaker sees right through him.
Iris Chen is supposed to be focused on law school applications, not babysitting an arrogant hockey captain for a sports journalism credit. She knows nothing about hockey and cares even less-until she meets Cal and realizes the gorgeous, guarded athlete is nothing like the jock who shattered her heart last year. He's complicated, driven, and frustratingly easy to talk to.
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