{"id":888,"date":"2026-02-12T06:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/?p=888"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:53:57","slug":"the-wild-card-stephanie-archer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/the-wild-card-stephanie-archer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Card &#8211; Stephanie Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0The Wild Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/stephanie-archer\/\">Stephanie Archer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/vancouver-storm-stephanie-archer\/\">Vancouver Storm<\/a>\u00a0#5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0Former star player Tate Ward has become easily the best coach in professional hockey, leading the Vancouver Storm team to victory. Everyone is in love with the handsome, authoritative single dad\u2014except Jordan Hathaway, the newest staff member on the Vancouver Storm team.<br><br>Jordan was more than comfortable behind her bar at the team\u2019s favorite watering hole. When her father threatens to sell the team, though, she\u2019s forced to put her grievances aside and work with the man who likes everyone but her\u2014: Coach Tate Ward.<br><br>But beneath his controlled exterior, Tate is funny, encouraging, and protective. He moves Jordan into his guest house, trusts her with his daughter, and fires the person who made her cry. He\u2019s her boss, and a relationship would ruin both their careers, but Jordan still finds herself dreaming of a life with Tate. As the lines between them blur and Jordan encourages him to be selfish, Tate realizes what he wants . . . is her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Covers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-Storm-by-Stephanie-Archer_0006-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-880\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-Storm-by-Stephanie-Archer_0006-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-Storm-by-Stephanie-Archer_0006-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-Storm-by-Stephanie-Archer_0006-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bookdragonsparadise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-Storm-by-Stephanie-Archer_0006.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave reviews, opinions and thoughts in the comments. 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