Book excerpt: The Indianapolis Eagles Set Two contains the fourth, fifth, and sixth full-length novels from USA TODAY Bestselling author Samantha Lind's best-selling Indianapolis Eagles Series. Protecting Her Heart Laura I believed in the fairytale. The Happily-Ever-After. The “till death do us part” fantasy little girls grow up believing in. Unfortunately for me, my happy ending was divorce and learning to find myself all over again. I was done with men and relationships, or so I thought until a stubborn hockey player was determined to show me what love could really be. But could I fall for the fairytale a second time, and trust that he would protect my heart? Mark From the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was made for me. She was broken and I was determined to put her back together again. I was here to prove she could have that fairytale love story after all. To show her someone else can protect her heart and love her unconditionally. Now I just have to convince her that someone is me. Against The Boards Reese Blackwood I’m called America’s sweetheart. They say I have the voice of an angel. I almost gave all that up, thanks to a traumatic experience at the start of my career. Instead of letting it define me, I chose to rise above. I showed everyone what a woman on a mission could accomplish, and now I’m living my dream. After one chance meeting, my entire world changes. Austin is every woman’s fantasy, and he wants me. While the attraction is there for me as well, I don’t need any distractions right now. Austin Jones Focused. Driven. I’m the man I am today because I never let the idea of settling down disrupt being the best I can during my hockey career. But then Reese floats into my life and everything changes, and now all I want to do is pin her against the boards. They say opposites attract. You can’t get more opposite than Country Music’s hottest female singer and a hockey player from Canada. With competing travel schedules, our instant attraction appears to be doomed from the start. Can it really be love? Or is it just a hot ice-melting fling? The First Intermission The core group of friends who found their happy endings are back, still loving hockey almost as much as their women. Now, four years later, the Eagles find themselves in the finals, with home ice advantage and on the cusp of winning the Stanley Cup once again. It all started with a second chance, for Becca to just say yes to forever. And is Kinley still living the dream after scoring the player? What does life have in store for Madison and Richard, now that they decided playing for keeps is much more satisfying than friends with benefits. When Mark vowed to Laura he would protect her heart, he meant it from the very beginning. He was all-in, forever, no matter what. Reese and Austin’s chance meeting turned their worlds upside down in a single instant. Hot and heavy against the boards had their chemistry melting the ice. Along with retirements, new positions, and additions to not only the team, but each of the families, come meet some new players who will lead us out of the First Intermission and into the second period.