Hockey star Grayson Crawford is in hot water. While grieving a family member, he can’t seem to pull his act together, threatening everything he’s worked so hard for—and the team he can’t live without. To clean up his image and prove he can change, he agrees to a PR relationship, but there’s only one woman he wants by his side.
Except that Bella Stratford couldn’t be a worse candidate. Having only recently taken the role of his personal assistant to pay for her mother’s medical bills, she already has her hands full dodging puck bunnies and fixing Grayson’s messes. Her heart is under strict lock and key after life taught her that men cannot be trusted. But when her mother’s health worsens, becoming Grayson’s fake girlfriend is her last option.
In public, they’re the perfect doting couple. In private, all those carefully drawn lines are beginning to blur. The shy, sweet man is not what she expected, and the guarded, caring woman just needs someone looking out for her. With each stolen glance and tender kiss, their broken hearts might be starting to heal.
Fake dating, ice hockey, sports romance