Sophia Carter has spent years fighting to prove herself as a sports journalist. Ambitious and determined, she finally gets her big break when she publishes an explosive article exposing the reckless behavior of Ethan Hayes, the arrogant captain of the city's most celebrated professional hockey team. The story goes viral, damaging Ethan's reputation and turning Sophia into the reporter everyone is talking about.Ethan has worked his entire life to become a hockey star. Known for his talent and leadership, he refuses to let one journalist destroy everything he's built. When team management launches a campaign to repair his image, Sophia is assigned to follow the team throughout the season, forcing the two enemies into constant contact.Between road trips, interviews, and championship games, their rivalry sparks undeniable chemistry. As Sophia gets to know the man behind the headlines, she discovers Ethan is hiding a painful secret that changes everything she thought she knew about him. Slowly, hatred turns into friendship, and friendship into love.But when a devastating scandal threatens Ethan's career, Sophia faces an impossible choice: publish the story that could make her career or protect the man she has fallen for.In a world of fame, ambition, and betrayal, Sophia and Ethan must decide if their love is worth risking everything for.

I have been in love with Damien Vale for as long as I can remember. He is my father's closest friend. My guardian. The one man who was never supposed to be anything more than that. Damien has always been hard to read, controlled, powerful, and completely out of reach. He has always looked at me like I am still the little girl he was trusted to protect, even when one glance from him is enough to make my heart forget how to beat properly. So when my parents leave the country and hand him responsibility over me, I convince myself I can handle it. A few months under his roof. That is all. I was wrong. Because the man behind the expensive suits and the calm, unreadable expression is something else entirely. He watches me too closely. Touches my shoulder too carefully. Looks at me sometimes like he is fighting something he refuses to say out loud. The longer we live under the same roof, the harder it becomes to pretend there is nothing between us. But wanting Damien Vale comes with a cost I am not sure I can pay. It could break my family apart. It could destroy the loyalty he has carried for years. It could cost us both the only life we have ever known. The problem is, I am starting to think he wants me to. And that makes everything so much more dangerous.