⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This book may contain explicit sexual content, violence, and other mature themes intended for readers 18+. Reader discretion is advised. Six months ago, I was America’s figure skating sweetheart—until someone I trusted framed me in a career-ending scandal, leaving me buried beneath legal threats that could destroy the rest of my life. I changed my hair, took a fake name, and disappeared into one of the country’s most ruthless sports universities, determined to stay hidden until the nightmare was over.My plan was simple: blend in, stay invisible, survive. Then I collided with Ryker Barrett.The university’s untouchable hockey captain. A billionaire heir, future NHL superstar, and the last person I should ever trust. Everything changes the day Ryker discovers who I really am. He doesn’t expose me. Instead, he offers me a deal that could save us both. One year of fake dating in exchange for his family’s legal team destroying the case my ex-coach has used to keep me trapped. It should have been simple—Pretend to be in love, save our futures, and walk away. But just when I start believing I’ve finally escaped my past, the man who destroyed my career discovers my new identity. Now the secret I’ve spent six months protecting could not only destroy more than my future. It could destroy the only person I’ve ever been brave enough to ever love.

Her toxic stepsister is marrying her ex-fiancé. To survive the week from hell, she claims her billionaire best friend is her new fiancé. What could possibly go wrong?Hazel Sterling thought she had finally moved on from Dominic Reed—until her manipulative stepsister, Clara Westbrook, sends out her wedding invitations. Dominic is the exact same man who shattered Hazel's heart and walked away a year ago. Now, he belongs to her sister.The venue? A lavish, week-long winter celebration at an exclusive mountain estate in Aspen. The house is packed with high-society guests, and Hazel is trapped playing the bitter maid of honor.To protect her pride, Hazel recruits the perfect shield: Axel Blackwell. He is her drop-dead gorgeous, fiercely loyal childhood best friend who happens to rule the city's finance world. He owes her a massive favor, so acting like her devoted future husband should be a walk in the park.But when fake touches begin to ignite real heat, the boundaries of their friendship completely melt away.Now, Hazel is caught in a dangerous game—is she just putting on a show for revenge, or is she about to lose her heart to the one man who was always off-limits?