She swore she’d never touch a hockey stick again. Not after the boy she loved humiliated her on the ice in front of the whole school. But when Ryder Hayes, the new goalie with a criminal record, a reckless grin, and a habit of getting under her skin, asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend, she says yes… for one reason. He’ll help her win a scholarship that could change her life.The deal is simple: she teaches him how to handle the pressure of big games, and he pretends to be the perfect boyfriend in front of the cameras. But the closer they get, the harder it is to tell what’s fake and what’s not. And the more she learns about the secrets behind his smirk, the more dangerous this game becomes.

She watched her parents slaughtered. She saw her sister violated, stabbed twenty times, left broken and silent.One name burned into her mind, the most powerful man in the nation. For five years, she hid behind a new name, becoming his most trusted aide. She waited. She planned. She sharpened her blade for the night she would kill him.And when that night came, she struck, only to see heartbreak, not hatred, in his eyes. Because he wasn’t her enemy. The true monster was closer than blood, her foster brother, her sister’s fiancé, the man she once trusted above all.Now she stands over the only man who ever cared for her, his blood on her hands. Love and vengeance clash in a dangerous game, and the truth will cost her everything.