Sky Wilson is the NHL’s unbreakable “Ice Wall”—the goalie who never cracks, never fails, and never lets anyone see behind the mask.Until a public panic attack during a championship game shatters his reputation and puts his starting position at risk.Forced into mandatory therapy with the team’s brilliant new sports psychologist, Dr. Amira Frank, Sky expects another person trying to fix him.He doesn’t expect the only woman who sees the man behind the Wall… and refuses to look away.As the playoffs approach and someone inside the organization leaks his private struggles, Sky must decide how much he’s willing to risk to save his career—and whether the one person who can help him is the one who could destroy everything he’s built.

She was only supposed to be his stand-in bride. He made her his obsession. Aria never planned to marry Romanov Sleigh—the cold, untouchable billionaire whose name alone could shake an entire empire. But when the woman he was supposed to marry disappears, Aria is forced to take her place. The rules are simple. Marry Romanov. Pretend to be his bride. Protect her family. Leave when the real bride returns. Aria expects a loveless marriage with a man who barely looks at her. Instead, Romanov starts looking at her like she is the only woman in the world. His touches become harder to resist. His jealousy becomes impossible to ignore. And the contract meant to keep them apart slowly becomes the reason they can’t let each other go. But Aria soon discovers that becoming Romanov’s wife means stepping into a world filled with enemies, secrets, and dangerous truths. She entered his life as a replacement. Now Romanov is determined to make her his only wife. But when the real bride comes back, will Romanov finally let Aria go—or burn everything down to keep her?