Richard Sterling was supposed to die in that plane crash. Instead, he survived it, hid it, and watched his own funeral from behind a marble column, only to see a stranger wearing his wife's ring, standing exactly where his wife should have stood.Olivia Hart never wanted the fifty million dollars. She wanted her brother alive. So she signed a contract, put on a dead man's ring, and became a stranger's widow to save the one person she had left. What she doesn't know is that nothing about her recruitment was an accident.Richard uncovers the truth and, instead of exposing her, asks her to keep playing the widow while he hunts whoever tried to kill him. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: his uncle isn't working alone, and someone far closer to the family has been pulling every string from the shadows.As the lie between them turns real, Olivia carries a secret of her own, one that will change everything the moment it comes to light. When his real wife resurfaces, when the true architect of the conspiracy is finally unmasked, Richard will have to choose not just who to trust, but who he's willing to fight for.

Riley Ward lost everything the day Harwick University shut down women's hockey. So she disappeared. She cut her hair, bound her chest, and became Rey Ward, stepping onto the men's Division team in a dead legend's old position.Her roommate is the team captain, and he hates her on sight.Jackson Calloway doesn't believe a nobody rookie deserves the spot his best friend lost his career for. He hits her harder than anyone else on the ice, tests her at every turn, and makes it clear from day one that he wants her gone. But somehow he can't stop watching her when the ice isn't between them anymore.Every hour under his roof is a countdown. One unlocked door, one careless moment, one hand that lingers too long, and everything Riley built could collapse. As Jackson's suspicion sharpens into something else entirely, Riley realizes the real danger was never getting caught.It's wanting him to be the one who catches her.Her secret was supposed to save her career. It might cost her everything else.