I don’t make mistakes. I fix them. That’s what powerful men pay me to do.
So when the Stampede’s front office orders me to fake a relationship with their most volatile captain, I do what I always do. Control the narrative. Control the man. Control the fallout.
Except Zach Novak remembers who I was before the armor. Before the divorce. Before I learned that vulnerability isn’t a weakness. It’s a weapon someone else will use against you.
He’s supposed to be an assignment. A liability wrapped in a jersey and a temper. But the man who bleeds for his teammates and goes still when he touches me is nothing like the headlines they keep writing about him.
And somewhere between the staged kisses and the real ones, I stop managing him and start needing him.
Then the leaks start.
Photos that shouldn’t exist. Stories designed to ruin me. And behind it all, the ex-husband who already taught me exactly how far someone will go to break you.
Now the fake relationship is the only thing keeping me standing. And the man I was ordered to control is the only one willing to fight for me.
If I don’t trust him, I lose everything.
If I do, I might not survive it.
Genre: Romance
So when the Stampede’s front office orders me to fake a relationship with their most volatile captain, I do what I always do. Control the narrative. Control the man. Control the fallout.
Except Zach Novak remembers who I was before the armor. Before the divorce. Before I learned that vulnerability isn’t a weakness. It’s a weapon someone else will use against you.
He’s supposed to be an assignment. A liability wrapped in a jersey and a temper. But the man who bleeds for his teammates and goes still when he touches me is nothing like the headlines they keep writing about him.
And somewhere between the staged kisses and the real ones, I stop managing him and start needing him.
Then the leaks start.
Photos that shouldn’t exist. Stories designed to ruin me. And behind it all, the ex-husband who already taught me exactly how far someone will go to break you.
Now the fake relationship is the only thing keeping me standing. And the man I was ordered to control is the only one willing to fight for me.
If I don’t trust him, I lose everything.
If I do, I might not survive it.
Genre: Romance
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