She’s playing it safe. He’s playing for keeps.
Hannah Clarke’s world crumbles when her fiancé announces their breakup in a headline declaring himself Hockey’s Most Eligible Bachelor. Now, she’s picking up the pieces with three simple rules: no distractions, no love, and absolutely no hockey players.
But a kiss at All-Star Weekend changes everything.
Not just any kiss. One with Ryan Logan, her best friend and her ex’s rival.
It wasn’t supposed to happen, let alone mean anything. But it does. And when Hannah needs a fake boyfriend to prove she’s moved on, Ryan steps in without hesitation. Even if it means breaking all her rules, she can’t help but take a chance.
What starts as a harmless ruse quickly feels all too real. Every touch lingers, every glance says what words can’t, and every practice date leaves her wanting more.
Falling wasn’t part of the plan. But Ryan is determined to prove he’s worth the leap. And Hannah is starting to wonder if the love she’s been running from has been right in front of her all along.
Hannah’s fiancée humiliates her without explanation, turning her life upside-down in an instant. Blindsided, she’s struggling to figure out how she trusted this man and thought that she loved him but he’s already moving on. She put her dream on hold to put his career first, but she’ll never make that mistake again and she certainly will never date another hockey player. She does have one for a bestie though and Ryan is there for her when her world crumbles. They’ve been friends since freshman year of college and Hannah had a huge crush on Ryan at first, but quickly let it go when it became clear he didn’t feel the same. Or so she thought.
Ryan has been in love with Hannah for years, but he trusted the wrong person and lost her to a guy who isn’t worthy of her. He told himself that as long as she’s happy, nothing else matters, but he knew her fiancée is a snake so he’s secretly kind of relieved. He feels terrible that she got hurt but also knows her life will be better without that backstabbing manchild, Jace. He offers Hannah a place to stay when she moves back to Chicago, he just doesn’t mention that he bought the house for her.
Soon, they’re fake dating so she can prove to her ex that she’s moved on and they will never ever get back together, but it doesn’t feel fake at all. These two are sweet and so adorable together but they also bring the heat, and I loved everything about their story. I really liked these characters from the first page and the secondary characters were great too, bringing a lot of laughs and some surprisingly sage advice. I can’t wait for more in this series! I’d like to thank the author and Love Notes PR for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
