Game Rules

He was supposed to be my story. Instead, he became everything. ?Jaxon Kane is the NHL's most dangerous player—both on the ice and off. Violent. Reckless. One scandal away from destroying his career. When his team forces him into a fake relationship with me to save his reputation, I should have said no. Should have remembered what happens when journalists get too close to their subjects. ?My father learned that lesson the hard way. It killed him. ?But I need this story. I need to prove I'm not my father's mistakes. And Jaxon Kane, bruised knuckles, guarded eyes, surprising gentleness hidden beneath all that rage, might be my redemption. ?Or my destruction. ?The contract is simple: dates for cameras, chemistry for the press, boundaries everywhere else. Except Jaxon doesn't do boundaries. He teaches me to skate on frozen bleachers at midnight. Holds my hand like I'm something precious instead of a transaction. Looks at me like I'm worth protecting instead of exposing. ?And when I uncover the conspiracy that's been destroying him, his own coach colluding with a rival player to sabotage his career, the fake relationship becomes the only real thing in a world built on lies. ?Now we're facing an impossible choice: our careers or each other. The truth or our futures. Safety or love. ?They wanted us to perform. We burned their stage down instead. ? ?