When hockey's most charming player convinces you that one fake date is the perfect solution to both your problems, you don't expect him to actually want an encore—or for those sneaky, scorching encounters to feel dangerously real. Nixon Sinclair is everything she shouldn't want: her brother's teammate, devastatingly sexy, and armed with a dirty mouth that makes her forget all her carefully laid rules. What starts as a thrilling secret arrangement becomes increasingly difficult to hide when the chemistry between them ignites into something neither of them saw coming. This is a delicious fake-dating romp with serious heat, emotional depth, and all the delightful complications that come when a little white lie threatens to become the most honest thing between two people trying not to fall.

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Sultry R&B and pop with edge—think The Weeknd, SZA, and Chris Brown. Layer in indie rock tension and trap-influenced beats. Sensual, forbidden, electric. Music that pulses with chemistry, secret thrills, and the blur between what you shouldn't want and what you desperately do.