Breakaway Love: A Hockey Romance Where a Fake Dating Deal Changes Everything

He's the arrogant hockey captain she's spent three years despising. She's the figure skater who refuses to fall for his charm. One fake relationship could change everything.

Emma Clarke has one goal: qualify for nationals and prove everyone wrong—her dismissive ex, her distant parents, and the voice in her head that says she's not good enough. Tyler Cross is Westbrook University's hockey royalty, a future NHL draft pick drowning under the weight of his family's expectations. They share ice time and mutual animosity. Until Tyler proposes a deal: fake date him for three weeks to survive Parents' Weekend. He gets his overbearing mother off his back. She makes her cheating ex-boyfriend regret everything.

What starts as a strategic arrangement—hand-holding in the dining hall, wearing his jersey at games, carefully staged study dates—blurs into something neither of them expected. He shows up at her dawn practices with coffee. She discovers the pressure behind his perfect captain's smile. The fake kisses start feeling real. The late-night conversations slip past their carefully constructed walls. When Emma's old knee injury resurfaces and Tyler takes a devastating hit during the championship game, they're forced to confront what they're really fighting for—and whether the connection between them is worth risking everything real.

A sizzling, emotional hockey romance packed with fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, sports rivalry, forced proximity, "who did this to you" protectiveness, and a hero who falls first and falls hardest. Perfect for fans of Elle Kennedy, Hannah Grace, and anyone who loves a hockey captain who calls her "Clarke" like it's sacred and a figure skater who finally learns she's worth fighting for. Listen now and fall for the best bad idea they ever had.