Fake dating the town's grumpiest hockey player wasn't part of my plan. Neither was falling in love with him for real.

Gunner Kinsey's piercing blue eyes and rock-hard abs have all the women of Lucky Falls fooled.

But I know the truth.

He's a six-foot-five ice king who freezes out anything that isn't hockey.

And the first thing he let go was me... his childhood best friend.

I spend the next decade studying to be a mechanic and pretending he doesn't exist.

But when a dream opportunity to join the most elite ladies' society arises, dating Gunner is my only ticket in.

We strike a deal. A few fake dates. A few fake kisses. And then we call it quits.

But remembering it's all for show is difficult, especially when Gunner treats me better than all my 'real' boyfriends ever did.

With every touch, with every small smile, with every kiss, the tension between us burns brighter, but Gunner's holding something back from me. Will our fragile bond be able to survive when the secret he's hiding gets out?