A Deal with the Hockey Captain
He needed her brain to stay on the ice. She needed his status to make her ex regret humiliating her.
Evelyn had spent two years secretly crushing on Liam, the handsome hockey player she thought would never notice the quiet girl behind the books. Then he publicly reads her love letter to his teammates and turns her biggest secret into a joke.
She wants to disappear.
Instead, Nathan, the school's star hockey captain, walks into her life.
Nathan is one failed exam away from losing his place on the team and missing the championship game that could decide his future. He needs someone smart enough to save his grades—and Evelyn is the best student on campus.
So he makes her a deal.
She tutors him. He becomes her fake boyfriend.
With Nathan by her side, Evelyn finally gets the attention she never had. Liam is jealous, the hockey team is watching, and everyone suddenly wants to know who the captain's mysterious new girl is.
But their fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real.
Between early-morning ice practices, glamorous athletic galas, late-night study sessions, and a kiss that was never supposed to happen, Evelyn begins falling for the one man she never expected to want.
Then a leaked love letter exposes their secret deal, and Evelyn is left wondering if Nathan ever truly loved her—or if she was just another part of his plan to stay on the ice.
Their deal was supposed to last until the championship. Their hearts had other plans.
