Faking It 101

Cleo Nelson—friendly, unfiltered, and captain of Monarch College’s women’s hockey team—likes pretty much everyone on campus… except Roy Matsumoto. After the part he played in her brother’s exit from the Mustangs, the star forward is public enemy number one in her eyes. So when Cleo gets roped into a dinner at a wealthy alumna’s house with Roy as her reluctant plus-one, it takes everything she has not to salt his pot roast with pure poison. Roy, still stinging from a brutal breakup and baffled by Cleo’s disdain, can’t help but trade barbs with her through the world’s longest meal. Both leave certain of one thing: they’re happy never to have to see each other again.

But then Cleo and Roy receive some shocking news: the elderly alumna mistakenly thinks they’re dating, and her major donation to the hockey program depends on them showing up for weekly dinners—as a loving couple. For the sake of their teams, Cleo and Roy agree to fake it, grit their teeth, and play along… until the barbs turn flirty, the walls start to crack, and the act starts feeling alarmingly real. Fake dating was supposed to be a two-minute minor, but their hearts are skating straight into overtime.

This enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating romance is the second book in the Monarch College Hockey series!