Hometown Fake Engagement

An Enemies to Lovers Off-limits Hockey Romance

I know better than to get tangled up with the cocky NHL star who moves in next door. He’s loud, golden-haired trouble, and the exact kind of chaos I swore off the day Max was born.

But then he becomes my son’s mentor—smiling, patient, and impossible to shut out. And suddenly, the man I can’t stand is everywhere in my carefully controlled life.

One stupid moment goes viral.
A scandal hits.
And now I’m fake-engaged to the grinning disaster who parks like he owns the street.

Living beside him becomes living with him.
Late nights turn soft.
His walls come down.
Mine do too.

Somewhere between shared secrets and one reckless night, I fall—hard, fast, and against every rule I set for myself.
And then I see the two pink lines that change everything.

But the moment I choose him for real…
I learn the truth I never saw coming—
Loving him might cost Max and me the only home we’ve ever had.