Faking The Goal

Her breakup went viral. His career needs a girlfriend. The fake-dating rules were very clear - and doomed from the start.Influencer Piper Meadows built three years of #goals content with a boyfriend who photographed well. Then she walked in on him mid-betrayal - while livestreaming. By morning: eleven million views, radioactive DMs, and one searing review of her entire existence: "You're too much."Her escape plan: the most remote cabin rental in America. Ashwood Falls, Alaska - population nosy, Wi-Fi theoretical, welcome committee one (1) moose, currently eating her rental car's mirror.Her new neighbor is not on brand. Ryder Lockwood is a firefighter, the local hockey team's captain, and a man one scout's call away from the NHL - if his sponsor-repellent personality doesn't tank it first. He thinks her ring light is ridiculous. She thinks his brooding is a marketing problem.They're both right. Which is how they end up with a contract: fake date for the cameras. Her image rebounds. His career looks golden. Numbered rules, clear boundaries, nothing real.Nobody briefed the snowstorms. Or the late-night fires. Or the northern lights, which have no respect for rule four.She's done performing. He's done pretending he doesn't watch her like the whole sky.Faking the Goal is Book Three in the Ashwood Falls series - a fake-dating, grumpy/sunshine hockey romcom with an influencer learning what's real, a hero choosing what matters, a sister with zero boundaries, and a moose named Morris who witnesses everything. Standalone HEA.One-click today - Morris has already judged you. Favorably.