Colorado Black Diamonds

A fake girlfriend to improve my image? Yeah, like that'll work.I'm known as the bad boy of hockey. The grump. The one everyone stays away from.Doesn't matter to me though. All I care about is the game. As long as I keep my head down and it doesn't affect my spot on the team, I'm good.Until it does.To fix my shining reputation, the team sets me up with Piper Fields, the happiest girl on the planet. Now my girlfriend.Scratch that-my fake girlfriend.All I have to do is pretend to like her in public and keep my distance in private.Except that's not exactly what happens…With each day we spend together, I find myself forgetting that none of this is real.Sparks fly and lines blur.I know she feels it too.Then, just when I thought I had finally found something to hold on to, someone threatens to expose us.But just like in the game, I'm in it to win, and this time, I'm going to win her.For good.

Getting traded to the worst team in the league isn't the end of the world. Except my arch nemesis plays for the Nashville Knights.I had it all with the Black Diamonds. Star player. Friends. Family. Guys to keep the bed warm.With one hit, I got knocked out and the team sent me packing.Straight to the Knights and Graham Fisher.No one else hates me more in the world than he does.Finding a way to get along is the least of my worries when construction on my condo is delayed and Graham is the only person I can turn to.Teammates and roommates. A special form of torture.Until things change. The straight Graham suddenly isn't so straight.Why not add friends with benefits to the list?If I'm not playing hockey, my time is spent with Graham–falling hard and fast. The exact thing I said I wouldn't do. I'm comfortable in my sexuality. He's still figuring it out.Everything I never thought I could want is in my grasp. With one hit, it all changes. Can Graham and I be together? Or will he sink back into the person he once was?Maybe I can't have the best of both worlds...