Somehow I fake-dated my hockey player high-school crush... in a town that never forgets

I survived Grant Everett leaving town and shattering my heart.

Then he comes back as a professional hockey player, a single dad, and my next-door neighbor...
And ends up saving me from a collapsing bookcase.

Maple Harbor reacts exactly how you'd expect.

Cue the gossip. The side-eyes. The relatives who believe they're romantic visionaries.

We make a very stupid plan: one fake date to calm the town down. No feelings. No past. No emotional damage.

Except he ignores the plan.

Completely.

He's annoyingly charming with my book club, my friend circle, and the entire town.

He always puts his daughter first.

He looks at me like I'm way more than the teenage girl he left years ago.

And after late night confessions and a devastating kiss,

I fall.

Which is dangerous.

Because loving him once destroyed me.

If I trust him and he leaves...

I stand to lose everything I fought to build.

This is a standalone sweet romance and the first book in the Maple Harbor Hockey Heroes series.

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• Literature & FictionWomen's FictionContemporary
• RomanceClean & Wholesome
• Literature & FictionContemporary FictionContemporary

• Publication Date: January 28, 2026
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• Print Length: 229 Pages
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