Naughty Game (Renegades Hockey #3)

He spent years pretending friendship was enough… A widowed event planner. An NHL player secretly obsessed with her. One fake marriage that suddenly feels dangerously real.

Peyton never expected her late husband’s mistakes to follow her long after his death.

Now she’s drowning in debt, being threatened by dangerous men, and running out of time to fix a problem she never created. Wendell has spent years pretending Peyton is just his best friend’s girl.

The Edmonton Renegades hockey star never crossed the line. Never admitted he’s been hopelessly in love with her since the day she accidentally stopped his panic attack in a park eight years ago.

But when Peyton’s safety is threatened, the protective NHL player makes her one impossible offer: Marry him.

The fake marriage is only supposed to last long enough for Wendell to protect her, eliminate her debt, and keep her safe.

Too bad sharing a bed with the woman he’s secretly loved for years destroys every ounce of his self-control.

Now the grumpy hockey player who was supposed to act like her husband can’t stop touching her, taking care of her, worshipping her body, or imagining forever.

But Peyton still believes she’s too broken, too complicated, and too much of a burden for anyone to truly want.

And Wendell knows the second she realizes she no longer needs his protection… she might walk away for good.

Because after years of pretending friendship was enough, the NHL star is finally done hiding what he really wants:

Her. Forever.