Pucking Loyalty (First Blood #9)

HE’S THE TEAM CAPTAIN. I’M THE COMMISSIONER’S DAUGHTER. WE’RE A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.

Cameron "The Wall" Vance.

He’s the NHL’s most wanted prospect and the coldest guy on campus.He treats life like he plays hockey: disciplined, calculated, and defensive.He has one goal—get drafted and save his family.He doesn’t do distractions. He definitely doesn’t do chaotic, spoiled princesses who spill cocktails on his three-thousand-dollar suits.

Until I lose my funding and he’s the only one with a spare room.

Now, I’m living in his penthouse, following his rules, and trying not to stare at the V-cut muscles he flaunts in the kitchen.

Camila Sterling.

She’s loud, messy, and everything I hate. But when her father cuts her off, I see the terror behind her designer sunglasses. I offer her a deal: I’ll give her a place to stay and help her pass her classes. In return, she plays the part of my doting girlfriend to show the scouts I’m stable.

It was supposed to be a business arrangement. A simple contract.

But then she called me a robot, and I pinned her to the kitchen island to prove her wrong.

Now, the lines are blurred. The "fake" kisses are starting to feel dangerously real. And when I look at her, I don’t see a brat anymore. I see the only thing I’ve ever wanted to keep.

But my career requires perfection, and loving her is the messiest thing I’ve ever done.

When the truth comes out, I’ll have to make a choice: The dream I’ve worked for my whole life, or the girl who melted the ice around my heart.

HE’S A MONSTER ON THE ICE. I’M THE ONE THING HE CAN’T HAVE.

DANTE MORETTI

I have three rules.

Skate hard.

Hit harder.

Keep the beast in the cage.

As the Captain of the Blackwood Alphas, I live my life on a razor’s edge. My bloodline is cursed, my temper is lethal, and my control is hanging by a thread. I don’t do relationships. I definitely don’t do humans.

Especially not Arabella Thorne. She’s the Human Liaison’s daughter. Forbidden. Fragile. A walking liability with violet eyes and a scent like vanilla and ruin.

I should stay away. But when a blizzard traps us in a cabin with one bed and no heat, the wolf inside me stops listening to reason. He doesn’t want to protect her.

He wants to mark her.

ARABELLA THORNE

I came to Blackwood to study myths, not fall for one.

Everyone says Dante Moretti is a monster. They say he’s dangerous, broken, and incapable of love.

They’re wrong.

I’ve seen the way he looks at me when he thinks no one is watching. I’ve felt the way his hand trembles when he touches my skin. He thinks he’s poison, but he’s the only thing that makes me feel alive.

We made a deal: I help him pass Ethics, and he helps me with my research. But lines are blurring. The "fake" touches are getting too real.

And now I have a secret that could destroy his NHL dreams.

I’m not just falling for the Captain. I’m carrying his legacy.

Shift on the Fly is a high-heat, open-door paranormal sports romance.