Blackballed from my job. Slinging drinks in a dive bar. The past year has been hell. So when a man who’s temptation personified offers me one night with him, I’m all in. But now those unforgettable hours have me facing blackmail from my father: He’ll pay for my mom’s medical bills, but only if I never again touch the man who has quickly become my obsession. Because the man? My obsession? He’s my stepbrother.

How exactly has one good deed landed me in the penalty box?

Ice Knights defenseman Zach Blackburn has come down with the flu, and my BFF—his PR manager—begs me to put my nursing degree to use and get him back to health. Of course she would call in a favor for the most hated man in Harbor City.

But when he’s finally on the mend and I’m sneaking out of his place, everything goes sideways. Paparazzi spot me and pictures, plus accusations that I slept with him, fly faster than a hockey puck.

At first, all of Harbor City wants my blood—or to give me a girlie-girl makeover. But then…the team finally wins a game. And now this fickle town wants me with the big jerk twenty-four seven.

Argh. I never slept with him the first time! But no one will listen. Then the grumpy bastard goes and promises to break his no-fan-appearances rule to help raise money for a free health clinic—but only if I’m rink-side at every game. That’s not a deal I can turn down.

But when the team keeps winning, and I realize there’s more to him than his bad reputation, suddenly remembering to keep my real hands off my fake date gets harder and harder to do.

Oliver Carlyle, Marquess of Ambrose, has finally found the perfect wife, a woman who will not hide from his dark, carnal cravings. He just needs to figure out who she is. When he has a secret rendezvous with a mysterious stranger, suddenly he starts to believe she might be the author of the scandalous diary he discovered. His biggest fear—and deepest fantasy—is she may be the one woman he cannot have.

The minute I laid eyes on Jenny Price in medical school she was mine. I had one chance back then, but she was sent away. Years later there she is right there in front of me. She’s even more beautiful than she was years ago, and her scent makes me want her body to be my next vacation. Too bad she’s intent on picking a fight with me every other day.