by Scarlett Avery
Series: Vows & White Lies #1
An inheritance ultimatum. A marriage born of calculated convenience. And the grumpy former hockey star who can't love me back, demanding I play his perfect wife. I’ve worked for Larkin Gallagher for four years—long enough to know three things about the Stanley Cup winner, former defenseman. He doesn’t believe in love. He never loses control. And he would never, ever look at me the way I look at him. Until his father’s will drops a brutal ultimatum—marry before forty or lose the inheritance that’
Tropes: Grumpy x Sunshine, Marriage of Convenience, Opposites Attract, Arranged Marriage, Boy obsessed, Workplace Romance, Hockey Romance, Suspense, Age Gap, He falls first, Vegas Wedding, No Third Act Breakup, Forced Proximity
Published: 2026-10-12