How to Fake Date a Hockey Nerd

Reverse Trope :: Fake Dating :: Nerd x Popular :: Found Family Everyone knows the McKinley hockey quadruplets. The perfect one. The charming one. The genius. And… the other one. Tomas McKinley is the other one. Forever living in his brothers’ shadows, Tom knows his chances of getting scouted by a real hockey team after graduation are slim to none. He’s got to stand out—fast. No one notices the geeky, virgin, fourth McKinley brother. But maybe, just maybe, one girl can change that. Ellie Davis is campus royalty. Everyone knows her. Or at least… they think they do. No, her dad isn’t a globe-trotting ambassador. No, she doesn’t have a private-sector internship. Ellie is the daughter of a broken man and works nights as a waitress just to survive. She’s been carrying a lie the size of her world—until the shy hockey player with the soft eyes and awkward charm finds out the truth. And just like that, a deal is born. Ellie will turn Tom into the new golden boy on campus—if he helps her keep her secret alive. The plan? A fake relationship. The risk? Catching real feelings. A swoony, emotional, and heart-melting story of two broken people pretending to be perfect—until pretending turns into something beautifully real. For readers who love soft boys, strong girls, found family, and fake dating tropes done just right.