A viral video. A ruined reputation. A truth that could destroy them both.
“A masterpiece of romantic suspense. Nora and Dane are beautifully complex, completely avoiding the worn-out clichés of typical sports romances. The tension is absolutely electric!” — Dark Romance Reads “
Not your typical hockey romance. Dark, twisty, and utterly addictive. I couldn’t put it down.” — Thriller & Romance Obsessed“
A lie only needs seventeen seconds to ruin a life.
Dane Whitaker is the captain of the Chicago Blades, a man whose career is defined by control on and off the ice. But when a heavily edited, seventeen-second video goes viral, painting him as a violent monster, his reputation is instantly reduced to ashes. He needs a miracle. He gets Nora.
Nora Ellison is a crisis consultant who specializes in renovating public disasters. She doesn’t deal in innocence; she deals in leverage. When she is hired to clean up Dane’s mess, she steps into the arena expecting a spoiled athlete hiding a predictable scandal. Instead, she finds a man refusing to clear his own name if it means destroying a young rookie’s future.
As Nora digs into the team’s buried medical secrets and a corporate cover-up orchestrated by the team’s ruthless operations director, the polished walls of the arena begin to close in on them. Dane and Nora are sharp, guarded, and used to surviving alone. But with an anonymous blackmailer threatening to release the true files, they must trust each other to survive.
Bad Press is a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense about reputation, power, and the cost of choosing the truth when the lie would be easier.
