“He didn’t just lock her in a cage. He gave her a kingdom.”
⭐️⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The most intoxicating, morally black hockey player I’ve ever read. Malcolm Sterling ruined me for other book boyfriends. I am obsessed!” — Dark Romance Reads ⭐️⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A masterpiece of psychological suspense and twisted devotion. The ‘touch her and you die’ energy is off the charts. I couldn’t put it down!” — The Bookish Haven ⭐️⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Forget the sweet heroes. Give me the villain who burns the world down just to keep her safe.” — Spicy Thriller Reviews
Margot Adler spends her life fixing broken men. As the head physical therapist for Chicago’s professional hockey team, she knows how to handle pain, trauma, and arrogant athletes. She survives by relying on no one but herself. But when a deranged ex-patient starts stalking her, her fiercely independent world begins to fracture.
Enter Malcolm Sterling. Billionaire heir. Team Captain. And a man who doesn’t play by the rules.
He’s a walking cascade of violence and control, and he’s been watching Margot for six months. When he discovers the threat against her, Malcolm doesn’t just eliminate it—he uses it. He orchestrates a ruthless trap that leaves Margot with nowhere to run, forcing her to accept his protection.
Locked inside his high-tech penthouse, Margot realizes that the man keeping her safe is infinitely more dangerous than the monster hunting her in the dark. Malcolm is obsessive, possessive, and willing to cross every moral and legal line to keep her exactly where he wants her.
But the most terrifying part isn’t his manipulation. It’s the fact that she might not want to leave.
Cruel Play is a dark, morally black, billionaire hockey romance with intense psychological suspense. This standalone contains explicit content, stalking, and a possessive anti-hero who takes “touch her and you die” to a whole new level. Read responsibly.
