HE IS THE ICE KING. I AM THE GLITCH IN HIS SYSTEM. AND I JUST ASKED HIM TO TEACH ME HOW TO SIN.
ANTHONY ROSSI
I live my life by a strict set of rules. Eat. Sleep. Win. Get drafted.
My family’s future depends on me securing an NHL contract, which means I treat my body like a machine and my heart like a fortress. I don’t do distractions.
Especially not Lisa Thorne.
She’s my team’s new student trainer. She’s chaotic, talks too fast, and wears butterfly clips that drive me insane. She’s also forbidden. Touching her means losing my captaincy.
But when she asks me for “lessons” to get over her fear of intimacy, I should say no. I should walk away.
Instead, I lock the door.
LISA THORNE
I view the world through data and hypotheses. But there is one variable I can’t solve: Men.
I’m twenty-two, unkissed, and terrified I’m broken. I need a teacher. Someone clinical. Someone safe.
I didn’t expect Anthony Rossi to volunteer.
He was supposed to be the grumpy jock who hated me. But behind closed doors, he’s not clinical. He’s possessive. He’s demanding. And he whispers things in the dark that make me forget all the rules.
We agreed to keep it physical. No feelings. Just physics.
But now I’m wearing his jersey, he’s fighting the whole world to keep me, and I’m realizing that this is one experiment we might not survive.
HE HAS NO PULSE. I HAVE NO MONEY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BUSINESS DEAL, NOT A BLOOD OATH.
MAGNUS VANE
I am four hundred years old. I am a billionaire. And I am currently the star defenseman for Blackridge University because immortality is boring and hitting people is therapeutic.
I have one rule: Do not engage with the humans. They are fragile, fleeting, and messy.
Then Alice Pendergast puts her hands on my throat to check for a pulse that isn’t there.
She knows my secret. She smells like vanilla and fear. And she is the only thing in centuries that has made me feel alive.
When she needs tuition money, I offer a trade: I’ll pay her debts. She plays my fake girlfriend to keep the press off my back.
It was supposed to be a simple transaction. Until I tasted her.
ALICE PENDERGAST
I am drowning in debt, running on caffeine, and one bad grade away from losing my scholarship.
The last thing I need is to fake-date Magnus Vane. He’s arrogant, cold (literally), and looks at me like I’m a snack.
But the tuition check cleared, so now I’m wearing his jersey, riding in his Aston Martin, and pretending not to notice that he never eats, never sleeps, and his skin feels like marble.
I told myself I wouldn’t fall for the monster. I told myself it was just a job.
But when he touches me with those ice-cold hands, I don’t want to run. I want to burn.
The game is rigged. The clock is ticking. And if we get caught, I won’t just lose my heart. I’ll lose my life.
Book 1 – Below the Belt
Book 2 – Blood Oath
Book 3 – Claiming the Clean Sheet
Book 4 – Discipline the Damsel
Book 5 – Icing the Vampire
Book 6 – Paws and Penalties
Book 7 – Savage Skater
Book 8 – Glacial
Treat yourself! x
