Kayden Bouchard is everything I can’t stand: an arrogant hockey player with an ego bigger than his reputation. So why did I just agree to be his fake girlfriend?

Moving to Salt Lake City is supposed to be my fresh start—a chance to escape my overbearing dad’s shadow and finally build my veterinary career on my own terms. All I have to do is avoid Kayden Bouchard.

Easier said than done when he walks into my best friend’s house like he owns it.

The hot-shot hockey player needs to convince the team’s new owners that he’s not the playboy they think he is. If he can’t, they won’t re-sign him. There’s just one problem—he’s exactly the playboy they think he is.

His brilliant idea? A fake relationship. And guess who happens to be right there when this idea pops into his head?

It should be easy to say no.

Sure, our one-night stand was tolerable—fine, it was gold-medal worthy. But pretending to be his girlfriend? I’d rather examine a skunk-spayed dog that everyone can smell from a mile away.

But he’s desperate for that contract renewal, and I’m desperate to prove I can make my own choices. Even if one of those choices is saying yes to this spectacularly bad idea.

At least there’s no chance I’ll ever fall for him. Right?

Fake the Shot is a fake relationship, dislike-to-lovers hockey romance with no third-act breakup. While this is a standalone novel, it takes place after the events in Home Ice, so there are spoilers! Note: this book features a transgender heroine, but her identity as a trans woman is not a central part of the plot.
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Tropes:

Fake Relationship

Curvy Girl

Cinnamon Roll MMC

Lots of Banter

No Third-Act Breakup

Dual POV