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Jade Samuels is the type of person who knows exactly what she wants and  keeps everyone else and everything running. That particular trait comes with being the eldest daughter and the emotional backbone of her friend group. She’s the one who shows up. Always. Sure, she still finds time to party and complete her courses to get into medical school, but behind her bright, beautiful smile and can-do attitude is a girl trying to hold it all together.

Wilder Blake is chaos in goalie pads. He’s the jokester, the prank king, the guy who’s never met a dare he wouldn’t take. While he’s also one of the best goalies in college hockey, the NHL scouts want more. They want polished and professional on and off the ice. And Wilder? He’s got a big problem in that arena.

His solution? A fake relationship with his best friend since childhood, Jade. Everyone loves her. She could make him look like he actually has his life together. When he asks her to do this favor for him, she agrees to help him clean up his image. After all, this is what they do for each other. Always have. Always will.

What she doesn’t know is that Wilder has been in love with her for years.

She thinks this is just one more favor between friends. But for Wilder, it’s something he’s always wanted. He can’t remember a time when he didn’t love her. The longer they play pretend, the harder it is for both of them not to want more.

With graduation looming and everything about to change, Jade will have to figure out if the most carefully laid plans are meant to be broken. Wilder will have to decide if it’s finally time to risk the one thing he’s never dared to lose: her.