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Ethan Walker doesn't believe in love.
As the captain of Northlake University's hockey team, he has everything most people dream of-talent, popularity, and a promising future. But after losing his father, being abandoned by the one person who was supposed to love him unconditionally, and raising his little sister on his own, Ethan has learned one thing: everyone leaves eventually.
Amelia Carter doesn't believe in happy endings.
A freshman trying to start over, Amelia arrives at Northlake University carrying more baggage than she admits. While secretly writing romance stories under the pen name Author AC, she finds herself unable to finish the most important book of her career. How can she write about love when she no longer believes in it?
When a desperate hockey captain needs a fake girlfriend and a struggling writer needs inspiration for her novel, they strike a deal neither of them expects to survive.
After all, pretending should be easy.
Falling in love shouldn't be.
❝So, you want me to be your fake girlfriend?❞
❝Only until people stop asking questions.❞
❝And what do I get in return?❞
❝Your romance research. I get my peace. Nobody gets attached.❞
❝That sounds dangerously simple.❞
❝Then let's make one rule, Amelia.❞
❝What's that?❞
❝Don't fall for me.❞
But secrets never stay hidden forever.
And sometimes, the greatest love stories begin with a lie.
𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 • 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿:
1. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵
2. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘺
3. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺
Thank you for choosing to read The Secret and beginning this journey through the Icebound Series. I hope Ethan and Amelia's story makes you laugh, cry, and fall in love with these characters as much as I did. Enjoy reading!