Brianna Granger, a dedicated sports journalist, has always stayed on the sidelines-professionally and personally. Her life takes an unexpected turn when her childhood best friend, Elena, invites her to be the maid of honor at her wedding to Brianna's ex-boyfriend, Chris. But this isn't just any wedding-it's Brianna's dream wedding, the one she had envisioned for herself..
Meanwhile, Alex Cooperfield, a star soccer player with a reputation for partying and dating beautiful women, finds himself in need of some good press. With the league finals approaching and the team directors unhappy with his off-field behavior, Alex is desperate to clean up his image. When his path crosses with Brianna's, the two strike a deal-pretend to date and use the media attention to their advantage. For Alex, it's a chance to show he's more than just a playboy, and for Brianna, it's an opportunity to prove she's more than just a shadow in Elena's spotlight.
But as their fake relationship draws them closer, the lines between pretense and reality begin to blur. Brianna and Alex must navigate their growing feelings for each other while confronting their pasts and the pressures of their very different worlds. What starts as a mutually beneficial arrangement soon becomes a complicated dance of love, ambition, and vulnerability.
In a world where everything is for show, can Brianna and Alex find something real?
For Rachel Beckett the Olympics was a huge defining moment in her life, something she had been working tirelessly towards since she was five years old. Winning that gold medal meant everything to her and when she finally got there and choked, her life was turned upside down. What do you do when everything you've worked for your whole life is gone and you instantly go from being America's Sweetheart to a laughing stock? Well I can tell you what Rachel did. She ran. She moved to Texas, changed her hair color, started going by her middle name and tried to forget she ever did figure skating. When she finally went back to her hometown three years later to visit her family, she ran into her old figure skating coach and he convinced her that she could have a second chance to make her dream of Olympic gold happen. Falling in love with the new hockey coach wasn't part of the plan. Making her comeback ended up being a lot harder than she thought it would be, especially when family turmoil, anxiety, tragedy and love get in the way, but maybe a second chance and someone to believe in her is all she needs to make it happen.
**** Very mature themes & sexual content - 18+ only!