by Rina Kent
First published 2025
Someone destroyed her world, and now she wants payback. The problem is she can't identify the puppet master pulling the strings. Her single clue points to The Vipers, an elite college hockey team that dominates both the rink and the underground world around it. She decides to penetrate their secret society by targeting what appears to be their most vulnerable member: Kane Davenport, the team captain who seems like the only decent guy among a group of predators. She believes his charm and apparent morality make him an easy mark. But she miscalculates badly. Kane's friendly surface conceals something far more dangerous than she anticipated. The captain she thought would be her way in becomes her captor instead. He draws her into a deadly contest where the rules keep changing and escape becomes impossible. What started as her plan for revenge transforms into a battle for survival against someone who always intended to make her his prey.
Genres: romance, suspense, thriller, action, contemporary-romance, new-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, prey
Setting: The Vipers
498 pages · Kindle Edition · Blackthorn Books, LLC
Content warnings: violence