by C.R. Jane
First published 2024
She has no place to sleep and no one left to count on. That is where Camden James finds her. He is an NHL star with a hero's reputation, and within days of meeting her, he has handed her a key and told her to stop worrying. She tells herself it is temporary. She tells herself not to get comfortable. Camden has already decided otherwise. He says he is obsessed. He says he will never let her go. She wants to believe him, because everyone before him has walked away or let her down. But the more she sees of who Camden really is, the more she wonders whether a man who plays hero on the ice and something darker off it is the right person to build a life around. He is not exactly good. He is not exactly safe. He is, however, completely certain about her. This standalone hockey romance follows a ballerina with nothing left to lose and the morally grey man who refuses to give her up.
Genres: romance, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance, sports-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intense, possessive, steamy
Tropes: forced-proximity, obsessive-love, protective-hero, second-chance
Period: contemporary
384 pages · Paperback · Podium Publishing
Content warnings: emotional-abuse, toxic-relationship