Pucking Possessive by London Snow

Callum Grey has been obsessed with Lilac Fairbanks for as long as he can remember. She’s the one girl he can’t have because she’s his best friend’s little sister, but he’ll do anything to keep her safe. His bad-boy reputation is meant to deceive everyone, because he’s been protecting her in secret all along.

One reckless dare takes a deadly turn when Callum and Lilac break into the mansion on the cliffs and witness a murder that puts a target on them. With everyone pointing fingers, Lilac’s parents try to leverage the scandal to trap her in a marriage with a guy who makes her skin crawl. Callum offers her a way out: a public proposal that will create a distraction from the night on the cliffs and ruin her mother’s plans in one stroke.

Agreeing to a fake engagement comes with a price. Callum has rules: they’ll act like a real couple, whether they’re in public or not. Lilac quickly discovers that her first crush who taught her how to skate all those years ago has a new favorite game that involves a mask and chasing her through the graveyard. When their friends begin turning up dead, Lilac quickly realizes that this engagement is anything but fake to Callum, and there isn’t anyone he wouldn’t cross to protect her.

Kings of Castlebrook are elite hockey legacies born to cause trouble on and off the ice. Pucking Possessive is a 70k standalone, but there will be a few more books in this world featuring other couples. Please read Pucking Possessive with caution as it contains dark themes, and please note that this book is not enemies to lovers and there is no malice/darkness between the main characters.