Getting the Grinder

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mara Torres and I have exactly one thing in common: we can't stand each other.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She's judgmental prickly and makes it crystal clear that even though our best friends are married it's all she can do to tolerate me. The feeling is mutual.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>So naturally when I need to invent a fake girlfriend to get my teammate off my back her name is the one that falls out of my mouth.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I expect her to laugh in my face when I ask for her help. Or maybe throw something at me. What I don't expect is for her to say yes.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Turns out there's something she wants enough to agree to the arrangement.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Our friends are used to us looking like we're one argument away from murder. It's going to be damn near impossible to convince everyone we're in love.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But then something shifts. The bickering gets sharper-and hotter. The fake touches start lasting longer than necessary. And when I finally kiss her the heat between us isn't fake at all.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now I can't tell if I want to strangle her or strip her bare. Maybe both.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The worst part? I think she feels the same way.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>_____________</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tropes: </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pro Hockey Romance</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Enemies to Lovers</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fake Dating</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Found Family</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mental Health Rep</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Opposites Attract</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>_____________</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Getting the Grinder is the third book in the Love on the Line series: all books are interconnected standalones about a team of professional hockey players and the women they fall hard for. The books don't need to be read in order but future characters appear in each book.</em></p><p></p>