Shattered Ice

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It was only meant to be one night. Not a marriage-and definitely not the start of something real.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I don't do chaos. But desperation? That I know intimately.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One night in Vegas was supposed to be a distraction-just long enough to forget the eviction notice taped to my door and the family who twisted loyalty into leverage.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A fake name. A few free drinks. Zero consequences.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until I wake up married to </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Maverick Davis</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Yes that Maverick Davis-NHL rookie raw talent with a reputation to protect and the kind of intense and controlled that should come with a warning label.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now I'm back in his life as his assistant and he's acting like our marriage is something more than a mistake with paperwork.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He's infuriatingly charming.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stupidly attractive.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And way too good at getting under my skin.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The problem?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Maverick plays a dangerous game.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And me?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I can't afford to lose-not again.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Shattered Ice is a slow-burn secret marriage forced proximity hockey romance packed with angst explosive chemistry and all the feels-with a hard-won HEA.</em></p>