Faking It with the Enforcer

Moving across the country to train with a prestigious ballet for six weeks? Major life goal unlocked. Living with my brother’s grumpy and very hot best friend? Major life complication introduced. Especially when he needs a fake girlfriend…
When I show up at his door, I don’t know much about Wolf Hartley beyond the fact that he played university hockey with my older brother and that he’s currently the star enforcer for the Toronto Thunder. But within minutes of meeting him, I’ve developed a raging crush so intense that it consumes my every waking—and sleeping—thought.
I know that Wolf and I can never happen. My brother makes that clear as soon as I move in, with a joke that isn’t really a joke. Plus, he’s thirteen years older than me, and I’ll be going home in just six weeks. I’m only living with him while I’m in Toronto because he’s doing my brother a favour.
So I’m shocked when he asks me to be his fake girlfriend to get out of an obnoxious bachelor auction. Obviously, I happily agree. I might not be able to have him for real, but for a little while, I can pretend. I can imagine what it would be like to be his…
It turns out, I’m not the only one who’s been imagining how hot we would be together, and suddenly what was supposed to be fake feels very, very real.