Childhood best friends turned strangers, you and Ace Calloway haven’t spoken since the day you left Michigan at thirteen— right after your first kiss. Years later, you return home after your parents’ divorce only to find that the sweet boy you once knew is now “Riot,” Kendale University’s arrogant star hockey player with a dangerous reputation and a grudge he never let go of. When a scandal threatens Ace’s future in the NHL, he proposes the one thing neither of you saw coming: a fake relationship. But between unresolved heartbreak, lingering chemistry, and years of buried feelings, pretending starts to feel a little too real.